For eight days the agony imposed on one of the nation's wealthiest families was intense.
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Kevin Clash: The Man Behind Elmo
Kevin Clash is an Emmy-award-winning performer and producer with dozens of TV and film credits to his name, but he’s far better known as a furry red monster.
Three trapped Chinese miners rescued after 8 days underground
Eight days after they were trapped in an underground mine in northwest China, three coal mine workers were rescued early Sunday, state media said.
Argentina high court eyes decriminalizing drugs
The Argentina Supreme Court was deliberating a case Tuesday that would decriminalize possessing small quantities of some drugs, which would make Argentina the second Latin American country in the past four days to allow personal use.
Box Office Weekend: Star Trek Conquers the Universe
“Get a life!” the old Commander Kirk, William Shatner, angrily told die-hard Trekkies in a famous Saturday Night Live skit. Over the past four days the venerable TV and movie franchise got new life by winning the box-office weekend.
Family, academy express relief after captain’s rescue
For four days, an American sea captain and four Somali pirates rode the waves of the Indian Ocean in an enclosed lifeboat, far out of sight of most of the world. But for those four days, they were on the minds of people around the globe, from the captain’s hometown in Vermont, to the White House, to port cities and anywhere that families send their loved ones off to sea.