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The helicopters were responding to a vegetation fire that spread from a nearby structure fire. One helicopter made a safe landing with no injuries, while all in the second helicopter were killed.

Paramount Global has sold Simon & Schuster to the private equity firm KKR. The deal comes nearly a year after the Department of Justice blocked Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster.

The spotless Angolan giraffe was discovered at the Mount Etjo Safari Lodge, a private game reserve in Namibia. It is one of the two known living spotless giraffes in the world.

Senator Kennedy was assassinated in the midst of his historic bid for the presidency.

Hurricane Dean is now heading toward Mexico's mainland, after leaving the Yucatan peninsula remarkably unscathed. Thousands of people fled coastal cities ahead of the storm.

The Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is causing people to panic, says Ahmed Abu Hamda, a news producer for foreign news organizations, including NPR. He says that Monday's air attacks went on almost continuously from midnight to 7 a.m., but after that it wasn't as heavy.

A family was visiting the area from Charleston, S.C., and was on their way to a barbecue when they got caught in a flash flood, officials said.

A hospital that may charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat a dying patient generally won't charge the family a penny to do an autopsy to figure out what caused their patient's death.

The new health law lets seniors get free wellness check ups, starting in 2011. But there are a lot of questions about whether they'll take advantage of them, or what role doctors will play in promoting them.

Two nonprofit advocacy groups in Colorado are trying to take back the moniker as something to be proud of. The president has said he likes the term, which has been used derisively by opponents of the health overhaul.