Winner & Loser

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Winner

EVERGLADES FIREFIGHTERS
After four days of combating a blaze that has consumed some 173,000 acres of grassland west of Fort Lauderdale, fire crews finally managed to contain the conflagration Tuesday. Rainfall during this dry season has been 90 percent below normal.

Loser

JAY SCOTT BALLINGER
The Indiana Satanist who was arrested in February for torching seven churches in his home state may face the death penalty for his alleged role in the arson of three churches in Georgia, one of which claimed the life of a volunteer firefighter last New Year's Eve.