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More than a million lose power as storm blows through California ...

Yosemite National Park rangers and sheriff's deputies combed the Sierra foothills and mountain snow camps Friday afternoon searching for a Clovis man and his two children, said Clovis police spokeswoman Janet Stoll-Lee.

Scientist jailed for setting lethal mantrap

A FORMER Government scientist who booby-trapped his home to deter burglars has been jailed for 18 months.

Because a judge said he considered Nigel Cockburn to be a danger, an extended licence period of 18 months was imposed.

He told the 53-year-old "eccentric", who worked for the Ministry of Defence for 36 years: "The nature of your former occupation makes you potentially very dangerous. You are an expert in counter-terrorism and have considerable experience in dealing with explosive devices."

Maidstone Crown Court heard that Cockburn invented a lethal mantrap which injured an Army explosives expert when he opened the door of a rundown shed and a metal device packed with 4in nails swung at his head.

Captain Iain Swan, of the Royal Logistics Corps, suffered wounds to his arm as he instinctively raised it to protect head.

Waldoboro Town Manager, First Selectman Surprise Town With ...

The chair at the end of the Waldoboro selectmen's table was noticeably vacant Tuesday night as close to 100 people filed into the meeting room at the town office. Most selectmen's meetings find fewer than half a dozen citizens in attendance, and most find Town Manager Lee Smith in his seat at the end of the table.

Smith was not at the regularly scheduled select board meeting, but employment lawyer Clare Payne was in the audience as First Selectman Carleton Johnson announced that Smith had tendered his resignation, effective Jan. 1. No reason was given.

Payne was on hand as the legal counsel who helped draft the agreement, apparently in the executive session that commenced earlier that afternoon.

The resignation marks the end of Smith's 26-year career as Town Manager.

Fox Hill Senior Condominium Development Thrives During National ...

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fox Hill Senior Condominium Community in Bethesda, MD, developed and managed by Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. NYSE: SRZ, continues to thrive during one of the nation's largest housing slumps, as more than 140 condominiums have already been reserved to date and construction on the community is at 70 percent completion.

Fox Hill is an equity-based independent living condominium community with a separate and distinct area of the community offering short-term and long-term assisted living rental suites for seniors requiring assistance with daily living activities or memory care. This community will offer seniors age 60 and older an upscale lifestyle by combining a prime Bethesda, MD location built on 16.4 wooded acres of forest preserve, with luxury condominium residences, extensive amenities and personalized services.

Will speeding fine blunder cost £20m?

MILLIONS of pounds of fines could have to be refunded after a landmark ruling found several speed limits on Hamp-shire's roads are not legally enforceable.

Legal experts who uncovered the failings say they have seen the same mistakes time and time again across the county, which they described as "a signing disaster zone".

Your guide to the Section III boys and girls basketball tournaments

Preaster, no doubt, would like to go out a winner, and winning a third straight Section III title would be quite a sendoff for the Proctor senior, considering he was the only starter returning from last year's championship team.

The tournament is "open" to any team, regardless of regular-season record, but several area schools chose not to participate this year, including Camden in Class A, Ilion and Canastota in Class B, and Poland, Owen D.