Crop 4 Cure for Multiple Sclerosis This is the first annual scrapbook fundraising event designed to raise money for the National MS Society. 100% of the profits will be donated to the MS Society, donations are tax deductible,12 hours of scrappin time, hot catered lunch, good bag valued at at over $25. Drinks all day, dessert & snack table, Cookie Lee Jewelry, chair massages, garage sale table, special raffle drawing 11:00 am - 11:00 pm Rescue Community Center, 4180 Green Valley Road, Rescue $75 For more information contact: Regina Miller (916) 276-6930
With California on edge as a heat wave threatened to worsen firefighting efforts, hundreds of people north of the state capital evacuated Tuesday after a fire shifted direction.
The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season continued to weaken Tuesday, dropping to a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
The West's fire season used to stretch from May into August or September, but now fires touch off in April or earlier, and the season sometimes stretches into October.
NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process.
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