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2 wildfires burning in Central Sierra foothills

San Jose Mercury News

MARIPOSA, Calif.—Crews are battling two wildfires in California's Central Sierra foothills—one of which is threatening hundreds of homes. The fires in Madera and Mariposa counties started on Sunday. State fire officials say the Carstens fire has burned 1 and ...

Solar plane lands in Washington on US tour

Emirates 24/7

Published Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The solar-powered Solar Impulse aircraft landed near Washington early Sunday on the penultimate leg of its journey across the United States. Twitter · submit to reddit. Share with a friend or colleague. Your e-mail address:.

Merkel defends Internet surveillance before Obama visit

Reuters

Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:46pm IST. BERLIN, June 17 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended government monitoring of Internet communications on Monday, saying a day before President Barack Obama visits Berlin that Washington's ...

LGBT adults feel more socially accepted, Pew survey shows

The Independent Florida Alligator

In a new survey, about 90 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender adults said society is more accepting of them now than it was 10 years ago, and they expect the trend to continue. The Pew Research Center survey found 59 percent of 1,200 LGBT ...

Scoreboard for Tuesday, June 18

SW Iowa News

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An humble statesman

Salisbury Post

Former Gov. Jim Holshouser, who died Monday at age 78, may have projected an humble, man-of-the-people demeanor, but the mountain-born statesman left a vivid impression on North Carolina and its politics. You can make the argument that it was ...

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