The chief of the U.S. Forest Service says he expects this year’s fire season to be as active as last year, when historic fires charred hundreds of square miles in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and elsewhere.
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Feds prepare for another busy US fire season
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials could have been a final showcase for the elder statesmen of American wrestling.
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Young wrestling stars on display at Olympic Trials
Two black men are taking “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” to court with a lawsuit that claims the reality shows are blocking contestants of color from starring roles.
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Lawsuit claims ‘Bachelor’ show discriminates
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp forecast a record $6.4 billion net loss for the business year just ended, double earlier forecasts and a fourth straight year of losses, inflated by writing off deferred tax assets in the United States. In a bid to ease investor concerns over its deteriorating bottom line, the Japanese consumer electronics giant said it would bounce back this year and make an operating profit of 180 billion yen. …
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Sony sees record $6.4 billion net loss, to take tax hit
Kansas State guard Angel Rodriguez says he has accepted Southern Mississippi’s apology over remarks made by its band and has moved on.
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Rodriguez accepts Southern Mississippi’s apology
AP – Bill O’Brien took the podium, looked straight ahead and uttered the kind of words you would expect from someone who had just been introduced as Penn State’s new head football coach.
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Bill O’Brien, ‘the right guy,’ takes Penn St reins
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AP – The Senate’s top Republican on Thursday urged the GOP-led House to pass a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts and break an impasse that threatens all workers with a Jan. 1 tax increase. Within hours, a House Republican freshman broke ranks and agreed, signaling that fierce pressure from almost every corner of the Republican Party had begun to crack conservative opposition to a short-term fix.
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McConnell: Extend tax cut short-term and long-term
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AP – Mark Buehrle joined Heath Bell and Jose Reyes in baseball’s Miami migration as the Marlins got tired of waiting for Albert Pujols and pulled their offer.
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Buehrle joins free-agent migration to Miami
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Reuters – Japanese police have launched a full investigation into the financial scandal engulfing Olympus Corp, a newspaper said on Thursday, as a major investor joined increasing calls for a wholesale clean-out of the board.
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Japan police move on Olympus as investors demand clean-out
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AP – A real estate investment by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi’s husband went undisclosed for years and has opened a window into a loophole that allows House members to avoid specifying some of their financial assets.
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Pelosi filing shows financial disclosure loophole
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