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"male pregnancy would certainly be possible" by having an embryo implanted in a man's abdomen – with the placenta attached to an internal organ such as the bowel – and later delivered by Caesarean section

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A Minnesota man lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother.

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A Minnesota man who lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year said he could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities.

"I was traumatized," Robert James Kuefler told The Associated Press on Saturday. "What would you do?"

White Bear Police Capt. Dale Hager said Kuefler, 60, was charged this week with interference with a dead body or scene of death because Kuefler moved his brother's body. Hager said both the brother and the mother died of natural causes in 2015.

Several months after their deaths, Kuefler wrote to other family members in a Christmas card that both were in bad health and could not talk on the phone and did not want visitors. Police did not find the bodies until September 2016, when a neighbor reported that the Kueflers' lawn in the Minneapolis suburb of White Bear Lake was overgrown and that it had been a long time since she had seen activity at the house, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

Kuefler told the AP that his mother, 94-year-old Evelyn Kuefler, died in August 2015 and his brother, Richard Kuefler, died several months before. Court records say the mother's body was decayed and skeletal and the brother's body was "mummified."

"I am not some nut ball," the maintenance worker said in a telephone interview. "People think I am, but I'm not. I loved them."

Hager said disability and Social Security checks for Krueger's mother and brother were sent to their accounts by direct deposit and that it did not appear that any money was withdrawn, though federal authorities are still investigating. Kuefler told the AP that he did not tap the accounts.

Hager said authorities decided to file the misdemeanor charge against Kuefler in part to help get him some psychological help through the court system.

"This is our way of introducing this case onto the court," Hager said. "We do believe his actions violated the law. Moving the body of his brother disrupted the death scene."

"We're depending on our partners in the court system to make a good decision," he said.

Kuefler, who has no criminal history, said he needs no counseling.

"I watched my mother die," he said. "She always said she wanted to die at home. She didn't have any burial plans."

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A Minnesota man who lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year said he could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities. "I was traumatized," Robert James Kuefler told The Associated Press on Saturday. "What would you do?"

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Now, with just 60 seconds of added time remaining, star player Mohamed Salah stepped up to take the penalty that could make or break his country's World Cup dream.

Time seemed to slow as Egypt's 27-year wait to reach football's showpiece event came down to a single left-footed strike.

But Salah calmly dispatched the spot kick into the bottom-right corner and, at last, Cúper could relax -- the Pharoahs had qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since Italia '90, topping Group E ahead of Uganda, Ghana and Congo with a game to spare.

Overcome by emotion, stadium announcer Inas Mazhar remained silent after Salah's goal.

"Tears were rolling from the eyes of everyone; the players, the staff on the bench, the security officers," Mazhar tells CNN.

"This means so much for Egypt. We are making history."

"This is an incredible achievement," says author James Montague, who has traveled the globe documenting football's intersection with politics.

"Egypt haven't gone to a World Cup since 1990 and it has been a source of national shame that the Pharaohs had not qualified despite being arguably being the best team in Africa over much of the past decade."

Qualifying for the World Cup is a significant achievement for a country whose national team suffered when the 2011-12 and 2012-13 domestic seasons were canceled following the Port Said stadium disaster and the 2013 coup d'etat.

Indeed, Egypt were competing at this year's African Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the first time since 2011's Arab Spring swept across the Middle East and North Africa.

Montague added: "As the country struggled with the revolution's aftermath, we had the Port Said tragedy, the league was canceled, fans were banned from national team games. It was almost as if they would never make it. And then Mohammed Salah stepped up ..."

Why age is just a number

As many as 90,000 supporters crowded into the Borg El-Arab Stadium near the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria for Sunday's match. Salah's parents even hired a bus to take people from his home town of Basyoun. Millions more watched in expectation at home.

But for one man, the Pharaohs' wait to reach the World Cup has been source of particular torment.

When goalkeeper and captain Essam El-Hadary made his international debut in 1996, a number of his current teammates weren't even born.

The 44-year-old has represented his country more than 150 times -- only Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, Spain's Iker Casillas and Mohamed Al-Deayea of Saudi Arabia have played more international games between the sticks -- and has won four AFCON titles, more than many countries.

"I won 37 trophies and I enjoyed some remarkable moments," El-Hadary told FIFA.com. "The only thing missing for me is a World Cup appearance.

"I've always been very determined and persistent to carry on playing; this is my character. During my time at Al Ahly, (current Egypt goalkeeping coach) Ahmed Nagui told me I would stop playing after the age of 50.

"The fact that I still have a chance to play at the World Cup makes me even more motivated to continue playing to realize this dream."

Should El-Hadary be selected by Cúper at Russia 2018, he will be 45 years old and the oldest player in World Cup history.

A $57,000 reward

Twelve hours after the final whistle, much of Cairo's population still hasn't slept.

The national team is meeting with Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and all players are set to receive one million Egyptian pounds ($57,000).

Nigeria has also qualified for Russia 2018, with Africa's remaining three places to be decided in November.

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Now, with just 60 seconds of added time remaining, star player Mohamed Salah stepped up to take the penalty that could make or break his country's World Cup dream. Time seemed to slow as Egypt's 27-year wait to reach football's showpiece event came down to a single left-footed strike.

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Carrie Barnette was a Disney employee, Walt Disney Co. Chairman and CEO Robert Iger said on Twitter. Barnette had worked for Disney for 10 years and was "beloved by her friends and colleagues," Iger said. "A senseless, horrific act and a terrible loss for so many. We mourn a wonderful member of the Disney family."

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Victims of the Las Vegas concert shooting

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The Kansas City Chiefs are now 5-0 the only undefeated team in the NFL! After beating the Houston Texans 42-34. And J.J. Watt Is in the hospital for leg fracture.

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The best thing about these Chiefs is also the most worrying, and perhaps this is the most effective way to make the point:

Week 1, blow out the Patriots, lose safety Eric Berry for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Week 2, grind out the second half against the Eagles, lose center Mitch Morse to a foot injury.

Week 3, lead wire to wire against the Chargers, lose outside linebacker Dee Ford and kicker Cairo Santos.

Week 4, beat Washington, lose guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif to a knee injury.

And now, week 5, win a wild one 42-34 here against the Texans on Sunday night, and lose receiver Chris Conley for the season with a ruptured Achilles and two other players to concussions.

The best thing about the Chiefs is they are balanced and varied enough to absorb injuries all over the depth chart. The most worrying is that they keep taking these injuries to key players all over the depth chart.

"That's what this game comes with," said linebacker Derrick Johnson. "And it sucks. Man, it really sucks."

First, let's take a detour to address one of those concussions. Late in the first half, Travis Kelce took an awful crash to the head. A Texans defender hit his head from the side, Kelce's helmet slinging toward his shoulder and then slamming back into the turf. It looked terrible.

Kelce was evaluated for a concussion, passed the initial sideline test, and returned within just a few minutes in real time. At halftime, according to coach Andy Reid, Kelce "complained about memory." He did not return, though was seen outside the locker room after the game telling friends he was OK. He was smiling, and laughing.

This was reminiscent of the mismanagement around Alex Smith's non-concussive concussions in Indianapolis last year, when his head bounced off the concrete turf there twice. The first instance was so brutal his ear was bleeding. Both hits left him wobbly. After that game, Reid initially said Smith passed the concussion test twice before being corrected by a team official on the second test.

Now, less than a year later, another star player was passed quickly through concussion protocol when he so obviously should not have been.

The NFL needs to address this. A waiting limit after passing protocol, if nothing else. Because as it stands right now, the league has an admittedly flawed policy that is putting wobbly players back into the chaos of football a few minutes after that chaos made them wobbly.

And the worst part is it's all protocol, so players and coaches so trained to follow protocol aren't always seeing the problems here.

"I'm glad they found it," Reid said. "Maybe in past years he plays, who knows."

But the protocol didn't find it. And on Sunday night, Kelce did go back in and play.

"Everybody is erring on the side of caution," Smith said. "In the end, a lot of this comes down to the player."

This was particularly jarring to hear. Because "everybody" is clearly not erring on the side of caution, or else wobbly players wouldn't be going back into games so quickly. And Smith knows as well as anyone that in those moments a player is going to want to play, and even if he's not sure, the culture means he'll feel like he should get back.

The NFL has a choice here. It can continue with a protocol that is clearly putting players who aren't ready back into games, or it can be serious about player safety.

It cannot do both.

OK, back to the Chiefs.

This is the best team in football right now, which is an objective fact, not an opinion. Even with the disclaimer about how irrelevant that title is in early October, one of the greatest strengths of this team is the different paths it has to win.

Kareem Hunt can wear down a fourth quarter. Tyreek Hill can flash another peace sign. Kelce can be an impossible cover for any one human. Justin Houston can blow up anything you try to do to his side. Chris Jones is an emerging force in the middle. Marcus Peters is mercurial, but has a well-earned reputation of tilting games.

The Chiefs have had some good teams over the years, but at least since the turn of the century their fatal flaw has always been their imbalance. They had Dick Vermeil's offense, but also Dick Vermeil's defense. They had Justin Houston and a top defense, but the Sonic version of Dwayne Bowe as their best receiver on offense.

This group is different. At this moment, depending on what you think of the still injured Parker Ehinger, right tackle Mitchell Schwartz is the only healthy starter on the offensive line, but Hunt went over 100 yards for the fourth time in five games and Smith was hit just three times and sacked once.

In past years, the Chiefs could be good as long as everything went their way. Push them off track, and they became easy to beat. This group is different.

The defense is behind the offense right now. If the Super Bowl is the standard, the defense, well, in Johnson's words, "didn't have that good of a game." They could not stop the run and gave up far too many big plays. For all of Peters' cover skills, his tackling deficiencies were exposed a few times.

But, yet, they did enough. The Chiefs led from their opening drive on. The defense confused and pressured Texans rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson enough. More than a quarter of Houston's yards came in the last 3 minutes, with the outcome all but secure.

NFL rules dictate that all teams have flaws, and by the league's standards, the Chiefs' flaws are manageable. And the point is that in past years, it was so much easier to nudge them off their strengths.

The Chiefs have had good teams - playoff teams - that could not have won through the injuries suffered already. Remaining undefeated is a testament to this group's diverse ways of winning, as well as its resolve.

But, yes. At some point, it would be nice if the injuries slowed a bit, too.

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Chiefs keep winning, injuries and all (but can we fix the danged concussion protocol already?)

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The best thing about these Chiefs is also the most worrying, and perhaps this is the most effective way to make the point: Week 1, blow out the Patriots, lose safety Eric Berry for the season with a ruptured Achilles tendon. Week 2, grind out the second half against the Eagles, lose center Mitch Morse to a foot injury.

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7:03 PM ET

Jordan RaananESPN Staff Writer

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. suffered a fractured left ankle during Sunday's 27-22 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, according to the team.

A source told ESPN that Beckham will get a second opinion before deciding on surgery to repair the injury. It is the same ankle Beckham injured during the preseason.

Beckham was carted off the field Sunday after suffering the injury with about four minutes remaining in the loss, which dropped the Giants to 0-5. He had gone up for a catch and fell awkwardly to the ground, and Chargers players immediately called for medical help.

He was the fourth Giants wide receiver to be injured against the Chargers. Brandon Marshall was carted off in the second quarter with an ankle injury just moments after Sterling Shepard limped off the field with a sprained ankle. Both Marshall and Shepard were ruled out for the second half.

Dwayne Harris also left on a cart early in the third quarter with a fractured foot.

"It's a tough situation when you lose three, eventually four, receivers in a game. I thought we did the best we could," quarterback Eli Manning said after the game. "We had a scoring drive with a couple of them out and two receivers left, but [tight end] Evan Engram has played in the slot. Just simplify the game plan a little bit. ... We were able to get a couple first downs, but it was not the ideal situation."

Marshall attempted to make a catch deep down the right sideline and hurt his left leg when he came down awkwardly out of bounds. He had his left cleat off as he was taken to the locker room on the cart.

A source told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Marshall suffered a sprained ankle.

Shepard was injured when he was hit hard over the middle earlier on the same drive. The second-year wide receiver came into Sunday's game leading the Giants with 21 catches for 254 yards and a touchdown.

Marshall, who was a key acquisition this offseason, had started the season slowly. He had 16 catches for 139 yards in his first four games with the Giants. He had two catches for 15 yards before leaving Sunday with the injury.

Shepard had one catch for 9 yards against the Chargers.

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7:03 PM ET Jordan RaananESPN Staff Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. suffered a fractured left ankle during Sunday's 27-22 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, according to the team. A source told ESPN that Beckham will get a second opinion before deciding on surgery to repair the injury.

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Nelly has been released after being accused of rape.

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Police arrested Nelly in the early morning and took him to a jail in Des Moines, Washington, according to a report from the police department in nearby Auburn.

He was booked for investigation of rape in the second-degree and released a few hours later without charges being filed, according to his lawyer, Scott Rosenblum.

The report says a woman called 911 at 3:48 a.m. Saturday to report the alleged assault, which she says occurred on Nelly's tour bus.

Police said Nelly, 42, had performed at the White River Amphitheater in King County just hours before the phone call was made.

He was arrested "after patrol officers investigated the incident," according to the report.

Nelly tweeted Saturday afternoon that he is "completely innocent" and confident he will be vindicated.

"I am beyond shocked that I have been targeted with this false allegation," he wrote. "I am confident that once the facts are looked at, it will be very clear that I am the victim of a false allegation."

Rosenblum, the attorney, said the "allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness."

"I am confident, once this scurrilous accusation is thoroughly investigated, there will be no charges," Rosenblum said in a statement. "Nelly is prepared to address and pursue all legal avenues to redress any damage caused by this clearly false allegation."

Nelly was scheduled to perform a concert in Ridgefield, Washington on Saturday, but he did not attend the show.

Rosenblum told CNN via text message that he expects Nelly will be able to make his next scheduled concert, which is slated for October 12 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Nelly was once one of the reigning kings of hip-hop. He shot to fame nearly 20 years ago with the track "Country Grammar."

During the height of his career, he won three Grammy awards and regularly appeared on the Billboard 200.

The rapper has had previous run-ins with the law. In 2015, Nelly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to E! News.

Updated: This article has been updated to add the fact that charges were not filed against Nelly.

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Police arrested Nelly in the early morning and took him to a jail in Des Moines, Washington, according to a report from the police department in nearby Auburn. He was booked for investigation of rape in the second-degree and released a few hours later without charges being filed, according to his lawyer, Scott Rosenblum.

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Giant balloons to help connect Puerto Rico The fcc is issuing an experimental license to x a company run by google to use giant balloons as floating phone towers with the hope to connect telecommunication systems in Puerto Rico.

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The FCC is issuing an experimental license to X, a company run by Google, to use giant balloons as floating cell phone towers with the hope to connect telecommunication systems in Puerto Rico.

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National guard dies in NYC do to a collision by speeding and losing control.

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A National Guard soldier decorated for bravery in Iraq has died from injuries suffered in a collision in New York City.

The New York Police Department says 33-year-old Marcus Brown was speeding when he lost control of his van on a Staten Island road and collided head-on with a city bus last Friday morning. Police say he died Saturday at a local hospital.

Brown's two passengers and the bus driver suffered minor injuries.

The Daily News reports that the Brooklyn native served in the New York Army National Guard and received the Bronze Star for his actions in Iraq in 2008 after an improvised explosive device blew up his vehicle, killing his commanding officer and the vehicle's driver.

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these teenage boys made an 100-foot slide. It will change the way people will surf forever.

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This 100-Foot, Half-Ton Dock Could Change the Surfing World Forever

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An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the confluence of a river and the Bay of Bengal and at least 12 people died. Five of the dead were children.

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Police say at least 12 people have died after an overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the confluence of a river and the Bay of Bengal.

Local police official Mainuddin Khan said Monday the capsizing occurred near the Shah Porir Dwip in Cox's Bazar as the boat was moving toward Bangladesh late Sunday. Five of the dead were children.

He said up to 35 people were on board and eight of them survived. It was not exactly clear how many were missing.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar since Aug. 25 when the military launched a crackdown that had been decried by the United Nations as "ethnic cleansing." Boat accidents have killed 143 Rohingya trying to reach Bangladesh.

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Florida woman arrested while visiting jail for leaving toddler in hot car.

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A Florida woman visiting a prisoner at an Orange County jail Sunday ended up behind bars herself after she allegedly left her 2-year-old daughter locked inside a car in 110-degree heat.

Rachel Etienne, 21, left her daughter sitting in her car with the engine off while Etienne was visiting someone at the jail in Orlando, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

The toddler was in the car for about 20 minutes with the heat index at 110 degrees, police said.

A staff member patrolling the parking lot noticed the girl and freed her. Deputies said was sweating heavily but otherwise uninjured.

A neighbor of Etienne told FOX35 Orlando she had previously warned Etienne about leaving her daughter in a car.

"We told her about that, you can't leave them for no length of time in a car. We actually spoke to her about this before," Brown said. "She was like, 'I just ran in the house to get clothes!' but we were outside. It was a good twenty minutes, at least."

The 21-year-old mother is charged with child neglect. Her daughter has been placed in the custody of a family member by the Florida Department of Children and Families, FOX35 reported.

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A Florida woman visiting a prisoner at an Orange County jail Sunday ended up behind bars herself after she allegedly left her 2-year-old daughter locked inside a car in 110-degree heat. Rachel Etienne, 21, left her daughter sitting in her car with the engine off while Etienne was visiting someone at the jail in Orlando, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

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Quinton Kells is being sent to trial for the killing of Jessica Chambers on December 6, 2014.

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Dolphins aware of videos of OL coach snorting white powder.

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The Las Vegas model who first posted video appearing to show a Miami Dolphins coach snorting cocaine said she posted the footage to protest the treatment of controversial former quarterback Colin Kaepernick -- and warned more tapes could be on the way.

Kijuana Nige posted on Sunday the since-deleted Facebook video, which appeared to show Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster -- who resigned Monday -- snorting several lines of a white, powdery substance.

"The white people mad at me like I forced blow down this mans nose and like I recorded it on tha low," Nige wrote, using the word 'blow,' a slang term that typically refers to cocaine. "No those are his habits and he recorded himself and sent it to me professing his love. So quick to make excuses for him but will roast a minority player over an athem, dog fights, weed, domestic issues etc. But y'all keep saying ALL LIVES MATTER STFU‼️"

In comments below the original post, Nige continued to shed light on her reasons for releasing the video, linking the post to the plight of Colin Kaepernick, the now jobless former quarterback whose display of kneeling during the national anthem sparked a controversial NFL-wide movement.

"if his a-- was black they would be dragging him thru the [mud] face 1st," she wrote.

Nige also implied she could have other recordings.

"They better leave ppl like Colin Kaepernick alone before I pick off more of'em you know this s--- easy 4 me," she wrote.

She added later: "So is our N---- Colin Kaepernick back good or what?"

Foerster resigned Monday, just hours after the release of the video.

"I am resigning from my position with the Miami Dolphins and accept full responsibility for my actions," Foerster said in a statement. "I want to apologize to the organization and my sole focus is on getting the help that I need with the support of my family and medical professionals."

It wasn't immediately clear when the video was shot.

The Dolphins, in a statement Monday, said they "have no tolerance for this behavior."

"After speaking with Chris this morning, he accepted full responsibility and we accepted his resignation effective immediately," the statement said. "Although Chris is no longer with the organization, we will work with him to get the help he needs during this time."

In the video, the man, widely identified as Foerster, says "Hey, baby, miss you, thinking about you. How about me going into a meeting and doing this before I go?" The man then snorts a line of the white powder using a rolled-up $20 bill.

Foerster was in the second year of his second tour of duty with the Dolphins. He had previously been offensive coordinator in 2004 and had been an assistant coach in the NFL since 1992, serving stints with seven teams.

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Mississippi man is expected to go to trail Monday for the burning murder of a 19 year old girl

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this is why the usa has the most overweight peoeple.

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(CNN) - If there's one culinary truism about Americans, it's that we can deep-fry anything.

Nowhere is that more true than on United States fairgrounds. County fairs, state fairs, street fairs -- you name it, and they're selling fried food on a stick at it.

"Offbeat" is the key word here, as Geary notes throughout the book how the creators of culinary oddities such as fried Snickers often develop their recipes while trying to outdo each other for the weirdest food.

"It's a way to get you over there to those vendors," he says. "Honestly, my foods in the book are not weird compared to some of the stuff coming out now. People are trying to top each other every year."

As a former cake contest judge and then culinary coordinator for the Los Angeles County Fair, Geary knows his mozzarella sticks from his fried cheese balls.

But that's not to say every recipe in Fair Foods requires firing up the deep fryer. "I didn't want them all fried foods," he tells CNN Travel. "Because that's what a lot of people think of fair foods -- everything's fried. So I [included] pulled pork sandwiches and stuff like that."

Some fair foods are, dare we say it, healthy. Or almost.

Here are 11 fair foods worth a look:

Hailing from the Iowa State Fair, this beaut is three beef patties and six slices of American cheese wedged between a Krispy Kreme donut sliced in half.

It's not as unhealthy as it sounds, either. "Technically, that recipe is a little more than a quarter-pounder," says Geary. "So they're small, almost like a slider."

Go ahead and eat two then.

Everything is bigger in Texas and that includes high-falutin' ideas for deep-frying condiments.

Deep-fried butter debuted at the Texas State Fair before spreading to state fairs around the country.

Balls of frozen butter are dipped into a sugary buttermilk batter and then fried.

"It's like an inside-outside pancake," Geary explains. "You've got the batter on the outside and it fries and the butter inside melts."

Fried Coca-Cola debuted at the 2006 Texas State Fair and is now served at fairs across America.

It's an enticingly bizarre proposition, certain to pique the curiosity of hungry fairgoers. "'How do you fry something liquid?'" Geary asks.

"But then when you eat it, you realize what they've done is flavored with Coca-Cola a batter, kind of like a funnel cake." Fried Coca-Cola is dusted with confectioners' sugar and served with whipped cream and a cherry on top.

Not all fried foods are gluttonous calorie bombs like deep-fried Oreos or deep-fried bacon. You can fry vegetables too.

In fact, fried green beans have distinguished themselves by making their way from the fairgrounds to white tablecloth restaurants. "Now in California, they're appetizers in high-end restaurants," Geary says.

Fried cheese balls and fried guacamole (also known as fried avocado bites) are two more recipes originating at fairs which upscale restaurants now serve. "You only get it once a year [at a fair] and now these restaurants have it full-time," he explains.

Deep-fried Oreos are the brainchild of "Chicken Charlie" Boghosian, who created the delicacies for the Los Angeles County Fair in 2002. "He created all these crazy things," says Geary.

The LA Times notes that Chicken Charlie saw deep-fried Twinkies at a fair in Miami and improved upon the recipe, ultimately selling 10,000 of them in 2001. Inspired by his success, he debuted his deep-fried Oreos a year later.

Geary recommends using Double Stuf Oreos for this decadent treat. "They melt inside and they're really good," he says.

The fried corn dogs in "Fair Foods" isn't just any corn dog recipe: Geary created it for Disneyland when he was working as a pastry chef in the '80s.

It's still used today at the Big Red Wagon on Disneyland's Main Street.

"People talk about it's one of their favorite cheap products at Disneyland," Geary says. "I didn't realize how popular that was until a month ago when I saw online people were doing a copycat recipe."

He found the woman who was sharing the copycat Disneyland corn dog recipe online and contacted her with the original -- adapting the recipe to serve 10 instead of 150, of course.

Pickle dogs are popular at Minnesota State Fair. Despite what the name suggests, they're actually roll-ups, not hot dogs.

"There was a line down the block [at the Minnesota State Fair] for these things and I thought 'Why?'" Geary recalls. "And somebody said 'They're the healthiest thing!'"

Honey ham slices coated with cream cheese and wrapped around dill pickle spears may not sound healthy, but when compared to fried butter, they're not so bad.

Coney Island chili dogs aren't from Coney Island at all: Two hot dog stands (in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Jackson, Michigan respectively) both claim to have invented the dogs.

For a fair foods connoisseur like Geary, this presents a bit of a conundrum. "This was the reason why I didn't put where every food came from [in the cookbook] because those two have been fighting on who invented a Coney dog," he says.

So what's the difference between the dueling dogs?

"In Indiana, there's more onions in theirs," Geary explains. The Indiana Coney Island chili dog recipe made it into his cookbook. Sorry, Michigan.

Spicy peanut butter and jelly cheeseburgers take the cake (yes, that was a state fair pun) for the weirdest recipe in the cookbook, says Geary. "It's kind of like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a hamburger thrown in the middle," he explains.

Although the addition of jelly creates an odd savory/sweet combination, this wouldn't be the first time that peanut butter has graced a burger. Geary says there was a hamburger joint in Southern California that served a burger spread with peanut butter. This recipe takes the idea a step further with grape jelly and a sliced jalapeno pepper.

Fair foods come in weird and wonderful varieties, but one good old-fashioned favorite is the snow cone. This might be the easiest recipe in the cookbook, requiring only ice cubes, sugar and two packages of powdered Kool-Aid in any flavor that strikes your fancy.

Geary suggests two elegant variations that he's seen in the south of France: Snow cones made with rose petals or violet petals.

Snow cones may be considered "boring" compared to other recipes in his cookbook, he says, but they deserve a shout-out for nostalgia's sake alongside cotton candy and ice cream cones.

Food on a stick is popular at fairs because it doesn't require seating and it creates less waste.

"To make a cheesecake slice, you'd need a plate and a fork," Geary explains. "So what the fair people were doing was freezing [slices], dipping it in chocolate and it looks like a triangle with a stick in it." "

And there's no better person than George Geary from whom to get your cheesecake recipe. Not only has he published two books about cheesecakes ("The 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes" and "The Cheesecake Bible") but in the 1990s, he made all the cheesecakes used as props on the show "The Golden Girls" (and all the ones eaten at the after-party when filming wrapped).

"For the Friday night taping, I would have to do seven cheesecakes," he recalls. Perhaps an idea for his next cookbook?

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Behind the appeal of America's craziest fair foods

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(CNN) - If there's one culinary truism about Americans, it's that we can deep-fry anything. Nowhere is that more true than on United States fairgrounds. County fairs, state fairs, street fairs -- you name it, and they're selling fried food on a stick at it.

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An overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the confluence of a river and the Bay of Bengal and at least 12 dead, Five out of the twelve were children.

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Police say at least 12 people have died after an overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the confluence of a river and the Bay of Bengal.

Local police official Mainuddin Khan said Monday the capsizing occurred near the Shah Porir Dwip in Cox's Bazar as the boat was moving toward Bangladesh late Sunday. Five of the dead were children.

He said up to 35 people were on board and eight of them survived. It was not exactly clear how many were missing.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar since Aug. 25 when the military launched a crackdown that had been decried by the United Nations as "ethnic cleansing." Boat accidents have killed 143 Rohingya trying to reach Bangladesh.

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Police say at least 12 people have died after an overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the confluence of a river and the Bay of Bengal. Local police official Mainuddin Khan said Monday the capsizing occurred near the Shah Porir Dwip in Cox's Bazar as the...

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2 gay Iraqi soldiers found love amid war. Then the death threats started

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The two first locked eyes on a dusty battlefield in Ramadi. After days of exchanging hasty glances amid gunfire, they snuck away one night to listen to Michael Jackson on shared earbuds. The music stopped, but a love story was just beginning.
A decade ago, Allami was a sergeant in the Iraqi military when he met Hrebid, then a translator for the US Marines.

Militants had seized a hospital in Ramadi, and they were part of a mission to reclaim it.

When not defusing bombs, they'd talk late into the night at a pitch black lot surrounded by Humvees. Allami fell in love, unafraid of the war, yet terrified by what was happening with Hrebid.

Their love story would take them through two continents as they joined the 22 million refugees in the world, all fleeing war, grinding poverty and in their case, persecution from militants and relatives. Last year, only 14,700 Iraqi refugees were resettled worldwide, says Andrej Mahecic, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency. The UN does not have the number of applicants who claim asylum based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Few countries, if any, collect such statistics, he says.

Taking chances

LGBT people in Iraq risk harassment, beatings, and brutal killings -- sometimes by family members. ISIS, which held large swaths of Iraqi territory until recently, has also targeted gay men, tossing many to their deaths from tall buildings.

Despite the risks, Allami took a chance two weeks after they met. "I love you," he told Hrebid.

Hrebid did not say a word, but drew him close and kissed him.

Allami was so excited, he didn't eat for two days. At the time, he didn't know that Hrebid loved his calm demeanor and the way his dark hair shone in the sunlight.

Their relationship grew, but in secret. They knew loving each other openly could be deadly. Even during the days of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, when the US did not officially allow gay people to serve in the military, Hrebid says a base officer allowed them to spend time together at the American base.

Their talks put them in a bubble. During those moments, war and bloodshed did not exist.

One last night

Hrebid loved his job as a translator.

At the base, his American buddies called him David to protect his identity. But word got out that he was gay, and that he was a US translator. His name was added to a militant hit list posted on the streets of Ramadi.

People started talking. It was time to leave.

In March 2009, Hrebid applied for asylum as part of a program that gives preference to Iraqis and Afghans who translated for the US government overseas. Hrebid's application was approved eight months later.

The night he got his US visa, they sat up all night in a candlelit room, hugging each other and crying.

As much as it crushed him, Hrebid flew to Seattle in December 2009, leaving Allami behind.

But they kept their promise to stay in touch. One night, as they chatted on Skype, Allami's relatives overheard them and realized he was gay.

Some of his relatives accused him of bringing shame to the family, and wanted him killed, he says. Terrified, Allami deserted the military and stuffed a backpack with pants and a few T-shirts. Hrebid paid for his ticket to flee to Lebanon in November 2010.

Seven thousand miles away, Hrebid started his new life in Seattle, the only place he knew someone in the US.

But while he was finally safe, he'd lie awake worrying. What if Allami was detained for overstaying his 30-day tourist visa and deported back to Iraq? A return home now included the risk of arrest by the military for desertion.

One day, while at a party, Hrebid met activist Michael Failla and told him about his relationship with Allami. His new friend would become their lifeline.

Living in the shadows

Allami's new life in Beirut did not involve parties and new friendships. He lived in the shadows and worked illegally as a shoe salesman for $250 a month. Hrebid sent him money to help with upkeep as he desperately sought a way to get him to Seattle.

With every day spent away from Hrebid, Allami sank further into depression. He'd sit in bed at night and guzzle bottles of beer.

Hrebid blamed himself as Allami languished in a new country. Despite the time difference, they did their best to maintain a "normal" relationship. They would Skype and virtually eat together -- breakfast for one and dinner for the other.

"We would cook together, and discuss things almost like we lived together," Hrebid recalls.

They also showered each other with sentimental gifts, including locks of each other's hair.

Hrebid would sit in bed, smell Allami's hair and cry. Other days, he'd send Allami long letters describing his undying love.
"My heart melts at the sound of your voice," one letter says. "When I look at you, I see clear skies."
In December 2010, desperate to join Hrebid, Allami filed for asylum from the United Nations refugee agency, not knowing it would take years.

The United Nations refugee agency interviewed Allami eight times, but his application was bogged down by translation errors, according to Failla, who attended several interviews with him.

One error in particular complicated his case. During one asylum interview, he was asked whether as a soldier, he was familiar with the Abu Ghraib prison torture. He said he watched it on TV -- but it was translated that he witnessed it first-hand, implying he was complicit, Failla says.

In the process of seeking asylum, applicants can have a preference for country of resettlement, but countries decide whether to accept an applicant.

Allami's preference was the US. But the agonizing wait for a decision was so long, he applied for a separate visa to Canada at its embassy in Beirut.

In March 2013, nearly three years after he escaped from Iraq, Canada said yes.

Allami arrived in Vancouver in May of the same year. He was now 150 miles away from Hrebid, and their dream of living together suddenly seemed within reach.

Hrebid would drive to Vancouver every weekend to see him. On Valentine's Day 2014, they got married at a courthouse in Vancouver, with Failla as a witness.

"We always say Michael was our angel -- the world needs more angels like Michael," Hrebid says.

Washington state recognized same-sex marriages at the time, and Hrebid quickly applied for a visa for his new husband at the US Consulate in Montreal.

When the consular official approved it, Allami sat down on the embassy floor and wept. Hrebid covered his mouth and screamed.

"I was shaking so hard," Allami says. "I asked the embassy person to repeat again just to be sure."

A new chapter

The date March 6, 2015, will forever be etched in Allami's mind. He finally moved to Seattle to be with Hrebid.

A few months later, on August 8 of the same year, they had their dream wedding at Failla's house, surrounded by friends.

Allami then applied for permanent residency -- known as a greencard -- as Hrebid's husband. The couple relishes their life in Seattle, where they live with their Siberian Husky, Cesar, and cat, Lodus. A rainbow flag draped over the balcony of their new town home flutters in the wind.

Inside their home, black and white photos of their wedding day line the walls. In other photos, they are hiking through the mountains or simply gazing into each other's eyes.

After six years of living on different continents, their new life is idyllic. Hrebid is a kitchen specialist at a home improvement store while Allami is a maintenance worker for a residential building.

Failla describes the couple as "major influencers" in the gay community in Seattle. They open their home to LGBT people who've fled the Middle East, help them get jobs and into schools, and teach them about their new culture in the US. They've helped 21 people find jobs and places to stay, and are working with several rights groups such as Canada's Rainbow Refugee to assist more.

"First we were the ones who needed help now it's our turn to help," Hrebid says. "Anything we can do, even if it's changing people's minds just by sharing our story."

Their story is already bringing about change.

Christine Matthews, a deputy director for the UN refugee agency, said last year they used the gaps in Allami's case as a learning experience. They have since launched an effort to sensitize staff on the best ways to process such claims.

"We need to do better for refugees, all refugees including LGBT refugees," she said.

And after years of separation, Hrebid still wakes up at night and asks: Am I dreaming or is this real? Are we really married? Will I wake up one day and find you gone?

"It's almost like that fear never leaves you," he says.

In Iraq, the two say they are considered an embarrassment to their communities, and family members don't utter their names.

"Out of Iraq," a documentary on their romance and fight for asylum, recently won an Emmy, but its two stars say they are hardly feted back home.

Even though they can't go back to Iraq for fear of being killed, they've learned to define "home" in their own way.

"He's my family, he's my safe place, my love," Allami says as Hrebid gently strokes his face.

"I may not have my country anymore, but he's my country now."

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The two first locked eyes on a dusty battlefield in Ramadi. After days of exchanging hasty glances amid gunfire, they snuck away one night to listen to Michael Jackson on shared earbuds. The music stopped, but a love story was just beginning.

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A 31 year old teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty for having sexual relations with a 15 year old boy.

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A former Virginia high school teacher pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge related to her sexual relationship with a teenage boy.

Ashley Leigh Lewis Weber, 31, admitted to two counts of having consensual sex with a child who was at least 15 years old. Each count carries a 12-month prison sentence, but the case judge suspended the sentence on one of the counts.

Weber also was initially charged with a felony count of using a communications device to proposition a minor. That charge was withdrawn by prosecutors in exchange for a guilty plea on the misdemeanor counts.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that prosecutors ultimately expect Weber to serve about six months in jail.

Weber, a history teacher at Douglas S. Freeman in Henrico County, turned herself in on Aug. 1, two months after police were tipped off about the relationship.

Prosecutor Stacey Davenport said Weber met the student during the 2015-16 school year. That summer, Weber took the boy to her parents' home in Henrico, where they had sex. Davenport said the boy was 15 at the time of this first encounter.

Judge Margaret Deglau ordered that Weber not be allowed to contact the boy and criticized the teacher for what she called "victimization."
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A former Virginia high school teacher pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge related to her sexual relationship with a teenage boy. Ashley Leigh Lewis Weber, 31, admitted to two counts of having consensual sex with a child who was at least 15 years old.

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A 3 year old boy was hospitalized after being sucker punched by his mother's boyfriend

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A Bronx woman's violent boyfriend punched her 3-year-old autistic son in the face, police said Sunday.

He struck the tot about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday inside the woman's apartment on University Ave. near W. Tremont Ave. in Morris Heights, cops said. The little boy was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital. He suffered injuries but was expected to survive, according to authorities.

His abuser ran off after the incident and police continue to investigate.
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Bronx woman's boyfriend punches her 3-year-old son in the face

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A Bronx woman's violent boyfriend punched her 3-year-old autistic son in the face, police said Sunday. He struck the tot about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday inside the woman's apartment on University Ave. near W. Tremont Ave. in Morris Heights, cops said. The little boy was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital.

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Mike Pence left an NFL game when the players refused to stand for the American Flag. Trump defends this action, tweeting "The trip by @VP Pence was long planned. He is receiving great praise for leaving game after players showed such disrespect for country!" Many critics think this was a stunt pulled by Pence, and he only made an effort of showing up to leave.

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Minnesota man lived with decomposing bodies of his mom and twin brother

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A Minnesota man who lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year said he could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities.

"I was traumatized," Robert James Kuefler told The Associated Press on Saturday. "What would you do?"

White Bear Police Capt. Dale Hager said Kuefler, 60, was charged this week with interference with a dead body or scene of death because Kuefler moved his brother's body. Hager said both the brother and the mother died of natural causes in 2015.

Several months after their deaths, Kuefler wrote to other family members in a Christmas card that both were in bad health and could not talk on the phone and did not want visitors. Police did not find the bodies until September 2016, when a neighbor reported that the Kueflers' lawn in the Minneapolis suburb of White Bear Lake was overgrown and that it had been a long time since she had seen activity at the house, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.

Kuefler told the AP that his mother, 94-year-old Evelyn Kuefler, died in August 2015 and his brother, Richard Kuefler, died several months before. Court records say the mother's body was decayed and skeletal and the brother's body was "mummified."

"I am not some nut ball," the maintenance worker said in a telephone interview. "People think I am, but I'm not. I loved them."

Hager said disability and Social Security checks for Krueger's mother and brother were sent to their accounts by direct deposit and that it did not appear that any money was withdrawn, though federal authorities are still investigating. Kuefler told the AP that he did not tap the accounts.

Hager said authorities decided to file the misdemeanor charge against Kuefler in part to help get him some psychological help through the court system.

"This is our way of introducing this case onto the court," Hager said. "We do believe his actions violated the law. Moving the body of his brother disrupted the death scene."

"We're depending on our partners in the court system to make a good decision," he said.

Kuefler, who has no criminal history, said he needs no counseling.

"I watched my mother die," he said. "She always said she wanted to die at home. She didn't have any burial plans."

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A Minnesota man who lived in a house with the decomposing bodies of his mother and twin brother for about a year said he could not bring himself to report their deaths to authorities. "I was traumatized," Robert James Kuefler told The Associated Press on Saturday. "What would you do?"

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California wildfires force evacuations

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Massive fire fires in Napa and Sonoma countries and close hospitals.

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Several massive wildfires burned out of control in Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying an untold number of homes and businesses, forcing the evacuation of many thousands of people and shutting down major roadways as firefighters sought to halt the advance of infernos that were driven by powerful winds.

There was no immediate estimate of the damage or the extent of injuries - nor an explanation for the sheer number of fires - but structures were burning in both counties, according to authorities and witnesses.

Residents described fleeing for their lives in the middle of the night, in cars or on foot.

Two hospitals in Santa Rosa, those run by Kaiser Permanente and Sutter Health, were evacuated. People flocked to gas stations in cities that were safe from the conflagrations, to fuel up and buy water and other supplies. Evacuation centers were set up, and then quickly filled, forcing more to open.

The series of fires began to ignite Sunday and multiplied as the night went on, hitting Napa and Sonoma the hardest but impacting at least five counties.

In Mendocino County, authorities evacuated communities near Redwood Valley and Willits. In Marin County, officials said at 3 a.m. that a grass fire had closed part of Highway 37. In Alameda County, fire crews from multiple jurisdictions were battling a blaze in the North Berkeley Hills at 3:45 a.m.

All over the region, flames raced across fields and freeways and skies filled with embers and ash. The National Weather Service said the blazes, which caused power outages and blanketed much of the Bay Area in smoke, were fanned by strong and dry northeast winds.

In Napa County, the Atlas Fire broke out near Atlas Peak Road and blackened hundreds of acres in a famed wine-growing area northeast of the city of Napa and the Silverado Trail. A second Napa County blaze to the northwest, near Calistoga, forced residents to flee their homes as well.

Guests of the Silverado Resort and Spa on Atlas Peak Road said they had been evacuated in a rush as flames approached. The resort had hosted the Safeway Open, a PGA Tour event, which ended Sunday.

"We were sleeping, but we kept smelling smoke," said Chris Thomas, 42, of Kirkland, Wash., who arrived in the Napa Valley late Sunday with his wife, Marissa Schneider, for a wine-tasting trip.

They saw a firetruck pass, then were ordered to leave by loudspeaker. The power went out. Then things went downhill fast.

"It was surreal," Thomas said. "When I started loading stuff into the car it was a hell-storm of smoke and ash. There were 30 to 40 mph winds. I couldn't even breathe, so I ran back to the unit to get Marissa. It was so smoky I went to the wrong unit. When I found her I said, 'Forget it, let's just go.' It went from being an annoying evacuation to something really scary."

Schneider said, "Debris was gusting around. The flames were about 100 feet from our door. It was scary."

They drove to downtown Napa and found a hotel room, though they were wary of being evacuated again.

Evacuation centers were set up at the Napa County Fairgrounds at 1435 North Oak St. in Calistoga and CrossWalk Community Church at 2590 First St. in Napa.

In the Kenwood area, east of Santa Rosa, evacuations were ordered along Porter Creek, Petrified Forest, Franz Valley and Mountain Home Ranch roads.

In northern Santa Rosa, evacuations were ordered for residents and businesses in the Skyfarm Drive, Fountaingrove Parkway and Montecito Heights areas east of Highway 101, according to the Police Department.

Just after 2 a.m., though, Santa Rosa police reported the fire had jumped Highway 101 and "ignited structures" west of the freeway near a Kohl's department store on Hopper Avenue. Evacuations were then ordered for that area. Residents later said they had seen homes, shops and restaurants burning.

"This is a life threatening event," officials said. "Leave immediately."

Among those who left the Hopper Avenue area were 11 members of the Flores family, who woke up and piled into two vehicles with four dogs after being jolted awake by neighbors. They said the air was thick with smoke and the wind was blowing so hard that trash bins toppled over.

"We couldn't really see anything," said Bradley Flores, 15. "We just got our dogs and got into the car and left. The wind was so bad our car was shaking."

He spoke from the parking lot of a Chevron gas station in Petaluma. The lot was full of evacuees who were fueling up, buying water and talking on cell phones.

Santa Rosa evacuees were directed to the Finley Community Center in that city, and when it filled up, were steered to Santa Rosa's Veteran's Memorial Building at 1351 Maple Ave. or the Petaluma Community Center at 320 North McDowell Ave.

Later, more evacuations centers were brought online: Cloverdale Citrus Fair at 1 Citrus Fair Dr., the Sebastopol Veteran's Hall at 282 South High St., and Sonoma Valley High School at 20000 Broadway in Sonoma.

Among those who made it to Petaluma were Lance and Barb Cottrell, who live near Santa Rosa. At about midnight, they had seen fire cresting over the ridge near their home, after a neighbor rang the doorbell. They packed a couple of suitcases, grabbed some prized antiques and headed to a friend's house to the west of Highway 101.

"Our house is probably gone," Lance said. "We just finished it in 2014."

Soon, though, flames raced so fast into their friend's neighborhood that people ran for their lives. Lance jumped in his car, and Barb in hers, and they tried to drive away, but they they saw a house engulfed in front of them and had to flip a U-turn. They ended up stuck in traffic before escaping down country roads west of Santa Rosa, avoiding trees that had blown down.

The scene was similar in Napa County. On Highway 121 between Sonoma and Napa, flames chewed up vegetation on both sides of the road, shooting embers as a stream of people fled the area. Some drivers pulled over to the side of the road at safe spots, looking back at the fires. Police and firefighters tried to keep people moving.

Sonoma County officials said emergency dispatchers were being "overwhelmed by 911 calls" from residents smelling smoke, adding, "Please only call 911 if you see actual unattended flames." Authorities in Marin and San Francisco counties made the same plea, asking residents who smell smoke not to call 911 unless they see flames.
Peter Fimrite, Jill Tucker and Demian Bulwa are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: pfimrite@sfchronicle.com, jtucker@sfchronicle.com, dbulwa@sfchronicle.com Twitter @pfimrite @jilltucker @demianbulwa

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Massive fires in Napa and Sonoma counties burn structures, force evacuations, close hospitals

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Several massive wildfires burned out of control in Napa and Sonoma counties early Monday, destroying an untold number of homes and businesses, forcing the evacuation of many thousands of people and shutting down major roadways as firefighters sought to halt the advance of infernos that were driven by powerful winds.