LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said yesterday that it will arrest five men in last month's devastating wildfire in Malibu. The suspects were described as between the ages of 18 and 27 and from the Los Angeles area. Investigators found several pieces of evidence that indicated revelers had triggered the blaze by building a campfire at a popular party spot by a cave in Corral Canyon, which abuts Malibu Creek State Park. (AP)
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Teenager arrested in bus stop shooting
LAS VEGAS - An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting at a school bus stop in North Las Vegas that injured six young people, police said. Nicco Tatum was arrested Wednesday in Denver after authorities received a tip that he was headed to Chicago on a bus, police Captain Kirk Primas said. At least one teen remained hospitalized Wednesday. Police said they believed the shooting stemmed from a fight at school over a girl Tuesday. (AP)WASHINGTON, D.C.
Peake nomination sent to full Senate
James Peake's nomination as the next Veterans Affairs secretary was sent to the full Senate yesterday. Confirmation is all but certain for the former Army surgeon general, who is pledging renewed efforts to fight soldiers' resistance to getting treatment for depression. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee voted unanimously to approve the nomination. (AP)Injury death rate up 5.5 percent
The death rate from injury in the United States is rising this decade after declining since the late 1970s, spurred by increases in accidental poisonings and suicides, health officials said yesterday. The injury death rate increased 5.5 percent from 1999 to 2004 after a two-decade period of decline, the US Centers for Disease Control reported. (Reuters)
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