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Wind creates chaos for firefighters as flames near Lake Tahoe

The Caldor Fire was 3 miles outside of South Lake Tahoe on Tuesday, officials said. The National Weather Service warned that weather conditions Wednesday would include wind gusts up to 30 mph.

 
Veteran turning historic airfield into Army Air Force museum

During World War II, Wendover’s airfield served as a base for B-17 and B-24 bomber crews and was the training site of the B-29 unit that dropped the atomic bombs.

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UNLV researchers find evidence of global thaw in Russian cave

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