AP - Scientists for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development experts called a major advance for the experimental technique.

AP - A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of foothills outside Los Angeles and led to evacuation orders for residents of about 550 homes, authorities said Sunday.

AP - King James got his crown knocked off, was booed every time he touched the ball, went 0-for-3 in the fourth quarter and passed up a chance to take the winning shot. And his Cleveland Cavaliers still beat the Washington Wizards.

AP - Hundreds of workers at Scotlands only oil refinery on Sunday began a 48-hour strike that has forced BP PLC to shut a pipeline system that delivers almost a third of Britains North Sea oil.

AP - Suspected Shiite extremists hammered the U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday in the fiercest salvo in weeks, apparently taking advantage of a sandstorm that blanketed the capital and grounded the American aircraft that normally prowl for launching teams.

AP - Budapest, November 1944: Another German train has loaded its cargo of Jews bound for Auschwitz. A young Swedish diplomat pushes past the SS guard and scrambles onto the roof of a cattle car.

Reuters - Barack Obama, struggling to win over
more white Democratic voters, said in a Sunday television
interview race would not be a factor in Novembers election
that could make him the first black U.S. president.

AP - Tony Saunders stalked his prey for 35 miles by snowmobile through western Wyomings Hoback Basin, finally reaching a clearing where he took out a .270-caliber rifle and shot the wolf twice from 30 yards away.

Reuters - A 350-acre wildfire amid blazing
hot temperatures forced the evacuation of about 400 homes in
the hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, officials said.

AP - Baby Mama, Tina Fey and Amy Poehlers comedy about surrogate motherhood, delivered the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $18.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.