Archive for August, 2009

VWilliams struggles with serve, knee, foe at Open (AP)

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With her knee bandaged, Venus Williams, of the United States, stretches to hit a return during her match against Vera Dushevina, of Russia, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP – Venus Williams was bothered by a terrible knee and distracted by more than a half-dozen foot faults. What never fazed her: a huge deficit.

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LA fashion designer gets 59 years to life sentence (AP)

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FILE- This file photo taken April 29, 2004, shows fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander in New York. Alexander will be sentenced, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, for luring aspiring models to Los Angeles and sexually assaulting them. Alexander was convicted of 14 felonies, including forcible rape, and two misdemeanors. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)AP – Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced Monday to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles.

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Deadly wildfire surges closer to Los Angeles (AP)

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Firefighters light a backfire as a wildfire approaches homes during the Station Fire in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP – A deadly wildfire ruined more than four dozen homes as it blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry Southern California forest, forced thousands of residents to flee and burned dangerously close Monday to a vital mountaintop broadcasting complex.

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