Drill nears escape shaft breakthrough for Chile’s 33 miners as a world awaits their rescue

A way out, at last, for Chile’s 33 trapped miners

Excitement and anxiety in Chile as escape shaft drill nears 33 trapped miners

Escape shaft nearly reaches Chile’s trapped miners

Tests show big drop in toxicity of red sludge reaching Danube in Hungary; Death toll up to 7

Toxicity of Hungary’s red sludge flow drops

Chile anticipates ‘great day’ as escape shaft nears 33 miners trapped underground since August

Chile sees ‘great day’ with escape shaft near done

Danube weathers red sludge but some lab tests show high heavy metals; 2 more bodies found

2 more bodies found in Hungary’s red sludge

Danube weathers sludge torrent; lab tests show high toxic levels in red slurry

Hungary’s red sludge nearly equals Gulf oil spill

Toxic red sludge reaches the Danube, countries downstream test for damaging pollutants

Mighty Danube neutralizes toxic red sludge

Hungarian Science Academy says heavy metal content of sludge well below danger levels

Scientists say heavy metal in sludge not dangerous

Hungary says toxic red sludge has reached the Danube but no immediate damage seen yet

Hungary: Toxic red sludge has reached the Danube

US aluminum mining plants employ different methods, sludge flood like Hungary’s unlikely

Sludge flood like Hungary’s unlikely in US

Furious townspeople demand compensation for sludge-hit “dead villages” in Hungary

Sludge-hit Hungarian villagers demand compensation

EU urges Hungary to prevent toxic sludge from contaminating Danube, affecting other nations

EU to Hungary: Don’t let toxic sludge hit Danube

Hungary’s national investigators take over probe into toxic sludge disaster, EU offers to help

Hungary opens criminal probe into sludge disaster

Emergency crews struggle to clear toxic red sludge from towns in Hungary

Crews struggle to clear toxic Hungary sludge flood

Govt lacks copies of emergency response plans developed by natural gas pipeline operators

Natural gas pipeline crisis plans kept from public

Toxic red sludge from plant floods towns in western Hungary called an ‘ecological disaster’

Hungary sludge flood called ‘ecological disaster’

3 dead, 6 missing after red sludge from alumina plant floods towns in western Hungary

Death toll rises to 3 in Hungary sludge flood

Chile’s president: ‘We are very close to rescuing’ the 33 trapped miners

Chile president sees miners rescued before Oct. 15

2 dead, 7 missing as alumina plant reservoir bursts, red sludge floods Hungarian towns

Red sludge floods towns in western Hungary, 2 dead

1 dead, 3 missing as alumina plant reservoir bursts, red sludge floods Hungarian towns

Red sludge floods towns in western Hungary, 1 dead

Chile mine drilling advances rapidly, cheering families as officials hope for earlier rescue

Chile rescue speeds up, cheering miner families

Three hots and a cot for Chile’s miners, but music players and videogames seen as anti-social

Chile: trapped miners get Brad Pitt, censored news

Japan releases Chinese fishing boat captain held over collision near disputed islands

Japan releases Chinese boat captain

TOKYO — A local police official says Japan has released the captain of a Chinese fishing vessel involved in a collision near disputed islands.

No gas pump surprises this fall: Prices should be steady barring hurricane in Gulf of Mexico

Pump prices likely to remain steady this fall

Japan prosecutors release Chinese captain held in boat collision that raised tensions

Japan releases Chinese boat captain amid dispute

Colombia says killing of No. 2 commander worst blow ever to FARC rebels

Colombia: death of feared No. 2 rebel a watershed

Japan prosecutors to release Chinese captain held in boat collision that raised tensions

Japan to release Chinese boat captain amid dispute

China halts rare earth exports to Japan amid ensions over territorial dispute, traders say

Traders: China halts rare earth exports to Japan

Facing problems from blackouts to subway shutdown, Venezuelan leaders cry sabotage before vote

Chavez allies play on sabotage claims before vote

Chileans search souls as trapped miners, hunger-striking Indians crash bicentennial party

Trapped miners force Chileans to re-examine image

Big step completed in drilling Chile miners’ escape route; gov’t says it’s ahead of schedule

Big step completed in Chile miners’ escape route

Bore hole for rescue reaches trapped Chilean miners; weeks of widening still ahead

Bore hole for rescue reaches trapped Chile miners

Chilean govt web site generates 1,000-plus job offers for trapped miners and their co-workers

Chile’s trapped miners have a thousand job offers

Hope is born: Trapped Chilean miner’s wife has baby whose name is inspired by his survival

Nurse: Trapped Chilean miner’s Hope born healthy

Chile mine rescue might restart if broken drill bit can’t be removed; Hope to arrive Tuesday

Setback in Chile rescue, but Hope comes Tuesday

Chile mine crews may have to start rescue tunnel over if broken drill bit can’t be removed

Setback in Chile mine rescue, but no delay seen

Chile brings 3rd drill to rescue trapped miners; New US bit to fix smashed 2nd drill

3rd drill to the rescue for Chile’s trapped miners

Underground but not in Chile: Spanish coal miners stage sit-in strike trying to save industry

Spanish miners in Day 9 of underground protest

Damage from fire at upstate NY pallet company warehouse pegged at $4M; foul play not suspected

Fire damage at NY pallet company warehouse is $4M

Blaze at wood pallet company lights up pre-dawn sky in Buffalo, NY; minor injuries reported

Fire at pallet company lights up sky in Buffalo

Blaze at wood pallet company lights up pre-dawn sky in Buffalo, NY; no injuries reported

Fire at pallet company lights up Buffalo, NY, sky

Farmers in Pakistan’s flood zone fear they won’t be able to plant crops in time

Pakistan’s flooded farms unable to be sown

Uruguayans who survived 72 days in snow-covered mountains tell Chilean miners’ kin: Be strong

‘Alive’ survivors to Chilean mining kin: Be strong

APNewsBreak: Texas firm temporarily plugs leaking oil well in western North Dakota

Texas firm temporarily plugs leaking ND oil well

3 dead dead in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

1 woman dead, 2 possibly missing in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

Body of hostage-taking gunman removed from Discovery Channel’s headquarters in Md.

Gunman’s body removed from Discovery building

Police: Hostage-taker at Discovery Channel headquarters had been carrying 4 explosive devices

Discovery Channel gunman had explosive devices

Hostage-taker at Discovery Channel headquarters railed against programs; shot dead by police

Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming

Police kill gunman angry over Discovery Channel programming who took hostages at its offices

Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel