Fires in the West

Fires in the West
EMERGENCY SIRENS sounded Tuesday as a growing 1,500-acre wildfire moved downhill and threatened homes at the bottom of northern Arizona's scenic Oak Creek Canyon. Crews also were battling wildfires in Colorado, above, New Mexico and California.
Phone recordswithout warrants
FEDERAL AND LOCAL POLICE across the country -- as well as some of the nation's best-known companies -- have been gathering Americans' phone records from private data brokers without subpoenas or warrants.
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Study says statins cut risk of cataracts
STATINS, the cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions of Americans, might also reduce the risk of cataracts, a preliminary study suggests.
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INTERNATIONAL
Bodies recovered
THE U.S. MILITARY recovered the bodies Tuesday of two missing soldiers from an area it said was rigged with explosives.
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LOCAL
Good grads news
HIGH SCHOOL graduation rates in Ohio and Pennsylvania are running ahead of the national average.
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BUSINESS
Support groupvisits the Valley
A NEW SUPPORT GROUP for Northeast Ohio manufacturers came to Youngstown on Tuesday to gather ideas for topics to work on.
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SPORTS
Indians cut tieswith losing pitcher
JASON JOHNSON, one of the bigger disappointments in a season of them for the Cleveland Indians, was designated for assignment Tuesday by the club.
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