Getting smart about sparks LOS ANGELES - Fire Captain David Sadecki was on his way to an emergency call last summer when he noticed a man on a tractor mowing tinder-dry grass in a field during the hottest part of the day.By: Catherine Saillant|Date: Jun 16, 2009

LOS ANGELES - In the 26 years since former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal gunned down her husband, a policeman, on a Philadelphia street, Maureen Faulkner has often felt like a reed in a tornado.By: Catherine Saillant|Date: Jan 13, 2008