Dog Rescued From Colorado Wastewater Treatment Plant
A 2-year-old English mastiff led astray by an escape-prone hound dog is happy to be home, but still stinks after being found stranded in muck at a wastewater treatment plant in Colorado.
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Burned Mountain Lion Cub to Stay in Captivity in California
A burned mountain lion cub rescued from the largest recorded California wildfire will not be released into the wild and will instead live out its life at a wildlife-rescue center, state officials said Thursday.
Read morePolice Find Body of 1 of 4 Missing Men in Common Grave
A search-and-rescue operation for four young men who went missing last week in Pennsylvania became a homicide investigation Wednesday night when cadaver dogs led police and FBI to a 12-foot-deep common grave.
Read morePacific Crest Trail Reopens After Armed Holdup of Rescuers
An overheated, seriously dehydrated hiker was in distress and help was on the way until rescuers ran into two men armed with rifles.
Read moreShipwreck! And Abandoned Surfers Say the Owners Should Pay
When the charter boat M/V Quest 1 sank in the Indian Ocean in the predawn hours two years ago, eight top surfers were left to drift for hours before rescue boats plucked them from their crowded life raft. Now they have sued the Rip Curl surf clothing company for sending them to sea in a dangerous boat with an incompetent crew.
Read moreRural West Towns Welcome International Refugees
Montana is having one of its coldest winters in decades, but for 12 refugee families from Syria, Eritrea, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Treasure State couldn’t be warmer.
Read moreRescuers Search for 30 After Avalanche Hits Italian Hotel
Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy Thursday, reporting no signs of life as they searched for around 30 people believed trapped inside. Three bodies were recovered as heavy vehicles struggled to get to the scene.
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