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Dutch call off search for 6 missing crewmen
Rescuers called off search efforts for six missing crewmen Thursday from a cargo ship that sank in the North Sea after a collision with another vessel
Hunters find bodies believed to be 2 Iowa cousins
Hunters discovered two bodies Wednesday believed to be the young Iowa cousins who vanished five months ago while riding their bikes, authorities said.
Ship sinks off Dutch coast, 4 dead, 7 crew missing
Four crew members died and seven were missing in the icy waters of the North Sea, after a cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off the ...
Ship and rescue boat sink off Istanbul; 3 dead
A cargo ship sank in a severe storm Tuesday in the Black Sea and a rescue boat searching for its missing crew hit nearby rocks and also went down.
Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7
One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and ...
Strong typhoon pounds Philippines; 41K leave homes
The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year was pounding southern provinces Tuesday, cutting power, suspending travel and flooding areas ...
Search continues for US man missing in Caribbean
U.S. Coast Guard crews searched Friday for a Washington state man who was reported missing from a Caribbean cruise. Two ships and a plane took part ...
No sign of Colo. boy who vanished on visit to dad
Dylan Redwine went to visit his dad for Thanksgiving — not because he wanted to but because a court ordered it as part of his parents' divorce.
Growing animal rescue group is work of teen actor
The person behind one of the country's fastest-growing animal rescues can't even vote yet. And neither can most of the people leading its 10 chapters ...
N. California community mourns family swept to sea
Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their dog Fran as 10-foot surf ...
Co. looks for worker after oil rig fire in Gulf
The owner of an oil platform that caught fire after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last week said Sunday that it has expanded its search for a ...
Correction: Gulf Rig Fire story
In a story Nov. 17 about an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press erroneously described the Bureau of Safety and Environmental ...
Coast Guard searches for 2 after oil platform fire
Two oil workers remained lost at sea Saturday, a day after a torch being used to cut an oil pipe ignited a blaze that severely burned four others ...
2 missing, 4 badly burned in Gulf platform fire
The Coast Guard was searching late Friday for two workers missing after a fire erupted on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, sending an ominous ...
Obama vows not to forget storm victims rebuilding
President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to stick with New Yorkers still struggling 17 days after Superstorm Sandy "until the rebuilding is complete" ...
Texas A&M football player found safe in Dallas
Texas A&M freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson has been found safe in Dallas after he disappeared from campus three days ago. Johnson's mother, Linda ...
In Sandy, NYC rescuers find themselves the victims
When Sandy's storm surge plowed into the seaside neighborhood of Breezy Point, New York City police Officer and volunteer firefighter Tim O'Brien was ...
Fate of pets adds to stress of storm survivors
Kate and Warren Sherwood had to think quickly about what to take when Superstorm Sandy's surge flooded their barrier island and caused five houses on ...
Sandy's wrath stirs painful Katrina memories
The chaos wrought by Superstorm Sandy, the homes tossed from foundations and landmarks buried beneath seawater, delivered a gut-wrenching dose of deja ...
Ghana: Rescuers still work in collapsed building
Workers had congregated for morning prayers on the ground floor of the Melcom retail store in northern Accra Wednesday morning at around 9:15 when ...
Chile searches for 3 missing European tourists
Three days of searching has found no trace of three European tourists who went missing while hiking at one of this South American nation's most active ...
Villagers mourn family; Guatemala quake toll at 52
The 10 members of the Vasquez family were found together under the rubble of the rock quarry that had been their livelihood, some in a desperate final ...
Where will housing be found for Sandy's victims?
Government leaders are turning their attention to the next crisis unfolding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy: finding housing for potentially tens ...
Lights in lower Manhattan, misery in outer regions
The lights were back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly ...
'What can I do?': New Yorkers seek ways to help
Normally on a Saturday morning, Erica Siegel, a 33-year-old real estate agent, would be working or taking a run. But this weekend found her packing ...