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Radiation Surges in Japan as Police Search for Bodies

TOKYO - A new glitch in the cooling of used fuel at Japan's crippled nuclear plant prompted a surge in radiation, but an overall decline in leaks allowed police Thursday to search for missing tsunami victims closer to the complex than ever before. Police in protective gear scoured a 6-mile radius around the Fukushima...

On Anniversary of Coal Mine Disaster, Families Still Waiting for Answers

As a minister in Appalachian coal country, the Rev. Dennis Sparks knows more than he wants to about grief. He serves as executive director of the West Virginia Council of Churches and has consoled countless families of coal miners who've lost husbands, fathers and brothers in an industry that annually kills 30 to 40 miners...

Emperor Visits Japan Evacuees [VIDEO]

Canine Heroes: US Dogs Search for Survivors in Japan Devastation

LOS ANGELES -- Baxter, Pearl, Cadillac, Hunter, Riley and Joe -- these are four-legged members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department searching for survivors in the debris of quake-ravaged Japan. Whether it's an earthquake, flood, hurricane or bombing, the team travels the world looking for the living among tons of...

Farmers Deposit Seeds in Arctic Doomsday Vault, Patrolled by Polar Bears

Farmers from Australia are the latest donors to a polar bear-patrolled Arctic doomsday vault that stores seeds as insurance against an international food emergency. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a converted mine, is located about 800 miles from the North Pole in Arctic Norway. An Australian delegation of farmers and...

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