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Currently in its fourth season, “Fire Country” has won its time slot every week this season except when it aired against Game 6 of the World Series.

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Firefighters do everything they can, but strong winds are working against them to make the destruction go from bad to worse.

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“If you find a way to get a win when you do turn the ball over three times, you do end up down 16 points, or whatever it was, in the fourth quarter, just finding ways to win games when the odds are against you and things aren’t going right — finding a way to fight back — it’s going to be a good thing for us,” Kupp said.

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Solicitor General Theodore Olson and litigator David Boies, a liberal who squared off against Olson in the U.S.

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“If asked about the status of this dispute, plaintiffs counsel may only state, ‘they have voluntarily and fully resolved their claims against the Los Angeles Unified School District,’ or words to that effect,” declares the settlement agreement.

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