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A refreshing look back at some pretty digital wonders. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening, when the winds kicked up they reignited the largest blaze in southern california. That fire, the thomas fire, has spread into more communities north of los angeles. Tonight there are fears it could threaten an area full of opulent homes. One official calling it the most taxes fire hes ever seen. For a week now firefighters have waged a relentless battle with no letup. We begin tonight with kristin dahlgren. Reporter in the hills above carpent carpintercarpente carpenteria. Firefighters try to stop the relentless spread. If the wind comes it will get this in 10 from the air constant assault. Choppers lining up to grand prix water, one after the other dousing the flames. But the blaze just keeps coming. The firefighters gather here, one of them in the truck has been injured. They are trying to treat him. This is where they are trying to make a stand, trying to save thes ....
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal Visitors to the island enjoy a picnic lunch on the lawn as seen from the wrap-around porch of the Admiral Robert Peary home in Casco Bay off the coast of Harpswell. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal EAGLE ISLAND One of Maine’s lesser-known state parks is the island home of Admiral Robert Peary, who in 1909, with five men and sled dogs, is credited with an expedition to the North Pole. Eagle Island, a National Historic Landmark, “is a place that Peary and his family called their promised land,” reads a National Park Service plaque on the island. The National Park Service says the island “possesses national significance commemorating the history of the United States” and calls Peary America’s foremost arctic explorer. ....