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Santa Cruz County fire grows to 5,036 acres

Aug. 14, 2009
A major wildfire continued to rip through wide swaths of hilly terrain in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Friday, but it wasn't fierce enough to roust Billy Ray Martin. The Bonny Doon musician and his wife, Suzy, were among a couple hundred people living in the...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler