FIRE UPDATE — 8:50 a.m. (Malibu Times)
The Corral Fire that sparked early Saturday morning and raged through Malibu’s canyons burning nearly 5,000 acres is 90 percent contained with no active flames, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2007/11/26/news_flash/flash1.txt
Map of damaged/destroyed homes: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ptab=2&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=103935463499338148308.
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World — Violence erupts in Paris suburb
VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France — Rampaging youths clashed with the police for a second night in a suburb of Paris, hurling Molotov cocktails and setting fire to dozens of cars. At least 77 police officers were wounded and some officers were fired at, a senior police union official said Tuesday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/27/europe/france.php
Politics — Oprah, Bill Clinton bring star power to Iowa
DES MOINES — Both are legendary communicators, perhaps the two greatest in their generation. Both helped build an ethic of empathy, turning the public confession into a rite of passage. Both are world-renowned — one for being a former president, the other for a TV show usually identified just by her first name.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/11/27/ST2007112700850.html
Entertainment — Talks resume between writers and Hollywood studios
LOS ANGELES — The first day of talks since movie and TV writers went on strike produced no public updates or word if any progress was made — but it did trigger a promise to meet again.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iE0uIqtrdPXiNMr1qniAIsCAa0fwD8T61
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Sports — Redskins safety Sean Taylor dead at 24
MIAMI — Sean Taylor, a Pro Bowl safety with the Washington Redskins who was shot early Monday by an intruder at his home in an affluent suburb south of Miami, died early Tuesday from his injuries, one of his lawyers said.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/27/sports/27cndtaylor.php