Bus overturns in northern California, killing 10 (AP)

Calif. firefighters wrestle with hundreds of blazes (AP)
AP - Lightning sparked as many as 400 fires that burned around Northern California on Sunday, as officials farther south were close to containing a blaze that had destroyed more than a dozen...

Calif. wildfires threaten homes, force evacuations (AP)
AP - Hundreds of firefighters Thursday struggled to gain control of a series of wildfires burning across Northern California, including a raging forest fire that forced hundreds to leave...

Robbers in drag get millions in Paris jewel theft (AP)
AP - Armed robbers — some disguised as women — snatched euro85 million ($108 million) worth of diamond rings, necklaces and luxury watches from a Harry Winston boutique on a posh Paris...

Home loan troubles break records again (AP)
AP - A record one in 10 American homeowners with a mortgage were either at least a month behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of September as the source of housing market...

Employers cut 533K jobs in Nov., most in 34 years (AP)
AP - Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, dramatic proof the country is careening deeper into recession.