Shocking Setback in Utah ... & Other AM Headlines

Cave-in kills three Utah mine rescue workers -- Guardian Unlimited

Three rescue workers were killed and at least another six were injured [late yesterday] when they attempted to reach a group of miners trapped underground for more than a week in the US state of Utah.

Officials were poised to suspend rescue efforts at the mine after the searchers were caught in a cave-in as they were tunnelling through rubble.

The deaths occurred on the 11th day of a rescue operation to find six miners who are trapped 1,500 feet (450 metres) underground at the Crandall Canyon mine, situated about 100 miles south-east of Salt Lake City. It is not known if the miners are alive or dead.

The Peruvian earthquake tragedy multiplies.

Death toll from Peru's powerful quake rises to 510


And the words "dirty bomb" were never uttered...

Long-detained and allegedly denied due process, José Padilla is found guilty of aiding terror; could receive a sentence of life in prison. -- NY Daily News

José Padilla, a U.S. citizen who was held for 3-1/2 years without charge as an enemy combatant, was found guilty yesterday of supporting Muslim terrorism.

Federal court jurors in Miami took just a day and a half to slam the jail door shut on the Brooklyn-born Padilla, who became a symbol of the government's determination to root out homegrown jihadists.

When he was originally arrested in 2002, Padilla was said to be Osama Bin Laden's point man in post-Sept. 11 America, and was accused of plotting to set off a radioactive "dirty bomb."

By the time he was finally brought to trial, there was no mention of those allegations. Instead, Padilla, 36, and two co-defendants were accused of being part of a North American support group that provided supplies, money and recruits to Islamic extremists.

In South Africa, it's better late than never...

Apartheid era official pleads guilty in murder plot -- Globe and Mail

NASA's Never Mind...

NASA decides space shuttle Endeavour doesn't need repairs -- AP

RIP musical innovator and legend Max Roach...

Drummer Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz, dies at 83 - International Herald Tribune

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