'Tower of fire' destroys L.A. apartment complex under construction
The fire engulfed a towering residential project, raining ash on much of downtown Los Angeles and lighting the predawn sky a smoky orange. Computers and cubicles melted in neighboring buildings....
View ArticleHash Oil Blamed In Another Home Explosion
– A hash oil explosion is to blame for a blaze near Bailey that sent three people to the hospital, according to investigators. The fire broke out around 9 p.m. Friday night at a home on South Ridge...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticleDown the Atomic River
Note: This story took more than five years to write. It recounts a two-day river trip that Joshua Frank and I made down the last free-flowing stretch of the mighty Columbia River through the irradiated...
View ArticleWestern wildfires threatening homes and disrupting tourism
Firefighters braced Thursday for a fresh run by a wildfire that sent tourists fleeing from hotels and campgrounds in Montana's Glacier National Park, while a blaze threatening hundreds of homes in...
View ArticleMan burned trying to rescue friends in fire
At least 33 people have been confirmed dead, including teenagers and a deputy's son, in a massive blaze that gutted a converted warehouse over the weekend during an electronic dance party. The death...
View ArticleTimeline: Fort McMurray wildfire -- A small fire turns into The Beast
Alberta Forestry’s wildfire experts are at the mercy of the weather when forest fires burn out of control. The Fort McMurray blaze that at first seemed manageable turned into a raging inferno bearing...
View ArticleSPRING 2016 DEAN'S LIST (CAL U - California University of Pennsylvania)
(Source: CAL U - California University of Pennsylvania) Posted on June 20, 2016 These students have earned a place on the Spring 2016 dean's list at California University of Pennsylvania. Dean's list...
View ArticleBeauty for ashes, the story of a Bastrop County fire
Five years ago on Sept. 4, a small fire sparked around the Circle D-KC Estates north of Bastrop, when winds shook a few loblolly pines into a string of electrical lines. The fire quickly turned into a...
View ArticleSWOSU Students Named to Spring Semester Honor Rolls (Southwestern Oklahoma...
(Source: Southwestern Oklahoma State University) May 15, 2015 A total of 1,170 students has been named to honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University for academic work during the 2015 spring...
View ArticlePublic paychecks: Search through Orange County government salaries
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View Article05/25/16 - Southeastern names 3,842 to spring 2016 honors list (Southeastern...
(Source: Southeastern Louisiana University) Wednesday, May 25, 2016 by: Tonya Lowentritt HAMMOND - Southeastern Louisiana University has named 3,842 students to its honors list for the spring 2016...
View ArticlePublic paychecks: Search through city of Orlando government salaries
Sep 24, 2014, 6:15am EDT Send this story to a friend Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Copy Me Add a brief note: Send Email Processing... Managing...
View ArticleSWOSU Students Named to Fall Semester Honor Rolls (Southwestern Oklahoma...
(Source: Southwestern Oklahoma State University) Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2016 fall semester. An undergraduate student...
View ArticleEWU posts winter quarter dean’s honor roll
Eastern Washington University announced its dean’s honor roll for the winter quarter 2015. Students must maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or more on a 4.0 grade scale to be named to the honor...
View ArticleFall 2016 Dean’s List, Honor Roll released (University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh)
(Source: University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh) University of Wisconsin Oshkosh officials have announced the names of students who qualified for the University Dean's List and Honor Roll in fall 2016. To...
View ArticleOct. 17, 1989: Killer quake
SAN FRANCISCO - A violent earthquake rocked Northern California on Tuesday, killing more than 200 people, collapsing a section of the Bay Bridge and a 1-1/2-mile stretch of East Bay freeway, and...
View ArticleGetting Out Of Afghanistan
The convoy of army trucks, cranes, and flatbeds has been chugging its way under cover of darkness through the craggy mountains of eastern Afghanistan for hours. Now just a few miles from its...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleThe 50 best horror movies ever
Halloween is fast approaching with a crucific in one hand, a bag of pestilent rodents in the other and a hockey mask stuck to its face. To prepare, we've summoned up with the ultimate list of the...
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