Reuters - Exhausted California firefighters \nworked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes \nalong the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were \nexpected to give the blazes more power.

Reuters - Colombia showed a video on Friday \nof the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where \ntheir anger turned to ecstasy as theater-trained military \nagents duped and overpowered leftist rebels.