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The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), USGS added. USGS said the earthquake's epicentre was about 11 km east-southeast of Dolores.

"As I told you once before, Mr. Potter, naughty children deserve to be punished." --Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In addition, Umbridge warns in this movie poster, "Dissent will not be tolerated." Dolores Umbridge is a fictional villain in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but the story displays many real world counterparts and influences. ... Dolores Umbridge meanwhile denounces and punishes any Hogwarts student who says that Voldemort has returned, or tries to learn defenses against the Dark Arts. We doubt that Rowling had Department of Homeland Security...

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

San Juan Biodiesel Cooperative tests alternate-fuel supply The San Juan Biodiesel Cooperative wants to know if anyone is interested in a biodiesel facility in the Four Corners. SJBC mailed surveys to farmers and crop growers in hopes of garnering more enthusiasm for a facility. “Questions are geared toward determining growers’ interest in raising sunflower and canola,”... other queries from the survey include whether assistance would be needed for crop storage, anticipated yields of individual farms, and whether farmers would be interested in becoming part owners of a potential biodiesel facility ... Biodiesel is a nonpetroleum fuel made from refined vegetable...

<p>Two young men, one an artist, the other an archaeologist, crawled over the ancient redwood beams of San Francisco's Mission Dolores earlier this month, opened a trap door, lowered an electric light into a space behind the main altar -- and stared into the 18th century.</p>