Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that has charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert north of Los Angeles.
An Army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case said Saturday.
A 33-inch, 5-pound red metal spoon bearing the signature of the billionaire investor fetched $4,500 for charity in an online auction on eBay.
Police using helicopters and search dogs hunted Saturday for three convicted murders who escaped from an Arizona prison. Two of the escapees, accompanied by a woman, later hijacked a semitrailer at gunpoint.