Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Dies at 74

The keyboardist co-wrote scores of classic Doors songs, including "Light My Fire," "People Are Strange," "Riders on the Storm" and "Hello, I Love You."

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Dothan teen girl charged with felony arson

A Dothan teenager faces a felony charge alleging she set fire to her own occupied home over the weekend.

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Woman’s death near fire pit appears accidental, investigators says

Authorities are still investigating the death of a township woman who was burned over the weekend.

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Mile-wide tornado flattens school, homes near Oklahoma City

There are no reported deaths so far amid rubble and fire in suburban Moore, Okla.MOORE, Okla. - Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado.

latimes.com (12 minutes ago)

Less than 20 percent of ballots in for Lake County election

LAKEVIEW – Ballots are due Tuesday for a wide variety of Lake County school, library, health, fire, cemetery and other district boards.

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Massive tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb

MOORE, Okla. - A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths, but the storm laid waste to scores of...

bostonherald.com (18 minutes ago)

Ignore LePage politics, get to root of DHHS funding needs

A battle of wills and legislative powers took the spotlight Sunday, stirring up a political fire at a time when legislators and Gov. Paul LePage’s administration should instead be focused on fixing the state budget crisis and preventing future cost overruns at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. ...

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Tornado in Oklahoma City suburb causes destruction

Neighborhoods are flattened and buildings are on fire after a mile-wide tornado moved through the Oklahoma City area.

theleafchronicle.com (34 minutes ago)

Hampton fire investigating arson

The Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue is looking for information about an arson on Allison Sutton Drive last week.

dailypress.com (35 minutes ago)

Campfire, smoking limits start Wednesday on Coconino, Kaibab forests

People will be limited in where they can smoke or build a fire starting 8 a.m. Wednesday on the Coconino National Forest and parts of the Kaibab.

azdailysun.com (35 minutes ago)

Update: Fuel removal from burned tanker will take hours

Highway 29 was briefly closed in both directions Monday morning because of an oil tanker that caught fire.

napavalleyregister.com (36 minutes ago)

Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth Almost Catch on Fire, Literally, at Cannes

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Cats, dog rescued from house fire in Wellington

Two cats and a dog were rescued from a house fire this afternoon, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said.

palmbeachpost.com (37 minutes ago)

Cause unknown in fire that destroyed Eliot home

ELIOT, Maine - There is not enough evidence to determine the cause of Saturday's fire that destroyed a home off Goodwin Road, Fire Chief Jay Muzeroll said Monday.

seacoastonline.com (39 minutes ago)

Moraga: Three-alarm fire on Ivy Drive threatening homes

Fire crews are on the scene of a three-alarm vegetation fire on Ivy Drive in Moraga that one Contra Costa Fire Protection District official said was 'building pretty good.'

mercurynews.com (39 minutes ago)

Weekend wreck claims life of East Flat Rock man

An East Flat Rock man was killed early Saturday in a one-car wreck on Deep Gap Road, troopers said Monday. The vehicle's driver, who survived the horrific crash, has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle. Caleb Womack, 20, of 212 Highland Park Road, died after the vehicle he was riding in shot off the road...

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WATCH: Lifeguard Makes Unusual Save

Zach Cooney made quite the unusual rescue Sunday when he raced from his lifeguard post to wrestle with a shark, dragging it away from beachgoers in Florida. In a video obtained by the Brevard Times, the Cocoa Beach lifeguard saves the shark from becoming beached, pulling it by its tail back into the ocean. The...

huffingtonpost.com (41 minutes ago)

Westfield home desroyed by gas leak

WESTFIELD – The destruction of a home at 8131 McKinley Road here in a natural gas explosion remained under investigation Monday evening by the Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team.Nobody was home when non-odorized natural case that was pumped into the home through an old private gas well exploded about 10:53...

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Oklahoma elementary school took 'direct hit' from tornado

MOORE, Okla. - Authorities say an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb took a direct hit from a mile-wide tornado. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says there is no word of injuries from the elementary school. Knight says the school suffered "extensive damage" on Monday afternoon....

sltrib.com (44 minutes ago)

Emerson's multi-purpose bond ordinance would finance new fire engine

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Phlipott killings: Paul Mosley appeals sentence length for manslaughter of six children a day...

Mairead Philpott (pictured), 32 her husband Mick, 56 and their friend Paul Mosley, 46 were all convicted of manslaughter last month. They started a house fire while six of the Philpott's children were sleeping.

dailymail.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Update: Fuel removal from burned tanker will take hours, CHP says

Highway 29 was briefly closed in both directions Monday morning because of an oil tanker that caught fire.

napavalleyregister.com (1 hour ago)

Burned Body Discovered In Northwest Side Dumpster

Chicago authorities are investigating the death of a person whose charred body was discovered in a Northwest Side trash bin late Sunday evening. Fire crews made the discovery after responding to an alley fire in the 3100 block of North Kimball in the city's Avondale neighborhood around 11 p.m., ABC Chicago reports....

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ZP Heller: Lessons From Bangladesh

Rescuers and salvage workers have concluded a frantic search for victims in Bangladesh's Rana Plaza, an eight-story garment factory complex that collapsed on April 24, killing an estimated 1,127 people. Sadly, there will be no more miraculous stories of survival like that of Reshma Begum, the 19-year-old seamstress...

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Carol Kellermann: The Next Mayor's Biggest Challenge

As the New York City mayor's race builds momentum, candidates are discussing a wide range of issues -- but not how they would tackle the biggest challenge the next mayor will certainly face: negotiating municipal labor contracts. The challenge is huge, because all labor contracts with the city have expired, there's...

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Martin Kleinman: Wake Up, People! New York Crime Still Exists

Attention, New Yorkers: crime still exists. In recent weeks, I've heard sad tales from both newbie New Yorkers and those that have been here a while and ought to know better. Tales that make me want to shake my head and say, "You did what? Seriously?" One recent corker is the story of the 30-something mother who...

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Epic Photo Still Sparks Controversy Among Israel, Palestinians

JERUSALEM -- A new Israeli report into the death of a Palestinian boy during a fierce gunbattle in the Gaza Strip more than a dozen years ago has reignited an emotional debate over who killed him – and how the incident has shaped perspectives of the Mideast conflict. Israel says a French TV report in 2000 that...

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Man charged with car fire, shooting building

An Alexandria man is facing multiple charges for allegedly torching a sedan and firing shots at an unoccupied office building in Fairfax County on Saturday night, police said. Officers and firefighters found a Toyota Camry fully engulfed in flames around 11:20 p.m. Saturday in the 5500 block of Cherokee Avenue in...

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Heather Laine Talley: Zelda Wasn't 'Crazy': How What You Don't Know About Fitzgerald Tells Us...

Co-Authored with Vali Forrister The 1920s are back, and we can thank Baz Luhrmann's remake of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic, The Great Gatsby. This telling of Fitzgerald's story of American Dream hustle, the decadence of the nouveau riche and the utility of deception is bursting with extravagant scenery and...

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LOOK: 200-Pound Black Bear Rescued From Tree With Fire Ladder

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It was a bigger-than-average tree rescue for firefighters in Colorado Springs. They had to use a ladder truck to reach a black bear after it fell asleep in a tall pine tree after being tranquilized Sunday. The bear weighed between 150 and 200 pounds. State wildlife division spokesman...

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