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    USFS to allow night aerial firefighting in S. Cal

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Congressional representatives say the U.S. Forest Service has decided to allow nighttime aerial attacks on wildfires in Southern California.

    Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Congressmen Adam Schiff and Buck McKeon announced the change of policy on Thursday.

    The Forest Service has previously restricted aerial firefighting operations to daylight hours for safety reasons.

    The issue has been under discussion since the 2009 Station Fire burned 250 square miles of the Angeles National Forest in 2009. Some critics of the firefighting effort contend it could have been contained when it was just a small blaze if nighttime aerial firefighting had been allowed.

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    • Cycling-Road-Giro d'Italia points classification after stage 17

      May 22 (Infostrada Sports) - Points Classification Giro d'Italia after Stage 17 on Wednesday 1. Mark Cavendish (Britain / Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) 113 2. Cadel Evans (Australia / BMC Racing) 109 3. Mauro Santambrogio (Italy / Vini Fantini) 89 4. Giovanni Visconti (Italy / Movistar) 86 5. Carlos Betancur (Colombia / AG2R) 85 6. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) 78 7. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / Team Sky) 76 8. Elia Viviani (Italy / Cannondale) 72 9. Maxim Belkov (Russia / Katusha) 71 10. Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania / Garmin) 65

    • Restaurant reopens after bad reality TV experience

      A Scottsdale, Ariz. restaurant reopened for business Tuesday night to good reviews after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience. Wife and husband Amy and Samy Bouzaglo ...

    • Jurors in Jodi Arias case say they're unable to reach decision; judge sends them back

      PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in Jodi Arias case say they're unable to reach decision; judge sends them back.

    • Fisker fields $20 million offer from Bob Lutz, Wanxiang: sources

      By Deepa Seetharaman and Norihiko Shirouzu DETROIT/TOKYO (Reuters) - A team including former General Motors Co executive Bob Lutz and China's largest parts maker is looking to buy Fisker Automotive for $20 million, a fraction of the "green" car company's estimated worth almost a year and a half ago. People familiar with the matter said on Wednesday that VL Automotive, a venture between Lutz and industrialist Gilbert Villarreal, and China's Wanxiang Group submitted the bid earlier this month to buy Fisker through a prepackaged bankruptcy deal. ...

    • The Gruesome Details of London's Horrifying Machete Attack

      An attack in broad daylight in London on Wednesday is drawing a swift response — and a possible terror link — from the highest authorities. Reports suggest two men chased down another man with their car before getting out, attacking him with a machete, and dragging him through the city streets. 

    • Why We Can't Forget That Oklahoma's Senators Voted Against Sandy Relief

      Nearly four months ago, Oklahoma Senators Tom Coburn and James Inhofe both voted against H.R.152, the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act that eventually sent $50.5 billion in relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy. And in the flurry of last night's devastation in Moore, Oklahoma. it was impossible not to forget that fact, knowing the federal government would soon rally to the cause.

    • Florida high school suspends teacher for touching girl on head with banana

      Is a cigar sometimes just a cigar? That debate will remain unresolved, but The Daily Caller can say with confidence that a banana is definitely not always just a banana at North Marion High School near Ocala, Fla.

    • File: Josh Powell had affair before wife vanished

      WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Newly released police files say Josh Powell had an affair with a Utah woman just months before his wife disappeared.

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