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By wire reports Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks   Wind forecasts bring new worries to California fire lines Firefighters battling flames in Northern California forests girded Monday for new bouts of windy weather, and a utility warned thousands of customers it might cut their electricity to prevent new fires from igniting if gusts damage power lines. Conditions that suppressed the huge Dixie Fire overnight were expected to give way late in the day to winds that could push flames toward mountain communities in a region where drought and summer heat have turned vegetation to tinder. “In this environment, any type of…

By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks Strikes it rich after regular stop at gas station to fill up and buy tickets A lucky South Carolina man was already having a good month in mid-July after winning a $40,000 lottery prize when he turned around and won a $3 million jackpot less than two weeks later. The man was at a Murphy USA gas station in Myrtle Beach on July 16 when he purchased a Mega Millions Quick Pick ticket that hit for 40 grand, according to CNN, which cited a statement by the South Carolina Education Lottery.…

By The Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks U.S., other countries pledge assistance after some towns destroyed PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — At least 724 people were killed and 2,800 injured when a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, and Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to affected areas, where some towns were destroyed and hospitals were overwhelmed with wounded people. Besides the confirmed death toll, Haiti’s civil protection agency said hundreds have been injured. The epicenter of the quake was about 78 miles west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and widespread damage…