California's Senate Approves Anti Arizona Bill

California's state Senate passed the "Anti Arizona" bill twenty-one to thirteen on Thursday.

It now moves to the Assembly, where it is expected to eventually pass.

AB1081, was written by Democrat Assemblyman Tom Ammiano.

Under the bill, illegal immigrants would not face deportation unless they were convicted of a serious felony.

Illegal immigrants who are arrested for lower offenses would could no longer be threatened with deportation.

The bill has been nicknamed the "Anti Arizona" bill after Arizona's law that allows for police to go as far as asking anyone they believe to be illegal for papers.

Arizona's bill was recently upheld by the Supreme Court.

Ammiano says that the Senate's vote shows that "California can be better than Arizona."

No More Altered Images For Seventeen Magazine

Seventeen magazine has made a pact with the public that it will "never change girls' body or face shapes" and "celebrate every kind of beauty in our pages".

The magazine also agreed to show behind the scenes photos, so that the public can see what goes into creating a photo shoot.

All of this happened because of a petitioned started by a fourteen year old from Maine.

Julia Bluhm began in April as she started interviewing friends at school, recording their opinions on how photo shopped images in magazines effected them.

In May she brought the magazine a petition with 84,000 signatures on it, and organized a protest in front of their offices in New York City.

After she was interviewed by prime time TV shows, the magazine's editor in chief granted her an interview, in which she apparently made her case.

The August issue of Seventeen will contain a copy of the pact, which the entire staff has signed.

Julia has now moved on to join a group which is trying to get the same kind of pact from Teen Vogue.

Remembering: Dolly

July 5, 1996 Dolly the sheep is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.

The lamb was the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell.

Cells were taken from the udder of a six year old ewe they were later cultured and implanted into surrogate ewes.

Dolly's birth was not announced until February of 1997, and the controversy began.

Some saw possible medical benefits from cloning, whilst others saw it as dangerous and unethical.

At the age of six, Dolly died, from a progressive lung disease, bringing up questions of genetic abnormalities caused by cloning.

During her life Dolly was mated to a ram with whom she eventually had four lambs, all of whom have had normal lives, for sheep.

After her death, Dolly was stuffed and put on display at the National Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh.

Remembering: Adams and Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson wrote the document that would become known as the Declaration of Independence.

John Adams helped him edit it, and then fought eloquently for it's passage.

After it's passage Adams would be sent to Europe as ambassador to various countries, he would be there to help negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war.

During the war, Jefferson served as the governor of Virginia, and then at it's end was sent to England to prepare the way for trading.

Later, once the US Constitution was ratified, the two men served in George Washington's government with Adams as Vice President and Jefferson as Secretary of State.

The men's relationship would become strained til they were no longer friends, things grew worse between them when Adams followed Washington as the second President, with Jefferson as his Vice President.

After his first term, Adams was defeated by Jefferson, and then he retired to his country estate in Massachusetts. Jefferson would serve two terms, and then retired to his own estate in Virginia.

Over time the two men, who had helped found and then set the structure for the new country, renewed their friendship. Corresponding through a famous series of letters, they discussed many things, especially politics.

On July 4, 1826, fifty years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was announced, it's two principal makers died, within hours of each other.

UK Begins Placing Anti Aircraft Missiles For Olympics

The United Kingdom has begun placing anti aircraft missile batteries in and around the area of London which will host the Olympics.

Jets and helicopters have been redistributed to bases near the area as well.

Security plans also involve the a helicopter carrier staying on the Thames River for the duration of the games.

Many residents in the area have expressed concerns over the placement of the defenses near their homes.

Government officials point out that whilst there is no direct threat aimed at the games, it doesn't hurt to be prepared.

Ufologists Blame Colorado Fire on UFO Crash

Ufologists are saying that the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado was started by a UFO crash.

Some residents in the area reported that an object was seen falling from the sky, it broke up during it's fall.

NORAD has reportedly confirmed that something fell from space at the time, but has not commented on what it may have been.

Adding to the claims is live news footage of a helicopter carrying water to fight the fires. The footage does seem to show something following the helicopter.

Theorists suggest that the recorded UFO was searching for survivors of the crash of the one which started the fire.

Oddly enough, three days before the fire started objects falling from the sky caused the grounding of aircraft which were fighting the Springer Fire, a little to the west of where the Waldo Canyon Fire burned.

Original reports from that were of a single falling object causing a fireball on Badger Mountain. It was followed by other smaller ones, and for awhile officials reported it as a meteor shower, then later changed their story to saying nothing happened, and then eventually back to a meteor shower due to the wide spread pressing of the story.

The Waldo Canyon Fire burned 346 homes, killed two, and it's cause is still under investigation.

Here is one of the videos claiming to show the UFO. It is taping of someone's DVR recording of the live fire fighting coverage, that was on TV.

Colorado Down to Only 5 Fires

Only five fires remain un contained in Colorado. Fire fighters have contained and put out most of the rest, though some do remain in the final stages.

Rain, cooler temperatures, and slightly increased humidity have helped with all of the different blazes, though winds have continued to be a problem.

Just to the West of Durango, the Lightner Fire is now at eighty percent containment, and all evacuations have been lifted. Full containment is expected on Friday.

At almost 25,000 acres the Little Sand Fire is now forty percent contained. The fire has been burning for nearly two months, northwest of Pagosa Springs. Two hundred personnel are still working on the blaze, which is not threatening any structures.

To the east of Grand Junction, the Pine Ridge Fire is nearing 14,000 acres. Over five hundred people have the fire sixty-five percent contained.

The Waldo Canyon Fire, has reached seventy percent containment, and has been stopped short near 18,000 acres. More than 1,500 are currently battling the blaze. It is responsible for the deaths of two people and the lost of 346 homes. The blaze is no longer burning inside of Colorado Springs itself, allowing for all but 2,100 evacuees to return. Firefighters are aiming for full containment by the twelfth. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Near Mancos, the Weber Fire is now eighty-five percent contained. At over 10,000 acres the fire caused over one hundred homes to be evacuated, but none ended up damaged. Police have stated that the fire was human set, and are investigating.

Colorado is but one of the states facing fires. Across the country at least fifty-five fires are burning. Colorado's were the most devastating and costly, because some of them got into heavily populated areas.

Military C130s Resuming Fire Fighting Flights

The military is going to resume it's flights of fire
fighting C130s.

They had stopped all flights after one of the eight crashed, killing two of it's crew.

Six of the remaining seven are scheduled to rejoin fire fighting efforts.

There was no word as to why the seventh is being held back, but something most likely was found during inspections of each of the planes.

At least fifty-five fires are still burning across the United States, leaving the planes sorely needed.

Andy Griffith Dead at 86

Famed actor Andy Griffith died Tuesday morning at his home in Roanoke Island, North Carolina, at the age of eighty-six.

He was most well known for his roles as Sheriff Andy Taylor, from the Andy Griffith Show, and as the lead attorney in Matlock.

His creation of the Andy Griffith Show gave many other people their own starts, and the show is still regularly rerun on various channels.

In 2005 he received a Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush, it joined his various TV, stage, and music awards.

His wife Cindy released a statement saying, "Andy was a person of incredibly strong Christian faith and was prepared for the day he would be called Home to his Lord."

Waldo Canyon Fire Nears 19,000 Acres

Residents in Colorado Springs are starting to be allowed to return home after being evacuated due to the threat of the Waldo Canyon Fire.

Several thousand people are still evacuated, and most of those returning are still on alert.

The fire has burned close to 19,000 acres, killed 2, and burned down 346 homes.

1,500 personnel are battling the blaze, which is around fifty-five percent contained.

So far the fire has cost nearly nine million dollars, and it's cause is under investigation.

Fire fighters hope to have full containment by July 16.

Several other fires are burning throughout Colorado, with a total of fifty-six currently burning in the US, most of which are in the Rocky Mountain region.

Efforts have been hampered nationally with the grounding of the military's firefighting C130 fleet, after one of them crashed.

Other parts of the world are struggling with their own fires, most notably Spain, where more than two thousand people and forty-one aircraft are fighting fires there that combined have burned nearly 200,000 acres.