LOS ANGELES (AP) — All residents forced to flee the massive wildfire burning north of Los Angeles have been allowed to return to survey the damage. Firefighters have been able to set controlled burns and remove dry brush overnight as they continue efforts to surround the fire. It's scorched nearly 219 square miles.
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Michael Jackson will be interred in a mausoleum later today. The service will be private. Jackson will rest in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale, about eight miles north of downtown L.A. Hollywood stars including Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields are also interred there.
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (AP) — It looks like Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins will die in prison. Atkins admitted stabbing actress Sharon Tate to death 40 years ago. She's now terminally ill with brain cancer, but a California parole board has denied her requests for freedom.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq. The U.S. military says the soldiers' died when their vehicle rolled over in Diyala (dee-YAH'-lah) province. It's giving no other details.
BEIJING (AP) — Residents of the western Chinese city of Urumqi (uh-ROOM'-chee) have been demonstrating in the streets. Eyewitnesses say hundreds of majority ethnic Han are protesting deteriorating law and order in the city. Safety fears have been high since July's deadly rioting between the Han and the region's Uighur (WEE'-gur) ethnic group.
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