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Thursday, April 25, 2013  More tough choices ahead for farmers, cities as New Mexico grapples with third year of drought

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  A man who has spent decades exploring the remote corners of the globe is sharing his story at Clemson University.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011  Analysis: Gingrich's risky stand on immigrants will test GOP appetite for Romney alternative

Thursday, October 14, 2010  Updated with video: As Chileans celebrate the rescue of 33, future of mine, men remain unresolved

Wednesday, October 13, 2010  Chileans jubilant over problem-free rescue of miners who were trapped for 69 days

Tuesday, October 12, 2010  They'll come up one by one in green overalls bearing their names on their chests — first the fittest, then the weakest

Monday, October 11, 2010  Andre Sougarett, the rescue leader, said the empty capsule descended 2,000 feet (610 meters), just 40 feet (12 meters) short of the shaft system where the miners have been trapped since an Aug. 5 collapse.

Saturday, October 09, 2010  The "Plan B" drill won a three-way race against two other drills to carve a hole wide enough for an escape capsule to pull the miners out one by one.

Monday, August 30, 2010  An enormous drill began preliminary work Monday on carving a half-mile chimney through solid rock to free the 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine, their ordeal now having equaled the longest known survival in an underground disaster.

Monday, August 23, 2010  Chileans are euphoric after learning that all 33 workers trapped in a collapsed mine for 17 days are alive and well.

Thursday, March 11, 2010  Two strongly felt earthquakes have rocked central Chile as dignitaries arrive for the inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Pinera.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010  Worsening quake problem not below ground, but above; more people, poor buildings, more deaths

Friday, March 05, 2010  A powerful 6.0 aftershock rocked southern Chile a week after the massive tremor devastated the same region.

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Massive Chile earthquake may have clipped fraction of second off Earth's day

Tuesday, March 02, 2010  Post-quake tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees amid coastal Chile's devastation