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AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

    

No matter the blend of candidates that Republicans end up with, a persistently weak economy and voter anger add up to enough competitive races to give them at least an outside chance of winning Senate control. Already, a constellation of outside groups is spending heavily on television in Senate races, including more than $5 million [...]

Rice County farmer pulled from grain bin goes right back to work

    

A Rice County farmer working to dislodge corn in a grain bin was trapped for about two hours Thursday morning before rescue workers freed him, authorities said.
John Kalina, 56, was in the 22-by-22-foot bin with his brother Jerry on their farm in Wheatland Township northwest of Lonsdale at 9:22 a.m. when he became trapped, said [...]

Bus falls into river in SW China, 27 feared dead

    

BEIJING
” A bus plunged into a river in southwestern China early Sunday, leaving 27 people on board missing and feared dead, state media reported. Rescuers were able to save 11 others.
The official Xinhua News agency said the accident occurred in southwestern Sichuan province when the long-distance passenger bus fell into the Dajin River in Ganzi [...]

Storm Kills 150, Opens Huge Sinkhole

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May 31: A giant sinkhole covers a street intersection in downtown Guatemala City.

GUATEMALA CITY
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ” Flooding and landslides from the season’s first tropical storm have killed at least 150 people and made thousands homeless in Central America, officials said.
Dozens of people were missing and emergency crews struggled to reach isolated communities cut [...]

Rescuers stand ready after tornadoes kill 10

YAZOO CITY, Miss. – Rescuers spread out Sunday to scour neighborhoods of splintered homes and twisted debris in Mississippi, a day after a devastating tornado sliced through the state and killed 10 people, including three children.
All was still Sunday morning as the sun rose amid one of the hardest hit areas of Yazoo City. [...]

Rescuers enter flooded Chinese mine

XIANGNING, China – The first group of rescuers and divers entered a flooded Chinese mine where 153 workers have been trapped for almost a week Saturday, but no further signs of life came from underground since tapping was heard the previous day.
Seven rescuers and four divers entered the mine in the early afternoon, the [...]

Earthquake Haiti Death Toll

  
Earthquake Haiti Death Toll
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