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13,500 flee growing California fire

A wind-fanned wildfire spread across 1,300 acres in Santa Barbara County, California, early Thursday, forcing 13,500 residents to evacuate and destroying at least 20 homes.

CNNMoney: Fed pushes back recovery forecast

Federal Reserve policymakers lowered their economic outlook for the rest of the year at its meeting last month, suggesting that they may not be done taking unprecedented steps to try and jumpstart a recovery.

Treasure hunters claim historic warship found

Deep-sea explorers say they have solved "one of the greatest mysteries in naval history" with the discovery of what was "the world's mightiest and most technically advanced warship" when it sank in 1744.

Abuse claims: 'Skull fragment' was coconut

A $6.2 million inquiry into child abuse on the British Channel Island of Jersey lay in tatters on Wednesday after senior officers revealed police were relying on discredited evidence.

Prosecutions 'unlikely' despite body remains at Jersey home

Police investigating claims of child abuse on the Channel Island of Jersey say they have found the remains of at least five children, according to media reports.

People.com: Promoters Sue David Copperfield for $5 Million

Did David Copperfield perform a vanishing act? Foreign promoters are suing the illusionist for nearly $5 million, claiming the embattled star skipped out on a planned Asian tour once word got out that he was under investigation for sexual misconduct.

Fortune: Chairman of the Board

IN 1977, AT AGE 23, Jake Burton left a job at an investment firm run by Victor Niederhoffer for a wood shop near Stratton, Vt. His goal: transform the Snurfer, a precursor to the modern snowboard, ...

Fortune: My idea of fun

Helio Dayton's first surf outing ended badly. He staggered onto the beach, dazed and bruised. Years later he tried again. Now the wireless whiz kid, seen here on a wave in Indonesia, says he is obs...

FSB: Wave Maker

In a recent issue of Transworld Surf, a trade magazine, Randy French was listed as the third-most-powerful person in the $4.5 billion industry. But if there were a list of the most controversial pl...

Channel Islands' liberation marked

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has visited the Channel Islands to mark the 60th anniversary of their liberation from Nazi rule at the end of World War II.

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