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Firefighters extinguish flames on a beach home where a wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds threatened a university and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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