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Difficult terrain works against Calif. fire crews
AP - California residents are being urged to follow orders to leave their homes as crews struggled to control nearly a dozen wildfires burning in areas with inaccessible terrain.
AP source: Wis. Gov. Doyle won't seek re-election
AP - Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, whose approval ratings have plunged as he struggled with a weak economy and a multibillion-dollar budget deficit, will not seek a third term in 2010, a person informed of the decision told The Associated Press.
San Francisco rail, union to resume negotiations
AP - Negotiators for the San Francisco Bay area's commuter rail system and one of its unions have one more day to hammer out a deal before a threatened strike strangles the Monday commute.
NYC schools prepare for 2nd outbreak of swine flu
AP - At St. Francis Preparatory School this fall, the auditorium will double as a sick room. New York City might make students wash their hands several times a day. There will be unit on swine flu in health class.
How were Social Security numbers given away?
AP - When Tropical Storm Chata'an struck the Federated States of Micronesia in 2002, the U.S. government sent 1,300 blankets, 4,000 disposable diapers, 30 cases of sardines — and my Social Security number.
Hurricane Camille's fury remembered 40 years later
AP - Scouring an aerial photograph taken three days after Hurricane Camille crashed ashore on Mississippi's Gulf coast, Richard Rose points to the spot where his father's body washed into the chimney of a ruined home.
Pro wrestler Angle charged with HGH possession
AP - Pro wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh.
Gene variant predicts hepatitis treatment success
AP - Scientists say they've found a big reason why treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection works better for white patients than for African-Americans. It's a tiny variation in a gene.
Scars linger from killer Montana earthquake of '59
AP - Just before midnight under the moon's gray light, the world tilted and tore off a Montana mountainside. Sliding rock buried 19 campers alive, their bodies never found, and 80 million tons of rock and trees tumbled into Madison River Canyon, leaving rubble piled more than 200 feet deep.
Mo. RICO charges a 1st for human trafficking case
AP - From a nondescript brick building a few blocks from the bright lights of Westport, Kansas City's oldest entertainment district, Giant Labor Solutions lured hundreds of foreigners to the city with promises of good jobs and a chance to live the American dream.
Texas judge ended day as death row appeal waited
AP - As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day.
Men charged after fatal line-cutting dispute
AP - A dispute over line-cutting at a roadside food stand led to the shooting death of a bystander and the serious injury of another man, Tampa police said.
Negotiations on between SF rail union, management
AP - Talks aimed at averting a commuter rail strike in the San Francisco Bay Area are ongoing, with negotiators intent on hammering out a deal before Monday's commute.
3 brothers shot dead in western Wisconsin
AP - A gunman opened fire on a group of people outside a trailer home in Wisconsin, killing three brothers, before critically wounding himself, police said Sunday.
Milwaukee mayor hospitalized after pipe attack
AP - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was hospitalized Sunday after a man attacked him with a metal pipe as the mayor tried to assist a grandmother screaming for help near the Wisconsin State Fair.
Bay Area rail, union resume negotiations
AP - A top Bay Area Rapid Transit official said he was 'cautiously optimistic' of averting a crippling commuter train strike as BART and transit union negotiators worked Sunday toward brokering an 11th-hour deal.
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