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Arson suspected in giant ‘Station Fire’

September 12, 2009 By Marilyn Bechtel

Los Angeles County’s largest-ever brush fire, the Station Fire ― raging since Aug. 26 in the Angeles National Forest 20 miles north of Los Angeles ― was reported 42 percent contained Sept. 4 after ripping through...

President Obama details health reform principles

September 12, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

On the heels of President Obama's speech to Congress on health reform this week, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes stated that the administration has learned some important lessons about that issue coming out...

Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol?

September 11, 2009

Before every American Idol fan and entertainment writer goes nuts buzzing online about how it's a bad idea that Ellen DeGeneres has joined the show's judging table, let's all just take a deep breath and give...

Obama to students: Dream big and make us proud

September 9, 2009

In a much-anticipated speech, President Barack Obama delivered a back-to-school address to nearly 56 million students, K-12th grade, nationwide Sep. 8th, live from Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. Most of the country's 15,000 school districts...

Peekskill remembered

September 5, 2009 By Daniel Frontino Elash

The concert scheduled for Aug. 27, 1949, in Peekskill, N.Y., was supposed to be routine. Though it had been organized by People’s Artists, a brand new spin-off organization of the People’s Songs formation that had launched...