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Logger cuts off own toes after foot is pinned

Sept 1, 2011

DENVER (AP) — Jon Hutt was doing logging work all alone in a remote Colorado forest when his six-ton trailer fell onto his right foot.The pain was excruciating, no one was around to hear his cries for help and he couldn't free himself from the big piece of equipment. Montrose Colo., resi
Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Gadhafi

Aug 31, 2011

HEISHA, Libya (AP) ― Libyan rebels say they’re closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and have issued an ultimatum to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator’s hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.“We have a good idea where he is,” a top rebel leader said
Liberated inmates tell of 'dark age' under Gadhafi

Aug 31, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- When Said Abdullah arrived in Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison in 1996, he said he was ``welcomed with blows and torture'' for membership in an Islamist group. He was held in a small cell with 12 others, no mattresses and one squat toilet they had to unblock with their
Landslide in Uganda kills 40

Aug 31, 2011

KAMPALA (AP) ― An official says the death toll has risen to 40 from landslides that buried homes in an eastern district of Uganda. Relatives mourn for their loved ones who died in landslides in Gombe village in the Bulambuli district, 267 kilometers east of Kampala on Tuesday. (AP-Yonhap News)Region
Gadhafi blamed for Tripoli water crisis

Aug 31, 2011

TRIPOLI (AP) ― Attacks by Moammar Gadhafi’s forces on engineers deep in the Libyan desert caused the massive water shortage that has left the capital without running water for a week, a rebel official said Tuesday.Regime forces fired on repair crews a week ago as they tried to restart pumps bringing
Perry overtakes Romney as Republican leader

Aug 31, 2011

On anti-government sentiment, brash Texan becomes favorite less than 3 weeks into raceWASHINGTON (AP) ― Gov. Rick Perry has ridden a wave of anti-government sentiment to the top of a crowded field of Republicans who want to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012, with some polls showing the brash
Ark. man in plane spots his home being burglarized

Aug 31, 2011

BAY, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man who wanted to capture aerial photos of his home during his first plane ride instead helped catch two men burglarizing it.Steven Lynn said he could see the two taking items from his house."I looked down, and sure enough, there was a truck hooked onto a trailer,
U.K. biz confidence plunges to lowest

Aug 30, 2011

U.K. business confidence in the economic outlook plunged this month to its lowest level since the depths of the recession in 2009, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets said. An index of British companies’ optimism about the economy compared with three months earlier dropped to minus 3 from 19 in July, when
22 Chinese miners rescued after 7 days

Aug 30, 2011

BEIJING (AP) ― Twenty-two coal miners were rescued Tuesday from their flooded pit in northeastern China after being trapped underground for a week.State broadcaster CCTV showed the men being brought slowly to the surface, with all apparently in good condition. Rescuers carry a miner in China on Tues
‘Space station may be temporarily unmanned’

Aug 30, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) ― Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week’s Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall.Until officials figure out what went wrong with Russia’s essential Soyuz r
Irene’s death toll reaches 44 amid floods

Aug 30, 2011

MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) ― The full measure of Hurricane Irene’s fury came into focus Monday as the death toll passed 44, while towns in the northern U.S. region of New England battled epic floods and millions were still without electricity.From North Carolina to Maine, communities cleaned up and to
Libya troops held civilians as human shields

Aug 30, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, ``disappearances'' and other war crimes that they said they found.Libyan r
Ariz. man impaled by pruning shears

Aug 30, 2011

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Hospital officials say an 86-year-old Arizona man is lucky to be alive after he accidentally impaled himself with pruning shears.University Medical Center said Monday that Leroy Luetscher of Green Valley was working in his yard on July 30 when he dropped a pair of pruning
Steve Job’s biological father yearning to meet his son

Aug 30, 2011

Steve Jobs’ biological father has expressed his desire to meet his son before he dies, the Daily Mail has reported.A Syrian immigrant, Abdulfattah John Jandali said that he did not realize until a few years ago that former CEO of Apple was the son he gave up 50 years ago.Jandali and his ex-wife Joan
Panel reveals new details of 1940s experiment

Aug 30, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) _ A presidential panel on Monday disclosed shocking new details of U.S. medical experiments done in Guatemala in the 1940s, including a decision to re-infect a dying woman in a syphilis study. (MCT)The Guatemala experiments are already considered one of the darker episodes of medical re