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Officials say lightning strikes have started at least 15 new wildfires in the Angeles National Forest. U.S. Forest Service spokesman Stanton Florea says lightning struck about 400 times Wednesday in the higher, remote regions of the forest north of Los... Sponsored Topics: Angeles National Forest - Wildfire - los angeles - united states Forest Service - Lightning

Tension between Israel and united states rose on Tuesday as Israel tried to overlook its ally's criticism and urged U.S. President Barrack Obama to respect settlement agreements his predecessor allowe...

Families throughout Washington and parts of Oregon and Idaho have two opportunities to help University of Washington researchers unlock some of the secrets of autism, a spectrum of developmental disorders that now affects about one out of every 150 children born in the united states.

California's primary taxing agencies are considering consolidations as a way to save money for the state, said Betty Yee, chairwoman of the Board of Equalization.

The united states has been dubbed the fast-food nation, but that may be changing at least in one respect. About 44% of people ...

UK customers set for a greater disparity than ever before as the software giant pushes through increasesAdobe has surprised and angered UK users by announcing it will be raising prices on its software by around 10% from 1 July - pushing the price differential based on the exchange rate between its UK and US products even further apart.The announcement, which does not appear on Adobe's UK website, may prompt a rush to buy programs in the coming month - but could also drive would-be purchasers to lower-cost alternatives, or to pirated versions. At the same time it is reducing prices by around 13% in continental europe, citing changes in the dollar to euro exchange rate.The company said that the price hikes in the UK are 'a difficult decision for us' but that they had been forced upon it because 'the global economy has entered a state of unprecedented turmoil, and one of the side effects of this has been sharp fluctuations between GBP/EUR exchange rates'. That has created problems for its

Alvaro Saborio scored 79 seconds in, the second-fastest goal against the united states in a World Cup qualifier, and Costa Rica coasted to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night. Celso Borges added a goal in the 13th minute, and Pablo Herrera sealed the victory for...

Twenty years after China's bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the united states is urging the government to come to terms with its violent actions.

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden warned Americans 'to be prepared to receive the consequences of the Obama and Bush administrations.' In a new recorded audiotape aired by Arabic Al Jazeera TV Wednesday, June 3 - as Saudi king Abdullah greeted US president barack obama on his arrival in Riyadh - bin Laden said Obama had planted the seeds for 'revenge and hatred' toward the united states in the Muslim world. The warning was issued the day before the US president was to deliver a speech to Muslims from Cairo.

Twenty years after China's bloody crackdown on demonstrators at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the united states is urging the government to come to terms with its violent actions.