Police find burned body on west mesa
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department has identified a burned body found on a dirt road on a mesa west of Albuquerque as that of Danny Michael Baca, 53, whose home was near Chilili. Baca's body was found Jan. 11. Authorities said he'd been shot.
Snowstorm halts motorists in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - Authorities were trying to help hundreds of motorists stranded in the snow Thursday after a powerful storm forced the closure of California's major north-south interstate in the mountains north of Los Angeles. Traffic was halted in both directions on Interstate 5 in Tejon Pass, which rises to an elevation of 4,144 feet between the Los Angeles Basin and the San Joaquin Valley.
Brazilian police to combat deforestation
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil will try to combat deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to 36 cities and towns where illegal rain forest clearing jumped dramatically last year, officials said Thursday. Authorities will also monitor areas where deforestation occurred in an attempt to prevent the planting of crops or the raising of cattle, Environment Minister Marina Silva said.
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