Utah mine rescue ends with no signs of life
In Huntington Utah rescuers report no indications of life from six miners trapped over a thousand feet underground at Crandall Canyon. A narrow air hole yielded no sound and dwindling oxygen, while a larger drill moves toward the chamber as families and town rally in cautious hope and officials warn the search may take days longer.
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Huntington
Utah
Lori Ann Prince
Farm Bureau Financial Services
Earl
Richard Stickler
Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration
Don Erickson
Crandall Canyon
Immigrant soldiers face deportation fears amid wartime service
Immigrant soldiers worry relatives may be deported as U S troops fight in Iraq. Yaderlin Jimenez, an illegal immigrant, faced deportation while her husband, Alex Jimenez of Lawrence Massachusetts, vanished after an insurgent attack south of Baghdad. Homeland Security paused her case, and she later gained legal status. The story highlights strains on military families amid debates over immigration policy and national service obligations.
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Yaderlin Jimenez
Iraq
Alex Jimenez
Lawrence
Mass
Baghdad
Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
Margaret Stock
Army
United States Military Academy
West Point
Navy
Eduardo Gonzalez
Guatemala
United States
Gonzalez
Pentagon
Obese children miss more school days study finds
A Penn Temple study of 1,069 fourth to sixth graders in nine Philadelphia schools links obesity with higher absentee rates. Obese students averaged 12.2 absences vs 10.1 for normal weight, suggesting weight, not race or income, best predicts absenteeism and may drive later health and social problems.
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Philadelphia
Andrew B. Geier
University of Pennsylvania
Geier
Penn
Temple University
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Jim Bogden
National Association of State Boards of Education
Road investigators flag safety gap after bridge tragedy
Navy divers resumed search at sunrise Friday as Senior Chief Dave Nagle noted investigators identified a glaring safety gap that could affect other bridges. He added the dive team has spent days in the area and knows the challenging spots well.
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Navy
Dave Nagle
Divers find body in collapsed bridge toll rises to eight
Divers recovered another body from the wreckage of the interstate bridge in Minneapolis, raising the death toll from last week's Aug 1 collapse to at least eight. Navy divers joined local teams, with more bodies recovered Thursday. Authorities identify remains as recovery speeds up and seek the victim's kin. Transportation officials pledged immediate $50 million aid on top of earlier federal help to support recovery and cleanup efforts.
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Minneapolis
Navy
Peter Hausmann
Rosemount
U.S. Transportation
Mary Peters
Minnesota
Congress
Peters
National Transportation Safety Board
Mark Rosenker
Rosenker
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