A pilot of a small propeller-driven plane lost control of his aircraft while taking off at a flight show in southern Germany and crashed into a group of spectators Sunday, leaving one person dead and 38 injured, police said. (Sept. 5)

The 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped underground for a full month will have to deal with their confinement for weeks, or perhaps months, until they can be rescued. The strain also has shaken the fault lines in their families above. (Sept. 5)

Heavy rains from a tropical depression have flooded large areas in southern Mexico, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of families in several states. (Sept. 5)

Caption: A Colombian military helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff in Bogota, Colombia Sunday. The video was captured by military personnel on the ground. No victims were reported after the accident. (Sept. 5)

Officials say at nearly 40 people have died in Guatemalan mudslides. The landslides also buried two buses on a highway. (Sept. 5)

Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is aboard a ship. The AP's John Mone reports on the effort to raise the equipment to the surface. (Sept. 5)

Sixty-nine Mexican cowboys set the new Guinness World record for the greatest number of people simultaneously lassoing on Sunday. The group twirled their ropes for nearly three minutes. (Sept. 5)

JetBlue Airways says there will be no second exits for famed flight attendant Steven Slater. He's out of a job. (Sept. 5)

Highlights of this day in history: A massacre at the Munich Olympics; President Gerald Ford escapes the first of two assassination attempts, weeks apart; Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' published; Missionary nun Mother Teresa dies. (Sept. 5)

The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new 11-foot wide fault line in the earth's surface, according to geologists. (September 5)

Hamas security officials said on Sunday that Israeli aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third. (05 September 2010)

Following an open records request by AP, The Denver International Airport has released video showing firefighters' response to a Continental Airlines accident in Dec., 2008. The plane caught fire, but everyone inside escaped safely. (Sept. 4)

Despite missing two key starters, top-ranked Alabama had little trouble beating San Jose State Saturday night, 48-3. Trent Richardson ran for a pair of touchdowns in the big win. (Sept. 4)

Hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed by the powerful 7.1 earthquake that struck near Christchurch, New Zealand. But only two people were injured. Saturday, officials took a closer look at the damage. (Sept. 4)

Two former Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks were released on NFL cutdown day Saturday. Arizona waived Matt Leinart, while Baltimore let Troy Smith go. The Rams named top pick Sam Bradford their starting quarterback. (Sept. 4)

No. 4 Florida was among the winners Saturday, along with No. 5 Texas. No. 9 Iowa beat Eastern Illinois 37-7, while 11th-ranked Oregon routed New Mexico 72-0. (Sept. 4)

Thousands of people marched in France to protest against the security measures of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the expulsions of a minority group from eastern Europe, known as the Roma. (Sept. 4)

Heavy rains have caused chaos in Australia's southern states on Saturday, with major flooding in Victoria state, Australian media reported. (Sept. 4)

Tropical storm Earl brushed past New England overnight, dropping some rain but doing little damage to the beach communities from Long Island to Maine. (Sept. 4)

Craigslist has apparently closed the adult services section of its website, two weeks after 17 state attorneys general demanded it shut down the section. (Sept. 4)