Fire erupts in W. Va. mine; two miners missing

MELVILLE, W.Va. -- Rescue teams searched a coal mine Friday for two miners missing after an underground conveyor belt caught fire. Nineteen others had reached the surface safely and waited in a church with relatives in a scene reminiscent of another West Virginia mine disaster less than three weeks earlier. The fire started Thursday evening inside the Alma No. 1 Mine operated by Massey Energy subsidiary Aracoma Coal, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston, officials said. The rescue crews had yet to make contact with the two missing miners more than 20 hours after the fire started, said Doug Conaway, director of the state Office of Miners' Health Safety and Training.

Dead body found riding the New York City subway

NEW YORK -- Authorities found a corpse on a New York subway train during the morning rush hour, and they believe the body could have been there for several hours. New York City Transit spokesman James Anyansi said the body of Eugene Reilly, 64, was found shortly after 7 a.m. Thursday. Emergency medical technicians were called to the scene, and the train was evacuated. Authorities found no signs of foul play or injuries, and an autopsy is planned to determine the cause and time of death. Reilly usually worked from 4 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in midtown Manhattan. If he left work at his usual time and died during his 35-minute trip home, his body could have been on the train for more than six hours.

11 people indicted in arson conspiracy in West

WASHINGTON -- Eleven people were indicted in a series of arsons, claimed by the radical groups Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, in five Western states, the Justice Department said Friday. The 65-count indictment said the suspects are responsible for 17 incidents in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming, including sabotaging a high-tension power line, in a conspiracy that dates back to 1996. The indictment was returned Thursday by a federal grand jury in Eugene, Ore., and unsealed Friday. "The indictment tells a story of four-and-a-half years of arson, vandalism, violence and destruction claimed to have been executed on behalf of the Animal Liberation Front or Earth Liberation Front, extremist movements known to support acts of domestic terrorism," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference Friday.

-- From wire reports