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GROVELAND, Calif. (AP) — Officials say a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park grew by several hundred acres overnight, a relatively small increase compared to recent days.
The Rim Fire had burned about 301 square miles and remained 30 percent cont...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A special election to replace San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has been set for Nov. 19.
The City Council agreed to the date on Wednesday.
Filner is scheduled to resign Friday following sexual harassment allegations from more than a dozen women...

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman’s wife says she’s going to have to “think about” whether she stays married to him.
Shellie Zimmerman made the comments to ABC on Wednesday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying during a bail ...

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Juliette blew down trees and power lines as it blasted across the tourist resorts at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, causing at least one death, officials said Thursday.
The storm’s maximum susta...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A senior judicial official has overturned the prison sentence of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden. The official has also ordered the doctor’s retrial.
Government administrator Feroz Shah says the judicia...

VIENNA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that U.N. experts seeking to collect evidence from an apparent chemical attack in Syria that killed hundreds of people will report to him as soon as they leave the country Saturday.
The team i...

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — An early morning house fire in Connecticut earlier this month has claimed the life of a second victim.
Authorities told The Hour newspaper on Wednesday that 22-year-old David Dubrow of Miami, Fla., died from injuries he suffered in t...

Florida State League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
yz-Daytona (Cubs) 37 19 .661 —
Lakeland (Tigers) 30 28 .517 8
Clearwater (Phillies) 31 32 .492 9½
Tampa (Yankees) 28 34 .452 12
Brevard Co. (Brewers) 28 35 .444 12½
x-Dunedin (Blue Jays) 23 38 .377 16½
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PORT CHARLOTTE — Port Charlotte High School lost the first game and trailed for much of the second in its nondistrict contest against Lemon Bay on Wednesday night at the Pirate Cove.
But the Pirates came from behind to win the next three games for a 14-2...

Former North Port High School basketball standout Larry Taylor announced he will to transfer to Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., where he will play basketball and pursue a nursing major.
He had verbally committed to transfer to Rollins College in...