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PG&E Expects Big Profits after Bankruptcy

PG&E Expects Big Profits after Bankruptcy

Projections show company rebounding this year with a profit of $454 million     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric says it expects to become more profitable than ever after it emerges from bankruptcy and pays...

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Evacuations Lifted in California Riverbottom Fire

Evacuations Lifted in California Riverbottom Fire

Riverbottom Fire full containment expected later Friday     RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Evacuations were lifted after crews got a handle on a smoky wildfire that briefly burned near homes along a dry Southern California riverbed on Thursday. Flames broke out in...

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California Firefighters Return from Australia

California Firefighters Return from Australia

Bodies of two in tanker crash sent home     By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the wildland firefighters, fresh off a long flight from Australia, strode into a Los Angeles fire station Wednesday morning, Marvin Schober got his GoPro...

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PG&E Clears Another Bankruptcy Hurdle

PG&E Clears Another Bankruptcy Hurdle

PG&E now appears to be well positioned to emerge from bankruptcy     By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that moves Pacific Gas & Electric closer to getting out of bankruptcy,...

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Arguments Grow Over Cause of Australian Wildfires

Arguments Grow Over Cause of Australian Wildfires

Debate grows over cause of fires     By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — What's to blame for scores of wildfires devastating Australia's southeast? There's an increasingly bitter face-off between those who say arson and those who fault...

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Oregon Legislature Considers Sweeping Wildfire Plan

Oregon Legislature Considers Sweeping Wildfire Plan

Expanding resources and thinning forests     Oregon lawmakers are looking at several bills that could change the way the state fights wildfires, and how it tries to prevent them. The Legislature convenes in Salem on Monday. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports...

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