Wind ease allows evacuees to return from Arizona fire
Desert brush fire in Scottsdale burned about 3 500 acres threatening luxury homes near Troon Golf and Country Club. Evacuations for 300 homes lifted as wind dropped to 15 mph. Firefighters over 450 strong with four air tankers fought the blaze sparked by lightning in the McDowell Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale
Aziz
Steve Springborn
Metro
McDowell Mountains
Phoenix
Colin Williams
Metro Fire Department
Troon Golf and Country Club
Susan Smith trial to test image as abuse victim
Union, S C AP The image of Susan Smith as a victim of abuse will be tested as her murder trial begins Monday. Attorney David Bruck argues mental state matters and aims to portray Smith as a repentant abuse survivor rather than a killer. Her confession described herself as an absolute mental case, raising questions about guilt, mental illness, and potential death penalty options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Longlake
Smith
Michael
Alex
Linda Williams
Unabomber Creates Split With Environmentalists
San Francisco AP reports the Unabomber frames his bombing as radical environmentalism but many activists rebut the claim. Greenpeace, Earth First, and Sea Shepherd leaders distance themselves, calling his acts terrorism and warn his rhetoric harms public support for genuine environmental causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Greenpeace
Cynthia Rust
Kirkpatrick Sale
Anabom
Sale
England
Atne Reader
Earth First
Fortuna
California Department of Forestry
Betty Ball
Mendocino Environmental Center
Sea Shepherd
Paul Watson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington
Clinton
Senate
Congress
Bob Dole
Lauch Faircloth
R-N.c
Phil Gramm
Texas
Milwaukee
Jessica
Bryan Sisson
Las Vegas
Sisson
FBI
Susan Smith
Union High School
Harry Vaughan
Beverly Russell
Free Estimates Machinean Turf Farm, Inc
The
Associated Press
John D. Long Lake
Union, S.C
Alex Smith
Trent
New Bern
Renergie Osutrides
Ansel Wien
YME
Lancom
Lancome
Paris
Lancomer Parisien
Lancôme
Micheneg Rae
Renergif