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Blaze 30% contained; fire crews
optimistic
KERNVILLE -- The
64,500-acre McNally blaze is still raging in parts of
Sequoia National Forest, but for the first time since it
started a week ago, officials seem optimistic they're
beginning to assert their will on the
wildfire.
Nuclear waste may go through Valley by
2010
Nuclear waste might
travel through Fresno County by rail and truck to a
long-term repository in Nevada as soon as 2010,
according to preliminary routes identified by the U.S.
Department of Energy.
Minister will face molest
trial
VISALIA -- A Dinuba
minister was ordered Friday to stand trial on 12 felony
counts of child molestation involving two of his
daughters and dating back to the 1960s and
'70s.
77-hour ordeal ends in triumph for
Pennsylvania miners
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A southbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight
train passes through downtown Fresno. More than 15,300
loads of about 300 types of hazardous materials went
through the city on the BNSF line in 2001.
(Darrell
Wong / The Fresno Bee)
Trains
next door
The same is true for
people who live near the tracks. They have visions of
disaster when a train makes an unusual squeal, but such
thoughts vanish quickly. There is no use living in fear,
they say.
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Four and counting: Armstrong wins another
Tour de France
PARIS (AP) -
Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France
Sunday, handily beating the world's best cyclists in a
grueling three-week event he has turned into his
personal showcase.
Rent-a-players aren't
wanted
Scouts have been out
in full force at Grizzlies Stadium in July, pointing
their radar guns at Jesse Foppert and Jerome Williams,
asking questions about Kurt Ainsworth and Jeff
Verplancke.
 Finishers only hope not to be
finished
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Bee sports reporter Sheila Mulrooney Eldred
battles back cramps with the support of her husband,
Eric Sumner.
(Tomas Ovalle / The Fresno Bee)
A
Survivor's StoryIt's 6 a.m. and
I'm surrounded by bicyclists who look like they ride
with the U.S. Postal Service team. In fact, there are a
few people riding the bike Lance Armstrong is riding in
the Tour de France. I'm beginning to understand why
people reacted with shock, incredulity, and perhaps a
tinge of jealousy whenever I mentioned I was doing the
Tollhouse Century, the Climb to Kaiser's newborn little
sister.
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Movies
No Way, Baby
Many
questions are answered in "Austin Powers in Goldmember,"
including the all-important revelation that a certain
part of Mini-Me's heretofore unveiled anatomy most
definitely exceeds his height-weight proportions. (Come
now, you were just arguing over that at the water
cooler, right?)
 For summer movies 2025, it's deja vu all
over again
I returned
from the future just this morning, thanks to a great
deal I got from DreamWorks on a used time machine. And I
have wondrous movie news to share with you. Years from
now, we'll still be able to enjoy the same high caliber
of ground-breaking entertainment that we enjoy today.
Who says Hollywood isn't creative?
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Entertainment
San Jose Symphony to file for bankruptcy
protection
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)
- The San Jose Symphony said it will file for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection next month.
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