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Barton is the most despised woman in Colorado, as hated as Mrs. O'Leary after her cow kick started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The fire has forced the evacuation of 8,000 people southwest of Denver and northwest of Colorado Springs, and could cost $50 million. Smoke detectors 30 miles away continue to go peep-peep-peep as the haze spreads. More than 1,700 fire fighters are battling the flames, including the boyfriend of the older Barton girl. Four fire fighters from Oregon died when their van crashed while on the way to help fight the Barton...
Sukhothai's airport is owned and operated by upstart regional carrier Bangkok Airways?which replicates in the air its classy style on the ground. Unlike no-frills European airlines Ryanair and easyJet, or the U.S.'s Southwest, Bangkok Airways offers perks such as hot meals and wine, even on hour-long puddle jumps?not to mention elaborate landing rites like those at Sukhothai. And the service is impeccable. The Swissair-trained staff, both on the ground and in the air, are efficient, helpful and always ready to share a smile. The attendants even remember passengers' names. "This is what flying...
...Omen Southwest Airlines says obese passengers too large to squeeze between the armrests of aircraft seats will be charged twice the normal airfare...
...grand jury prefers the latter explanation. Barton was indicted Wednesday on arson charges; Colorado authorities say she deliberately started a wildfire southwest of Denver on June 8th. The blaze, the largest in Colorado history, has ravaged 135,000 acres of parched land, destroying 25 houses and driving nearly 8,000 people from their homes...
...come out with his hands up. "It was very nice and quiet," Johansen says, recalling the day when three officers - two from ?kokrim, Norway's economic-crime investigation unit, and one local policeman - visited his house in Steinsholt, a small town about an hour and a half southwest of Oslo. They went into his basement office and confiscated two computers, some data CDs, a cell phone and its charger. What had Johansen done? He'd just watched some movies. Later this year, Johansen, now 18, will stand trial for hacking. Prosecutors say that's what he did by co-authoring...