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A helicopter drops water on a fire burning near homes on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Azusa, Calif. A wildfire burned out of control near homes in the dangerously dry foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains early Thursday, fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds that spit embers into neighborhoods in the city below, igniting trees. Evacuations were ordered for houses at the edge of the fire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Southern California wildfire spreads; 3 men arrested

By Raquel Maria Dillon - Associated Press

**FILE** Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (third from right) and Janice Hahn Councilperson with the District 15 (second from right) walk past a police line as they arrive to address the community and expresses their condolences over the death of a medical technician, who apparently distraught over losing his job at a hospital, fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself at their harbor-area home in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2009. (Associated Press)

L.A., Chicago hold nation’s top slots — for murder: Report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times