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Los Angeles  - After four days of widespread devastation, California firefighters on Tuesday had three large fires under control, and evacuated residents returned to find hundreds of homes gutted by the flames.

Los Angeles  - In her most extensive comments since her breakdown last year, fallen pop princess Britney Spears says that her life has been worse than a jail sentence, but that she’s slowly healing, one day at a time.

Washington  - Two NASA astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour completed a spacewalk on Tuesday to replace a nitrogen tank on the International Space Station and begin repair of a joint on a key solar panel.

Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
A little know-how, though, goes a long way toward making the task of sorting through the options a lot [...]

San Francisco  - Has Google invented the killer app for the iPhone?

London  - England’s preparations for Wednesday’s friendly against Germany in Berlin were dealt another blow late Tuesday when Arsenal winger Theo Walcott was ruled out because of a dislocated shoulder.

Los Angeles  - US president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged urgent action to implement the climate and clean-energy policies he laid out in his campaign, telling a meeting of state governors that “delay is no longer an option.”

Washington  - A local Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Cheney and former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges connected to alleged abuse of inmates in a private prison system, a Texas newspaper reported late Monday on its website.

Washington  - The United States issued more visas in 2008 for students and other academic and cultural exchanges than any other year in history, the US State Department said Tuesday.