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A National Weather Service wind advisory is scheduled to remain in effect until noon Friday in the valleys and mountains, where winds of 20-30 miles per hour with gusts of up to 45 mph are possible.

U.N. investigators discovered a mass grave in a rebel-held city in South Sudan, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Some health experts say tablet usage needs to be limited for the youngest of children, because too much screen time can slow language development. But since there's very little research out there so far, experts still don't know exactly how much is too much.

Firefighters expected to get some help Wednesday from the weather as they battle an unusual late fall wildfire that has destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced about 100 people to flee the scenic Big Sur region overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the mountains from 7 a.m. Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday, saying snow showers could begin as early as late Wednesday night before tapering off Thursday night.

Free-diving is a risky sport, involving swimming deep into the ocean without the aid of air tanks. But after a diver's death in November, some free-divers worry that the sport's governing body is still not doing enough to prevent common injuries and reel in overambitious competitors.

A bolstered firefighting force made gains Tuesday against an unusual fall wildfire that has destroyed 15 homes and forced about 100 people to flee the forested mountains of the scenic Big Sur region overlooking the Pacific.

Dahab, Egypt, just north of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula, is perfect for freediving. A diver can have tea in a simple beach cafe and then take just a handful of steps into the Gulf of Aqaba, where the sea floor plunges more than 100 yards into a wine-glass-shaped blue hole.

Making money by exposing the private, nude images of strangers may be sleazy, but is it illegal?

Many economists and investors think there's a good chance that at the end of their two-day meeting that begins Tuesday, Federal Reserve policymakers will announce that they'll begin reducing their $85 billion monthly stimulus, their third round of quantitative easing, or QE3.