AP: Inspectors ripped WV mine 3 months ago for emergency-air problems near escape routes

AP: Emergency air system at WV mine was broken

Pain from torrent in Rio falls heavily on slums; at least 119 killed, 60 missing in mudslides

Pain from torrent in Rio falls heavily on slums

4 rescued from fire in 10-story condo building in Boston; blaze brought under control

4 rescued from fire in Boston condo building

Federal official says gas in W.Va. mine still too dangerous for rescue attempt of 4 miners

Fed official: Still too soon for W.Va. mine rescue

At Haiti’s request, US to end quick entry of Haitian orphans; adoption must be final first

Haitian orphans’ quick entry to US to end

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department says it is ending a program that allowed orphaned Haitian children not yet adopted to come to the U.S.

W.Va. congressman says 3 workers from mine that had explosion complained of unsafe conditions

W.Va. congressman: 3 miners complain of safety

Noted Cuban dissident drowns while trying to sneak back to island from US aboard speedboat

Dissident drowns trying to sneak back into Cuba

Multi-alarm fire strikes 10-story Boston condo building; no injuries immediately reported

Multi-alarm fire strikes Boston condo building

Massey exec tells AP that officials are testing mine air to see if it’s safe to resume rescue

Massey exec: feds testing air at W.Va. mine

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake rattles Anchorage, southcentral Alaska

Earthquake rocks southcentral Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has rattled southcentral Alaska, shaking buildings in Anchorage.

Miners’ families can do little but wait as crews drill into mine where explosion killed 25

Anxious relatives await word on W.Va. mine rescue

Police investigating explosion at market in Pakistani capital; no one killed or wounded

Police investigating explosion in Islamabad

Husband’s death prompts woman to jump to death

LUCKNOW - A woman Wednesday jumped from the top floor of a hospital in this Uttar Pradesh capital after she learnt of her husband’s death, police said.

Slain CRPF men’s kin to get over Rs.3.8 mn in damages

NEW DELHI - The next of kin of 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers massacred in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, will be given compensation of over Rs.38 lakh each, a government release said Wednesday.

Chile’s fishermen offer tours of the tsunami that devastated their livelihoods

Chile’s struggling fishermen offer tsunami tours

Record rains ease in Rio; officials fear death toll from flooding _ already 100 _ could rise

Rio flood toll tops 100 as record downpours ease

West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins visits families after mine blast

W.Va. basketball coach visits miners’ families

W.Va. miner underground at time of explosion didn’t feel, hear blast; says power went out

W.Va. miner talks about underground explosion

BJP legislator says can’t return ’scam’ money

GANDHINAGAR - BJP legislator Shankar Chaudhari, who is allegedly embroiled in a scam of misusing Rs.61 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF), submitted in the Gujarat High Court Wednesday that he is unable to pay back the disputed money.

Gay AMU teacher found dead, suicide suspected

ALIGARH - An Aligarh Muslim University professor, who was suspended on charges of “gross misconduct” on campus after he was filmed engaging in homosexual act with a rickshaw puller, was found dead in his home here, police said Wednesday.

Pre-dawn fire kills 4 children, 1 adult in rural Ky. mobile home with 14 people inside

4 children, 1 adult die in Ky. mobile home fire

Federal mine safety agency appoints team to investigate West Virginia mine explosion

Safety team appointed to investigate mine blast

Seismic activity drops after day of shallow quakes at Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt

Earthquake activity lessens below Alaska volcano

Wife stabs husband for infidelity

NEW DELHI - A 48-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her husband due to his extra-marital affair, police said Wednesday.

Bombing of NATO oil tanker in NW Pakistan kills boy riding in van behind it

Bombing of NATO tanker in Pakistan kills boy

Mobile home fire kills 4 children, 1 adult in Ky.; 14 people were in home when fire erupted

4 children, 1 adult die Ky. mobile home fire

Apex court stands by critical remarks against Johri

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed Gujarat’s Inspector General of Police Geetha Johri’s plea to expunge its critical remarks against her for alleged lapses during the probe into the killings of Ujjain youth Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and family friend by the state police in a staged gun battle in November 2005.

Gov. Joe Manchin: crews have decided to drill a 3rd hole in attempt to save 4 W.Va. miners

W.Va. gov: 3rd hole will be drilled in rescue

Gay AMU teacher commits suicide

ALIGARH - An Aligarh Muslim University teacher, who was suspended from the university on charges of homosexuality on the campus, has committed suicide, police said Wednesday.

Officer killed during army exercise in Rajasthan

CHANDIGARH - A Chandigarh-based Indian Army officer was killed in a freak accident during an army exercise at the India-Pakistan border in Suratgarh in Rajasthan, officials said here Wednesday.