CO FIRE CREWS WORKING TO FULLY CONTAIN THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE IN STATE HISTORY *

THE BLACK FOREST FIRE HAS TORCHED 22 SQ MILES AND KILLED TWO PEOPLE SINCE IT ERUPTED A WEEK AGO *

FLAMES HAVE DESTROYED MORE THAN 500 HOMES *

IT REMAINS 85% CONTAINED *

IT'S UNCLEAR HOW THE WILDFIRE WAS SPARKED, BUT OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT WAS HUMAN-CAUSED *

MILITARY JUDGE REFUSES TO DELAY THE FT HOOD SHOOTING SUSPECT'S MURDER TRIAL *

ACTION COMES AFTER MAJ. NIDAL HASAN ASKED FOR A THREE-MONTH DELAY IN THE CASE TO PREPARE FOR HIS STRATEGY TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN COURT OVER THE 2009 MASSACRE THAT LEFT 13 DEAD *

HASAN FACES THE DEATH PENALTY OR LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE IF CONVICTED *

LEADERS OF THE G8 PUSHING FOR A NEGOTIATED AND PEACEFUL END TO SYRIA'S DEADLY CIVIL WAR *

DURING A SUMMIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND ON TUES, LEADERS OUTLINED A DECLARATION THAT CALLED FOR THE EXPULSION OF AL QAEDA-LINKED FIGHTERS FROM THE COUNTRY AND A FURTHER $1.5 BIL IN AID FOR REFUGEES *

SYRIA'S TWO-YEAR CIVIL WAR HAS LEFT AN ESTIMATED 80,000 DEAD *

HOUSE APPROVES A BILL THAT WOULD BAN ABORTIONS AFTER 20 WEEKS *

THE MEASURE PASSED 228-196 TUES EVENING *

HOWEVER, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRES OBAMA WOULD VETO IT IF IT REACHED HIS DESK *

GOOGLE ASKS THE FOREIGN INTEL SURVEILLANCE COURT TO LIFT A GAG ORDER ON HOW OFTEN THE COMPANY IS ASKED TO TURN OVER DATA TO THE GOVT *

THE TECH GIANT FILED THE MOTION ON TUES ASKING PERMISSION TO DISCLOSE THE NUMBER OF DATA REQUESTS MADE BY THE COURT, CLAIMING IT HAS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH *

GOOGLE IS AMONG NINE INTERNET COMPANIES ID'D EARLIER THIS MONTH AS COMPLICIT IN THE NSA'S PRISM INTERNET SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM *

NSA PROGRAMS ALLEGEDLY HELPED FOIL A BOMB PLOT TARGETING THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE *

THAT'S WHAT THE DEPUTY FBI DIR TOLD A HOUSE INTEL CMTE ON TUES *

THE NSA'S CHIEF SAYS THE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS HAVE HELPED PREVENT MORE THAN 50 POTENTIAL TERROR ATTACKS SINCE 9/11 *

WHISTLEBLOWER EDWARD SNOWDEN LEAKED INFO ON THE ONCE-SECRET PROGRAMS TO THE MEDIA TWO WKS AGO *

TOKYO-BOUND 787 DREAMLINER LANDS SAFELY IN SEATTLE AFTER THE CREW DECLARES AN EMERGENCY *

UNITED AIRLINES SAYS THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED BECAUSE OF AN OIL FILTER ISSUE *

THE FAA GROUNDED THE HIGH-TECH PLANES EARLIER THIS YR DUE TO A POTENTIAL RISK OF BATTERY FIRES *

A WAVE OF PROTESTS SWEEPING ACROSS BRAZIL *

MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS, CONFRONTING RIOT COPS AND SETTING FIRES *

THE DEMONSTRATIONS STARTED LAST WK OVER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FARE HIKES *

FOUR U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON BAGRAM AIR BASE IN AFGHANISTAN *

THE TALIBAN IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY *

TUESDAY'S ATTACK CAME JUST HOURS AFTER THE GROUP ANNOUNCED IT WOULD HOLD FORMAL TALKS WITH THE U.S. *

AFGHAN PRES HAMID KARZAI IS PROTESTING THE NEGOTIATIONS BY SUSPENDING HIS OWN TALKS WITH THE U.S. *

SEN CHUCK GRASSLEY (R-IA) SAYS THE IRS IS ABOUT TO PAY $70 MIL IN EMPLOYEE BONUSES *

THAT'S DESPITE A WH DIRECTIVE TO CANCEL DISCRETIONARY BONUSES BECAUSE OF AUTOMATIC SPENDING CUTS, ACCORDING TO THE GOP SEN *

THE IRS SAYS IT'S NEGOTIATING WITH THE EMPLOYEES' UNION OVER THE MATTER *

PRES OBAMA SAYS IT'S NO SURPRISE THERE'S FRICTION IN EARLY EFFORTS TO LAUNCH PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE TALIBAN AND AFGHANISTAN'S GOVT *

OBAMA SAYS THE TALIBAN AND THE AFGHAN GOVT DISTRUST EACH OTHER AFTER YEARS OF FIGHTING *

OBAMA SAYS EVEN THOUGH THE WAR IS STILL ONGOING, THERE MUST BE A PARALLEL TRACK TO POLITICAL RECONCILIATION *

OBAMA SAYS ONLY AFGHANS CAN DECIDE WHETHER THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS CAN START WHILE THE WAR IS CONTINUING *