Wildfire menaces Sonoma wine country and northern areas
A 9,200 acre fire threatened Sonoma County wine country and northern California, with 20 mph winds aiding spread. A Sierra Nevada foothills blaze destroyed 13 homes and 45 other structures as firefighters battled shifting flames while ash fell on Sausal Winery and crews dropped water from helicopters.
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Sacramento
California
Sierra Nevada
Sonoma County
Janet Marshall
State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Marshall
Mountain Goat Country
Mayacamas Mountains
Sausal Winery
Sarah Campbell
Burials Begin in Beslan After School Siege Tragedy
In Beslan Russians bury victims of a school siege that killed more than 350 people as mourners grieve at graves near the town cemetery. Frantic relatives search for 180 still unaccounted for, many children, two days after the attack.
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Beslan
Russia
Alina
Ira Tetova
Anzor Kudziyev
Alina Khubetseva
North Ossetia
Chopper pilots aim to snatch space capsule on live TV
Two helicopter stunt pilots in Utah will attempt a midair retrieval of the 400 pound Genesis capsule at 400 feet per minute. The mission, broadcast worldwide by NASA, risks a failed catch and a hard ground impact that could damage delicate solar wind particles inside.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Desert
Dan Rudert
NASA
Earthquakes rock western Japan causing injuries and travel disruption
Two powerful quakes, magnitude 6.9 and 7.3, struck off the Kii peninsula and Kochi coast within hours, injuring 14 and triggering small tsunamis. Shaking hit Osaka Kyoto Nagoya and Tokyo while rural Wakayama bore the strongest impact. Train service paused briefly and evacuations were ordered in Mie.
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Japan
Wakayama
Osaka
Kyoto
Nagoya
Kii Peninsula
Kyodo News
Kochi
NHK Re
Pacific
Meteorological Agency
Mie
NHK
Katsuyuki Abe
Tokyo University
Masahiro Yamamoto
The
Kyodo
Bushs Air National Guard records questioned over missing files
Washington. AP finds that records explaining gaps in George W. Bushs 1972 73 Texas Air National Guard service are missing from released military files. Regulations required investigative reports for missed medical exam and written counseling after five months of drills. Experts doubt such documents exist or were kept, noting weak record keeping in the era.
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Bush
Texas Air National Guard
Air National Guard
Air Force
Associated Press
National Guard
Paul A. Weaver Jr
The
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