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Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur

BIG SUR, Calif. - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames.  Read More

• Bush to address new citizens on 4th of July

• Gas prices hit another high for holiday weekend

• Obama visits traditionally-Republican Montana

Venus vs. Serena in all-Williams Wimbledon final

WIMBLEDON, England - The most dominant siblings in professional tennis are back in the Wimbledon final, reviving a rivalry that has been absent from the All England Club since Serena Williams beat older sister Venus in 2003.  Read More

• Reports: Arenas agrees to $111M deal with Wizards

• Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod?

• Rangers sign Naslund, Kalinin; say goodbye to Jagr

G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year

SAPPORO, Japan - Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade when they gather next week.  Read More

• Chrysler looks at auto alliance with Chinese

• Asia markets mixed as Nikkei falls again

• Oil steady above $145 in Asia on Saudi declaration

Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod?

NEW YORK - A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world _ each a chatty bunch _ buzzing with questions about the two "friends."  Read More

• Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

NEW YORK - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.  Read More

• Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses

• Police wnt u to fight crime w/txt msgs

• Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband

Freed hostage Betancourt to return to France today

PARIS - Ingrid Betancourt, freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, returns to her beloved France and a hero's welcome Friday in the gilded halls of the presidential palace.  Read More

• State media: Iran responds to nuclear proposal

• G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year

• Direct flights between China-Taiwan begin

Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur

BIG SUR, Calif. - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames.  Read More

• 4 people dead in Milwaukee shooting; no arrests

• Freed US hostages, families reuniting in Texas

• Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83

Pentagon extends tour of Marines in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.  Read More

• White House says ruling could free detainees in US

• Bush will attend opening ceremonies of Olympics

• US: It flew 3,600 flights looking for hostages