http://www.mail.com/subjects/12842-search-rescue-efforts.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/12842-search-rescue-efforts.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860544-25-dead-101-hurt-mexico-oil-company-blast.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — An explosion at the office headquarters of Mexico's state-owned oil company killed 25 people and injured 101 on Thursday as it heavily damaged three floors of a building, sending hundreds into the streets and a large plume of smoke over Mexico City's skyline. Rescuers continued to search the rubble for victims trapped in the debris late... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 04:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860544-25-dead-101-hurt-mexico-oil-company-blast.html 2013-02-01T04:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853658-wreckage-believed-to-us-f-16-adriatic.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force says Italian rescue teams have recovered debris from the Adriatic Sea that is believed to belong to a U.S. F-16 fighter jet that went missing on Monday after taking off from a base in Italy. The combined U.S.-Italian rescue effort has not found any sign of the pilot, according to a statement from the 31st Fighter Wing at Av... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1853658-wreckage-believed-to-us-f-16-adriatic.html 2013-01-29T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — The Colombian-style music group was playing at a ranch in northern Mexico when at least 10 gunmen entered the warehouse where the private party was being held and forced them and several crew members into waiting vehicles, a survivor of the attack told authorities. Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene said the survivor... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1851834-surviving-band-member-leads-police-to-bodies.html 2013-01-29T01:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851966-us-fighter-jet-missing-training-mission.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet believed to have crashed during a training mission off the coast of Italy. The headquarters of the 31st Fighter Wing, at Aviano Air Base in Italy, said in a statement that the F-16 fighter had one pilot aboard when contact was lost ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851966-us-fighter-jet-missing-training-mission.html 2013-01-28T23:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844722-wind-snow-thwart-search-plane-antarctica.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hurricane-force winds and snow were preventing searchers Friday from reaching a plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while carrying three Canadians. Its emergency locator started transmitting late Wednesday about 680 kilometers (420 miles) north of the South Pole, but the weather has prevented search... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1844722-wind-snow-thwart-search-plane-antarctica.html 2013-01-25T01:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1843064-hawaii-coast-guardsman-held-investigation.html HONOLULU (AP) — A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was being held at a Navy-run facility in Pearl Harbor Thursday while the military service investigates his three-month disappearance. The Coast Guard on Wednesday launched a weeklong review of Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Matthews' case, spokesman Chief Warrant Officer Gene Maestas said. He hasn't been arres... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1843064-hawaii-coast-guardsman-held-investigation.html 2013-01-24T20:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841768-plane-carrying-3-canadians-missing-antarctica.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Bad weather has forced rescuers to wait until Friday to try to reach a small plane believed to have crashed in an Antarctic mountain range while carrying three Canadians between scientific research stations on the continent. The plane was flying from a U.S. station near the South Pole to an Italian research base in Terra Nov... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1841768-plane-carrying-3-canadians-missing-antarctica.html 2013-01-24T07:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1829202-colo-theater-reopens-months-mass-shooting.html AURORA, Colo. (AP) — One survivor had to pause on his way into the theater and pray. Another braced for flashbacks as he entered the auditorium where 12 people died and dozens were injured during a massacre six months earlier. Others refused to come, viewing the reopening of the multiplex as insensitive. The former Century 16, now renovated and renamed th... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1829202-colo-theater-reopens-months-mass-shooting.html 2013-01-18T07:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828022-us-slams-hostage-taking-clinton-to-call-algeria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration appeared to be in the dark Thursday about a hostage situation at a natural gas plant in Algeria, where Algerian forces launched a military assault to free dozens of foreign hostages, including an unknown number of Americans, held by Islamist militants. An administration official said the U.S. was not aware of the... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1828022-us-slams-hostage-taking-clinton-to-call-algeria.html 2013-01-18T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1826040-utah-avalanche-survivor-recounts-experience.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 43-year-old Utah woman who survived an avalanche says she felt a "strange serenity" while trapped under the snow before she went unconscious. Elisabeth Malloy suffered frost bite in her toes and fingers, but lived to tell her harrowing story thanks to her boyfriend, avalanche rescue beacons, a skier who wandered by and avalanche re... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1826040-utah-avalanche-survivor-recounts-experience.html 2013-01-17T17:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1825350-mom-colo-woman-missing-canyon-fears-worst.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The mother of a Colorado woman reported missing while on a private river trip at the Grand Canyon said Wednesday that she believes her daughter fell into the water and is dead. Kaitlin Anne Kenney, of Englewood, Colo., last was seen Friday night at her group's camp near Tapeats Creek on the north side of the Colorado River. Despite... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1825350-mom-colo-woman-missing-canyon-fears-worst.html 2013-01-16T19:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823770-collapse-apartment-building-egypt-kills-25.html CAIRO (AP) — An eight-story apartment building collapsed Wednesday in the port city of Alexandria, killing at least 25 people in the second deadly accident to hit the country in as many days, according to police and health officials. Mohammed el-Sharqawy, a senior official at the Health Ministry, said at least 12 people also were injured and that rescue t... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823770-collapse-apartment-building-egypt-kills-25.html 2013-01-16T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1824556-rescuers-free-woman-wedged-2-buildings.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland firefighters cut a hole through concrete and used an air bag and a soapy lubricant to free an Oregon woman who fell and became stuck in a narrow opening between two buildings Wednesday morning. The woman spent about four hours in a space 8 to 10 inches wide. Local and national cable news broadcast footage of the rescue effor... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1824556-rescuers-free-woman-wedged-2-buildings.html 2013-01-16T18:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1823376-volunteers-search-nc-coast-to-rescue-sea-turtles.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Slogging through muck and venturing out on kayaks, volunteers along North Carolina's seashore are rescuing sea turtles that become stunned when the water turns cold and get stuck in coastal sounds, unable to save themselves. The sea turtles — typically green, Kemp's Ridley and the occasional loggerhead — tend to be juveniles who get s... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1823376-volunteers-search-nc-coast-to-rescue-sea-turtles.html 2013-01-15T23:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1822838-mo-deaths-3-hikers-underscore-safety.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Whether it was the bone-chilling rain or the pitch-black darkness while lost in a forest, circumstances that doomed an Air Force veteran and two young sons on a Missouri hike illustrate the need for simple precautions that could avert similar tragedies, experts said Tuesday. Authorities have said experienced hiker David Decareaux and two ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1822838-mo-deaths-3-hikers-underscore-safety.html 2013-01-15T19:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821276-20-years-on-katie-beers-kidnapping-saved.html OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Being chained as a 10-year-old for more than two weeks in a coffin-size box in a suburban New York dungeon was, Katie Beers says 20 years later, "the best thing that happened to me" because it allowed her to escape a life of abuse. On the 20th anniversary of her ordeal, Beers has co-written a book with a television reporter who c... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1821276-20-years-on-katie-beers-kidnapping-saved.html 2013-01-15T13:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820642-conservatives-chip-50b-sandy-aid-package.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives opposed to more deficit spending tried Monday to chip away at the $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package by requiring offsetting spending cuts to pay for recovery efforts and by stripping money for projects they say are unrelated to the Oct. 29 storm or not urgently needed. The push by budget hawks for amendments ... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820642-conservatives-chip-50b-sandy-aid-package.html 2013-01-15T01:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1819674-ill-man-sons-die-freezing-rain-mo-trail.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — On a weekend trip that was a surprise anniversary gift for his wife, an outdoors-loving Air Force veteran ventured out with two of his sons for a hike on a remote trail. Clad only in light jackets and sweaters, the three apparently didn't know how rapidly the weather would turn ugly, and that proved deadly. Searchers found the soaked bodi... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1819674-ill-man-sons-die-freezing-rain-mo-trail.html 2013-01-14T21:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1815738-critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-projects.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1815738-critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-projects.html 2013-01-14T18:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817372-somali-witnesses-to-failed-rescue-describe-mayhem.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The night of mayhem and death started with the sound of helicopters above pitch-black fields. When it was over, the French intelligence agent who had been held hostage for more than three years was almost certainly dead, as was at least one French commando, and the home that served as the agent's final jail was destroyed. And now the Somalis living ... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 23:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1817372-somali-witnesses-to-failed-rescue-describe-mayhem.html 2013-01-13T23:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1813442-missing-13-year-old-utah-girl-unharmed.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 13-year-old girl who disappeared this week without shoes or a coat in chilly weather has been found unharmed, but questions abound about where she was and what she was doing while 1,000 volunteers searched for her for two days. Brooklyn Gittins called her grandmother late Thursday night from a Wal-Mart store in South Jordan, Unifie... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1813442-missing-13-year-old-utah-girl-unharmed.html 2013-01-11T21:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808708-search-continues-missing-plane-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The owner of a plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of the Missoni fashion firm said that his company hadn't yet received its certification as a small airline but that the plane met all safety requirements. Asdrubal Bermudez, president and owner of the company Transaereo 5074, told The Associated Press in a telep... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808708-search-continues-missing-plane-venezuela.html 2013-01-10T01:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1803946-skydiver-missing-seattle-thought-to-dead.html SEATTLE (AP) — The search for a wing suit-wearing skydiver in the Washington Cascade foothills will continue by helicopter as the weather allows, but officials don't expect to find him alive. No one saw a parachute Thursday, and if Kurt Ruppert, 29, of Lake City, Fla., survived the jump and was caught in a tree or lost in the forest, he likely died of hyp... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1803946-skydiver-missing-seattle-thought-to-dead.html 2013-01-07T18:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1802612-venezuela-missing-plane-with-missoni-ceo.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The search for a missing plane carrying Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni and five other people has entered its third straight day on Sunday with no signs of the aircraft. Venezuela's government said authorities would not call off the search involving the National Civil Aviation Institute, Coast Guard and Navy until they... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1802612-venezuela-missing-plane-with-missoni-ceo.html 2013-01-06T20:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801080-missoni-scion-plane-missing-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Rescue crews used boats and aircraft on Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy's iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people. But more than a day after the BN-2 Islander aircraft disappeared from radar screens on its short flight from the Venezuelan resort islands of L... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801080-missoni-scion-plane-missing-venezuela.html 2013-01-05T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801350-libya-authorities-search-key-security-official.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A security official in the Libyan city of Benghazi says police are searching for a senior official who was abducted while investigating the recent assassination of the city's police chief. The official said Saturday that Lt. Col. Abdel-Salam al-Mahdawi was abducted from a Benghazi street late Wednesday when assailants pulled him from... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801350-libya-authorities-search-key-security-official.html 2013-01-05T15:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1800486-body-missing-calif-woman-lake-tahoe.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — The search for a missing 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe ended Friday when her body was found behind a snow bank about a mile from the site of a music festival she attended that night, authorities said. Alyssa Byrne of Petaluma may have tried to walk three miles in freezing weather to the hote... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1800486-body-missing-calif-woman-lake-tahoe.html 2013-01-05T00:52:00Z