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Rescue efforts at NZ mine face further delay

Rescue efforts at NZ mine face further delay
GREYMOUTH, New Zealand (Reuters) – Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine faced more agonising delays on Sunday when authorities said they needed to drill a new shaft to test air quality because toxic gases made it too dangerous for rescue teams go in.

A chef’s Thanksgiving

A chef’s Thanksgiving
It could be years, decades even, before Jason Cichonski luxuriates in another Thanksgiving like this one. Cichonski left a demanding post as executive chef at Lacroix Restaurant at the Rittenhouse on Nov. 1 to open his own place. And since plans for that new spot are still in flux, he is unencumbered – free to eat what and where he pleases this Thanksgiving.

‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ sets record for cable channel

‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ sets record for cable channel
NEW YORK — Sarah Palin made TLC history. The debut of “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” the former governor’s travelogue about her home state, had just under 5 million viewers on TLC Sunday night.

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!

WHAT A WEEKEND!!!
Brad Paisley’s “love affair with water” paid off for Alabama’s Gulf Coast Sunday evening as more than 30,000 people packed onto the Gulf Shores Public Beach for Paisley’s beach concert for coastal recovery.

Palin plays TV tour guide in home state

Palin plays TV tour guide in home state
NEW YORK — Whatever you may think of Sarah Palin, the fact remains that Alaska is magnificent with her as its presenter.

Climbing the wall

Climbing the wall
Montrose High School students in the Outdoor Club rock-climb at Dry Creek on an outing with science teacher Rusty George. James McBee scales a wall as Josh Bollig belays.

Rescue mission launched for climber stuck on Tahquitz Rock

Rescue mission launched for climber stuck on Tahquitz Rock
The Riverside Mountan Rescue Unit reported around 8:45 p.m. Sunday that it will start a mission to rescue a climber on Tahquitz Rock above Idyllwild.

Festive block party set for Saturday at St. Matthew Church

Festive block party set for Saturday at St. Matthew Church
WINTER HAVEN – Everyone is invited to St. Matthew Catholic Church on Saturday for a communitywide block party featuring crafts, food, children’s games, live music, yard sales, raffles and more.

TIMES: Top Seattle climber dies on a remote mountain in Tibet

TIMES: Top Seattle climber dies on a remote mountain in Tibet
Even before Joe Puryear left the University of Washington with a degree in math, it was clear he would never spend enough time indoors to use it. The climbing bug gripped him so fiercely even then, in the early 1990s, that scaling mountains or rock spires couldn’t be just a hobby. Somehow he’d have to make it a career. And he did, becoming a mountaineer of such renown that companies sponsored …

For Danny Boyle and company, much more than ‘127 Hours’ of toil

For Danny Boyle and company, much more than ‘127 Hours’ of toil
The intense drama, focused entirely on trapped hiker Aron Ralston’s will to escape, required supreme ingenuity and physical hardiness from the director, his crew and actor James Franco. Danny Boyle could barely be heard over the low-flying helicopter. “It’s like ‘Apocalypse Now,’” he yelled as he fastened his helmet and tightened a climbing harness around his waist, preparing to descend into a …