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Residents have begun returning to charred communities after the most destructive wildfires in Colorado history forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and left the landscape a blackened wasteland.
Bears and burglars posed further danger to home owners who headed back to towns and cities after the fires, which killed two people.
The so-called Waldo Canyon Fire scorched nearly 7,000 hectares and devastated communities around Colorado Springs, the state's second-largest city.
Governor John Hickenlooper said he believed the worst was over and almost all of the seven blazes were under control.
"Now we're beginning to look at how do we rebuild and begin the recovery," Mr Hickenlooper told CNN.
"But we also know that Mother Nature can be pretty fickle out there so we're keeping ourselves very alert."
Two more houses were looted overnight for a total of 24 during the disaster that forced 35,000 residents to evacuate, authorities said.
To maintain order, 165 National Guard troops were on the ground under orders from president Barack Obama, who toured the area on Friday.
Many of those allowed to stay home remained without power.
The governor described the devastation he saw flying over the Pike National Forest west of Colorado Springs, a city of more than 400,000 about 80 kilometres south of Denver.
"It was like your worst nightmare of a movie, trying to show what the Apocalypse or Armageddon would look like," Mr Hickenlooper said.
"I thought it was trees burning, as we got closer it was homes."
Firefighters remain challenged by a wildfire in Grand Junction in western Colorado, the only one of seven wildfires that was not yet under control, he said.
"But the largest one that was almost 88,000 acres (35,610 hectares), we called the Hyde Park fire just west of Fort Collins, it is now completely contained."
Incident commander Rich Harvey said a force of 1,534 firefighters remained on the ground.
"We are cautiously optimistic. The perimeter is stable," Mr Harvey said.
He said there was a danger from bears wandering about, possibly displaced by the fires.
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Erie Coach Jay Larranaga to Serve as Assistant Coach for Ukrainian National Team
Erie, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, July 3 – Erie BayHawks head coach Jay Larranaga is heading to Kiev, Ukraine for two months to serve as an assistant coach of the Ukrainian senior men’s national team under legendary head coach Mike Fratello. Larranaga will return to Erie in September to coach his third year with the BayHawks.

“I’m incredibly excited and honored to join Coach Fratello’s staff of the Ukrainian team. He is one of the great coaches in NBA history and I look forward to working with him and learning from him on a daily basis,” said Larranaga. “I’m also thankful for the support of the Knicks and BayHawks that have encouraged me to accept this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and continue to grow in my coaching career.”

Over the next two months the Ukrainian team will be competing in Group C of the qualifying round of the 2013 European Championships. Group C includes the national teams of Croatia, Austria, Cyprus, Hungary and Ukraine. The top two teams from the group will advance to next year’s European Championships to be played in Slovenia.

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