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  • ** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 ** Visitors listen Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, to Michael Gurling, right, of the Forks, Wash., Chamber of Commerce, talk about the bonfire location on a beach in LaPush, Wash., that is portrayed as the place where Bella Swan, the main character in author Stephenie Meyer's vampire-themed "Twilight" books, learns that her high-school friend Edward Cullen is really a vampire. The visitors were taking part in a "Twilight Tour" led by Gurling that takes fans of the books, which are set in the nearby town of Forks, Wash., around to locations central to the plot and characters. The attention is welcome in Forks, which has long suffered by the decline in the timber industry. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

    EDITORIAL: California to ban fire

    Since man first rubbed a pair of sticks together to make a fire, we've gathered around a campfire to cook food, enjoy good company and bask in the warmth of the glowing embers.


  • ** FILE ** A European Union flag waves in the wind in front of the Chancellery in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2012.

    European Union poised to add Hezbollah to terror list

    The European Union, under pressure from the international community and on the heels of a formal request from Britain, is poised to add Hezbollah to its list of terror groups.


  • ** FILE ** British Prime Minister David Cameron (Associated Press)

    Gay marriage in Britain tears apart conservatives

    British Prime Minister David Cameron may rue the day he supported gay marriage.


  • Poultry farmer Barry Jones gathers eggs from some of his 700 hens in Franksville, Wis., that he sells at farmers markets during the summer.

    COGGIN: Cracking Big Egg

    There's a new dish that's been crafted in several Hill offices: the Congressional Omelet. It's a fairly simple recipe — scramble a bunch of eggs and mix them with a hefty helping of bureaucratic molasses.


  • Blast at Spain bomb disposal base kills 3 soldiers

    Three soldiers at an army bomb disposal unit in southern Spain were killed Monday when a blast rocked the facility, the country’s defense ministry said.


  • Greece warns of 'vicious cycle of inequality' in EU

    A top Greek official on Wednesday warned of a "widening gap" in the eurozone that separates financially stable countries such as Germany from their southern European partners that are struggling to keep up.


  • Dietz Werland works on the assembly line at the Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Ind., on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/A.J. Mast)

    U.S. factory output falls 0.4 percent in April

    U.S. manufacturers cut back on production in April as auto companies cranked out fewer cars, factories made fewer consumer goods and most other industries reduced output. The weakness suggests economic growth may be slowing this spring.


  • Illustration by Nancy Ohanian

    EDITORIAL: Death of the euro

    Our European cousins are just now figuring out that ditching their marks, francs, liras and drachmas to join the eurozone may not have been such a hot idea after all.


  • ** FILE ** Cuban ladies smoke the country's famous cigars. (AP Photo)

    Cuba launches challenge to Australian tobacco laws at WTO

    Cuba has filed its first legal challenge with the World Trade Organization, joining the fight against Australia's tough tobacco packaging laws, the Geneva-based trade body announced Monday.


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