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Miners safe after Idaho Lucky Friday mine collapse

Seven miners were safely removed from an underground mine in northern Idaho after they were injured by a rock burst while working more than a mile deep, a mine company official said late Wednesday.

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Stocks plunge as debt talks near collapse (AP)

Traders Richard Cohen, left, and Lewis Vande-Pallen, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Stocks are taking a sharp fall in early trading Monday amid reports that a congressional committee will fail to agree on a plan to cut the U.S. government's budget deficit.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Stocks are plunging at midday after Congress’ latest bid to resolve the federal budget gridlock appeared to fail.


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US stocks drop as debt talks near collapse (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, trader Michael Urkonis, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Fears that talks to reduce the U.S. deficit will collapse added to existing worries about European debt to push global markets lower on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Stocks are taking a sharp fall in early trading Monday amid reports that a congressional committee will fail to agree on a plan to cut the U.S. government’s budget deficit. The Dow Jones industrial average is down more than 200 points.


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Engineer overseeing B’klyn condo site slams contractors for collapse

The engineer overseeing construction of a Brooklyn condo that collapsed in a deadly heap last week says the contractor on the job was using procedures that “were not even vaguely correct.”

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Rays grab wild card after Sox collapse

Dan Johnson’s home run in the bottom of the ninth completed a seven-run comeback for Tampa Bay, setting up Evan Longoria’s walk-off solo home run of Scott Proctor with one out in the 12th. The Rays’ 8-7 victory over the Yankees came minutes after the Red Sox blew a ninth-inning lead in Baltimore, putting the Rays into the playoffs as the American League wild card.

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Gadhafi’s regime teeters on collapse in Libya (AP)

Libyan rebel fighters shoot towards pro-Gadhafi forces during fighting in downtown Tripoli, LIbya, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of the Libyan capital on Monday after their lightning advance on Tripoli heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's nearly 42-year regime. Scattered battles erupted, and the mercurial leader's whereabouts remained unknown. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP – Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was nowhere to be found Monday as his 42-year rule teetered on the brink of collapse. Months of NATO airstrikes have left his Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli largely demolished. Most of his security forces fled or surrendered when rebel forces rolled into the capital Sunday night and took control of most of the city. And three of his sons are under arrest.


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Libya rebels in Tripoli, Gadhafi defenses collapse (AP)

Rebel fighters look towards the enemy as they hear the sound of bombardments in the village of Mayah, some 30 kilometers west from Tripoli, LIbya, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011.  Libyan rebels said they were less than 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Moammar Gadhafi's main stronghold of Tripoli on Sunday, a day after opposition fighters launched their first attack on the capital itself. Fighters said a 600-strong rebel force that set out from Zawiya has reached the outskirts of the village of Jedaim and was coming under heavy fire from regime forces on the eastern side of the town. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP – Euphoric Libyan rebels raced into the capital Tripoli on Sunday and moved close to center with little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi’s defenses collapsed and his regime appeared to be crumbling fast.


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