Sunday, September 5, 2010

Plan C for Chile mine rescue: Use oil drill

Plan C for Chile mine rescue: Use oil drill


Plan C for Chile mine rescue: Use oil drill

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 06:33 PM PDT

Hedging their bets, officials in Chile said on Sunday they will set up an oil drill as a third option to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.

7 boaters rescued off SC coast

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 03:33 PM PDT

Seven people, including three children, who were missing since Saturday night were rescued Sunday about 25 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, Sunday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

2,000 more troops for Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 06:12 PM PDT

As many as 2,000 additional troops -- including a number of U.S. forces -- may be headed to Afghanistan in the coming weeks under a plan being proposed by Gen. David Petraeus, CNN has learned.

Pope may intervene in stoning case

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI has not ruled out getting involved in the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, the Vatican says, calling the practice "brutal."

McCain wants Obama to visit border

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 10:16 AM PDT

Republican Sen. John McCain on Sunday invited President Barack Obama to visit the border with Mexico to get a complete picture of the region and called on the president to do more for security.

Obama to lay out new economic plan

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 09:52 AM PDT

With less than two months to go until a critical midterm election likely to turn on the economy, President Obama this week will lay out a new economic plan.

Peace Corps volunteer killed in Africa

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 04:50 AM PDT

Thomas Maresco, 24, an aid worker from Florida, died Saturday from a gunshot wound in Lesotho, the Peace Corps said. Police believe he was the target of a robbery.

GA town: Uphold law, uphold pants

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

The town of Dublin, Georgia, is putting saggy, baggy pants in the category of indecent exposure, with violators facing fines of up to $200.

Victim in acid attack out of hospital

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 06:23 PM PDT

The 28-year-old victim of an acid attack was released Sunday from a Portland, Oregon, hospital, a nursing supervisor said, nearly a week after an unknown assailant threw a cup of the caustic liquid in her face.

Adult services censored on Craigslist

Posted: 05 Sep 2010 06:32 PM PDT

Online classified service Craigslist's decision to censor its adult services section is a "good step but a continuing battle has to be fought," a leader in the fight against prostitution ads said on Sunday.

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