Sunday,  October 14, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 89 • 21 of 26 •  Other Editions

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evening, would not arrive until 6 a.m. PDT or later Sunday.
• At times on Saturday it seemed the only thing moving was the shuttle's fast-changing ETA.
• The day started off promising, with Endeavour 90 minutes ahead of schedule. But accumulated hurdles and hiccups caused it to run hours behind at day's end.
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Andes Miracle survivors mark 40th anniversary of plane crash with rugby game in Chile

• SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Surviving members of an Uruguayan rugby team have played a match postponed four decades ago when their plane crashed in the Andes, stranding them for 72 days in the cordillera and forcing them to eat human flesh to stay alive.
• The Old Christians Club squared off Saturday in Santiago against the Old Grangonian Club, the former Chilean rugby team they were supposed to play back when their flight went down. Their terrifying story became the basis of a best-selling book and a Hollywood movie.
• "At about this time we were falling in the Andes. Today, we're here to win a game," crash survivor Pedro Algorta, 61, said as he prepared to walk onto the playing field surrounded by the jagged mountains that trapped the group.
• During the anniversary ceremony, military jets flew over the field, where parachutists draped in Chilean and Uruguayan flags landed. In a corner, survivors wept when officials unveiled a commemorative frame with pictures of those who died in the snowy peaks.
• "The conditions were more horrifying than you can ever imagine. To live at 4,000 meters without any food," said survivor Eduardo Strauch, 65. "The only reason why we're here alive today is because we had the goal of returning home ... (Our loved ones) gave us life. They made the sacrifice for others."
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Authorities: Missing U of New Hampshire student is dead; suspect charged, search ongoing

• DOVER, N.H. (AP) -- An actor and martial arts instructor is charged in the death of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student who disappeared last week, and the girl's family is pleading for her to be brought home.
• Law enforcement officials believe Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, a marine biology ma

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