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A massive explosion sent flames roaring through a neighborhood south of San Francisco on Thursday night, destroying more than 50 homes and reportedly leaving at least six dead.

Report: Calif. gas blast, fire kill at least 6

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Hot embers kept crews from searching some of the homes destroyed in the gas explosion in San Bruno, Calif., while residents said they had complained about a natural gas smell for weeks.

Some homes in gas blast 'too hot to enter'

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Natural gas mains made of steel, including the one that apparently failed in the California explosion, are considered especially susceptible to corrosion and leaking, leading regulators in some states to consider replacing them.

Steel gas mains draw regulators' scrutiny

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Whatever happened to the fireman who stood with President Bush at the World Trade Center? Find out the latest on 10 people whose images gripped the world during 9/11 and its aftermath.

Iconic 9/11 figures: Where are they now?

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Pastor Terry Jones told NBC's TODAY show on Saturday that his church in Gainesville, Fla., would not burn Qurans in protest to the building of an Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001.

Pastor Terry Jones: 'We will not burn the Quran'

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After 9/11 ceremonies, rival demonstrations take place over the proposal for an Islamic center near New York City's ground zero.

Tensions flare in NYC after 9/11 ceremonies

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The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty.

Record gains for U.S. poverty with elections looming

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A senior Iranian prosecutor said Sunday that authorities will release a jailed American woman on $500,000 bail because of health problems, another sudden about-face by Iran in a case that has added to tension with the United States.

Iran ready to release U.S. woman on bail

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The top Republican in the House said on Sunday he would support an extension of tax cuts for middle-class Americans even if tax cuts for the wealthy are allowed to expire.

Boehner backs tax cuts limited to middle class

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Igor, now capable of causing catastrophic damage, poses no immediate threat to land or energy interests.

Hurricane Igor rapidly hits Category 4 in Atlantic