FIERY BATTLE: A wildfire burned close to homes near California’s San Gabriel Mountains on Monday, the third day of a 490-acre blaze that has forced the evacuation of at least 1,000 people.
GOING GREEN: The first direct deposits from the Internal Revenue Service landed in bank accounts Monday.
COURT SHOOTING: Three sheriff’s deputies fatally shot an unidentified man who stormed through security at the Merced County, Calif., courthouse Monday with two knives.
CORPSE CASE: A New York judge has convicted Chris Aldorasi, accused of secretly cutting up corpses — including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke — in a multimillion-dollar body parts scheme.
STAMP BOOM: Americans are buying 30 million Forever stamps a day. A first-class stamp will rise a penny to 42 cents on May 12, but the Forever stamps — selling for 41 cents — will remain valid.
RESIGNED: Stephen Sears, dean of West Virginia University’s business school, quit Monday in a scandal over a master’s degree given to the governor’s daughter. The provost quit Sunday.
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