2-Year Term for Starting Blazes
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By HOWARD FISCHER, CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES  Ex-fire manager contends he just lacked official OK  PHOENIX - A former U.S. Forest Service fire management officer was sentenced to 24 months in prison Monday for starting a blaze without authorization.  U.S.
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Some key provisions include: ÃÂ· Using 36 billion gallons of biofuels yearly by 2022
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The good-hands people of McNamara/Troy will be in good hands for at   least two more years.
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By Kira Millage, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Mar. 2--BELLINGHAM -- Time to start yard work. The Clean Green Transfer Facility opens Saturday.
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Two years ago, Troy Smith was a sub hoping to get into a game. A year ago, he was a starter held out of the lineup because he took money from a booster.
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Treasury unveils state guarantee and gives bidders two weeks to reach deal
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Forest fires ravaging southeastern Australia have burned 800 square miles, but that could rise to 2,300 square miles within days, firefighters said Saturday.
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Arson investigators get on their hands and knees to track how and where suspicious fires began. Then they have to find the fire-starter, who could be a flame-obsessed kid, a property owner seeking an insurance payout -- or even a firefighter looking for glory.
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A two-week campaign of staggered strike action throughout Royal Mail is set to begin later.
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San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer agreed yesterday to a two-year contract extension with the Chargers that runs through the 2007 season. Schottenheimer has one year remaining on his four-year deal, which he signed in January 2002 and paid him $2.5 million a season. Terms of the extension weren't immediately available.
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EnronÂs former chief financial officer received a sentence that was two years less than the maximum provided in his plea agreement.
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When the Pittsburgh Steelers gave coach Bill Cowher a two-year extension with two years remaining on his contract, they were trying to maintain the status quo despite missing the playoffs four times in six seasons.
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A homeless man arrested in the city's biggest fire in a decade will not be sent to prison. Under an agreement with prosecutors, Leszek Kuczera admitted to no crime in the 10-alarm blaze at a historic warehouse complex in Brooklyn. He will go to an alcohol-treatment program for about eight months.
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 18--Two blazes that consumed about 2,500 acres in the Burke County wilderness were quelled by weekend storms and have been contained, authorities said Monday.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb. 1--HIGHLAND -- The city's 35 or so employees can expect to have a  lot of work to do over the next two years.
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A business receives legal protection from its creditors when it declares bankruptcy. But what happens when a company declares bankruptcy twice in just two years?
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Start 2005 richer and thinner. We can help with that first one.