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'Paradise Is Burning': Fires Prompt California Evacuations

By JOSH GERSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun

On the eve of one of the biggest tourism weekends of the summer, rampaging wildfires are prompting the evacuation of a picturesque stretch of the California coast and blanketing other popular spots with a haze of brown smoke.

Nadal Dethrones Federer at Wimbledon 4:44 pm EDT

Venus Wins Wimbledon Final Over Sister

Jesse Helms Dies at 86

NATIONAL >

FARC Hostages Return to America

White House Says Ruling Could Free Detainees in America

McCain Extols Free Trade in Colombia

Race Profiling Considered In FBI Terrorist Probes

Bush Vows More Troops in Afghanistan

FOREIGN >

Outcome of Iran Diplomacy Is Inevitable

By BENNY AVNI 33 minutes ago

Iran Resumes Work on Nuclear Equipment 7:01 pm EDT

'Super Bishops' Could Avert Split Within Church of England 25 minutes ago

United Arab Emirates Cancels All Iraqi Debt 20 minutes ago

NEW YORK >

Rochester Billionaire Targets Silver With New PAC

By JACOB GERSHMAN, Staff Reporter of the Sun

Crane Inspector Pleads Not Guilty

New York Moves To Defend Gun Law

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, Staff Reporter of the Sun

Hedge Fund Scammer Tells NY Judge He Tried Suicide

Murder, Rape Numbers Mar Positive Crime Statistics

BUSINESS >

City Faces More Anguish at the Pump

By DAN DORFMAN

Market Ends Mixed Following Jobs, Services Data

Judge Orders Prison for Former Refco CEO

Employers Cut Jobs for Sixth Straight Month

ARTS+ >

Painting for Eternity: Pietre Dure at the Met

America's Birth Papers at the NYPL

Phillip Pearlstein, Objectifying the Nude

'Tis the Season for Big Bands

REAL ESTATE+ >

An Oasis Blooms In Long Island City

New Big-Box Store May Make East Harlem a Target Market

By CANDACE TAYLOR, Staff Reporter of the Sun

'The Smell' of Gowanus Canal May Be Sponged Away

Real Estate Investors May Resort to Prayer

By MICHAEL STOLER

Bulging Buildings: Cantilevers Make a Comeback

SPORTS >

Inevitable Nadal-Federer Final Will Be One for Ages

By TOM PERROTTA

Report: Alex Rodriguez's Wife To File for Divorce 34 minutes ago

Baseball Drug Program Threatened by Prosecutors

Yanks Must Seize Opportunity Vs. Struggling Sox

By STEVEN GOLDMAN

Avery Circus Leaves Town, but Rangers Keep Retooling

By KEVIN GREENSTEIN

EDITORIALS >

Reverse Eminent Domain

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OPINION >

PATRICK McILHERAN: Let 'Em Rip

ANDREW WOLF: Three American Originals

JOHN McWHORTER: Obama and Bush Share Face

KENNETH BLACKWELL: 'I'll Take That One'

JOHN STOSSEL: Hardly a Depression

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