The controlled burn kept the Basin Complex blaze from destroying homes on their 55 acres on Apple Pie Ridge. But what some see as a heroic act landed one man in jail.

 
BIG SUR, California - July 7, 2008 - As flames swirled toward their family homestead, the Curtis brothers figured they'd get no help and had no choice: The only way to hold on to their 55-acre ranch and home would be to fight fire with fire.

SACRAMENTO, California - July 7, 2008 - California is making it mandatory for cars to be labeled with global warming scores, figures that take into account emissions from vehicle use and fuel production.

CHARLES TOWN, West Virginia - July 7, 2008 - A Charles Town man has filed a civil action lawsuit against two area law enforcement officers and Wal-Mart after he said he was wrongly accused of child pornography after attempting to develop nude photographs at a store in Winchester last year.

GERALD, Missouri - July 1, 2008 - Like so many rural communities in the country’s middle, this small town had wrestled for years with the woes of methamphetamine. Then, several months ago, a federal agent showed up.

WASHINGTON - July 3, 2008 - The following statement was written by Congressman Ron Paul (Texas) about the pending financial disaster. He will introduce this statement as a special order and insert it into the Congressional Record next week.

By Mike Finch

LONDON, England - July 2, 2008 - A British defense think tank predicts possible “key risks and shocks” for the future in a recently released report. The report predicts microchip brain implants, flash-bombs, Marxist middle-class revolutionaries, extreme globalization and more, all likely within 30 years.

New state gun law sets stage for airport showdown

ATLANTA, Georgia - July 1, 2008 - You could call it the Atlanta version of "High Noon."