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Friday, August 10, 2007

Drill Reaches Level of Trapped Utah Miners; No Sound Heard

Friday, August 10, 2007 HUNTINGTON, Utah — A tiny microphone lowered deep into the earth early Friday picked up no evidence that six coal miners caught in a cave-in four days ago were still alive. But an air sample indicated there was enough oxygen to breathe in the chamber where the miners were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 9, 2007

Shuttle Endeavour Crew Begins First Day in Space

Thursday, August 09, 2007 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After space shuttle Endeavour launched into the clear blue sky and reached orbit with teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan aboard, Mission Control announced that class was in session. Morgan, zooming with the other crew members toward the international... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Utah Mine Rescue Mission 'Wiped Out' Due to Seismic Activity

Wednesday, August 08, 2007 HUNTINGTON, Utah — Dangerous conditions that forced rescuers to halt attempts to reach six trapped miners will prevent crews from reaching the men for at least a week, a mining executive said. Seismic activity "wiped out" all progress rescuers had made in clearing rubble... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Utah Mine Owner: Three Days to Reach Six Trapped Miners

Tuesday, August 07, 2007 HUNTINGTON, Utah — As teams of rescuers struggled to reach six coal miners trapped by a cave-in more than 1,500 feet below the surface, one of the Utah mine's owners came out on the offensive, insisting an earthquake caused the collapse that trapped the men and saying it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 6, 2007

Pencil Taken Out Of Head After 55 Years

From correspondents in Berlin August 06, 2007 07:56pm A 59-year-old German woman has had most of a pencil removed from inside her head after suffering nearly her whole life with the headaches and nosebleeds it caused, Bild newspaper reported today. Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil in her... Sign in to see full entry.

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