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Hiker rescued after falling down cliff in Columbia Gorge
CASCADE LOCKS, Ore. (AP) — A hiker has been rescued in Oregon, apparently three days after he fell down a 50-foot (15m) cliff in the Columbia River Gorge. The Coast Guard and the Hood River County Sheriff’s Office say they got the 43-year-old to safety on Friday night after he was discovered by two...
4 police officers treated after NJ fire; woman hospitalized
WASHINGTON, N.J. (AP) — Four New Jersey police officers were treated for smoke inhalation after entering a burning home to try to rescue a woman trapped on the second floor, authorities said. Emergency responders were called just before 9 a.m. Saturday to the fire in Washington borough in Warren County....
2 plane crashes with 8 people in South Florida, no injuries
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — Emergency workers and campers rescued eight people from two separate small plane crashes in South Florida. In the first crash, campers on Friday helped bring to shore four people who were in a single-engine Piper Saratoga that crashed near Cape Sable, the southernmost point of the...
Dog who refused to abandon sheep in Logan remembered in book
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Seventeen years after a Great Pyrenees sheepdog was rescued after faithfully guarding three stranded sheep in Logan Canyon, the man who brought the public’s attention to the plight is telling his full story. Jim Stone, a longtime Bear Lake guide and business owner, has teamed up...
Lake Tahoe resort security guards rescue man from drowning
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — A California man who almost drowned at a Lake Tahoe resort on Monday night has been discharged from the hospital, local emergency management officials said. At the Mont Bleu Resort Casino and Spa in Stateline, Nevada, security guards Mike Griffin and Chris Rehn dove into 9-foot deep...
Relatives of plane's victims cast flowers into Indonesia sea
THOUSAND ISLANDS, Indonesia (AP) — Relatives of crash victims on Friday prayed and threw flowers into the Java Sea where a Sriwijaya Air jet plunged into the water almost two weeks ago, killing all 62 people on board. An Indonesian navy vessel took dozens of grieving relatives to the site. Many people wept...
Experts: 15 more days to reach trapped China mine workers
BEIJING (AP) — It will take at least 15 more days to get through a massive amount of debris and reach miners already trapped for 11 days since an explosion in a gold mine in eastern China, authorities said Thursday. The mine shaft is blocked 350 meters (1,000 feet) below the surface by 70 tons of debris...
Indonesia ends search for crashed plane's victims, debris
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday ended the search for remaining victims and debris from a Sriwijaya Air jet that nosedived into the Java Sea, killing all 62 people on board. Transportation minister Budi Karya Sumadi said retrieval operations have ended after nearly two weeks,...
Search called off for boy swept out to sea in California
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for a 12-year-old boy who was swept by a wave and out to sea from a Northern California beach. Arunay Pruthi, his father and his 8-year-old brother were sitting on the sand at Cowell Ranch State Beach in Half Moon Bay when a rogue...
Gas explosion rips through Madrid building, killing 4
MADRID (AP) — A powerful gas explosion tore through a residential building in central Madrid on Wednesday, killing four people and ripping the facade off the structure. A tower of smoke rose from the building, where repairs were being done to a gas boiler, and billowed through Toledo Street, near the...
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