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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego County sheriff says arson will be among the many possibilities investigators will look at in trying to determine what caused nine fires to break out during a two-day heat wave. Sheriff Bill Gore says it could take months to find the causes of the blazes concentrated in the northwestern area of the county, from the coast to areas 10 to 15 miles inland. He also noted that sparks from vehicles can easily ignite brush in the hot, dry and windy conditions. The fires have caused more than $22 million in damage so far.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say that the death toll in a car bombing near a rebel-held border crossing with Turkey has risen to 43. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the number includes Syrians who were wounded in the blast and were taken to hospitals in Turkey, where they later died.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge says he will strike down a state law barring clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, expanding his ruling against the state's ban on gay marriage. Yesterday, the state Supreme Court refused to stay the judge's ruling that the gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, but noted the prohibition on gay marriage licenses still stood. And that effectively halted gay marriages in the state, with the two counties that had been issuing licenses to same-sex couples saying they'd stop.
NEW YORK (AP) — It won't be open to the public until next week -- but today, the new September 11th museum at the World Trade Center site in New York has been dedicated by President Barack Obama and others, including survivors of the attack and people who lost loved ones. Kayla Bergeron remembered walking down 68 flights of stairs in the north tower, amid confusion and fear that there was no way out. Her final steps to safety were on an outdoor stairway -- which is now in the museum.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Retired tennis star James Blake says he had never met any members of the family who died last week in the Florida home they were renting from him. Police say the man who rented the home, Darrin Campbell, shot his wife, Kimberly, 19-year-old son and teenage daughter each in the head with a handgun before setting the house on fire and shooting himself in the head.
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