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Very good Wednesday afternoon to you. From the cnn Center in Atlanta I'm Veronica De La Cruz. Thank you so much for checking in with us today. Let's take a look at what's happening right NOW IN THE NEWS.

Rescue workers now say it may be at least a week before they reach six workers trapped inside a collapsed coal mine in Utah. The co-owner of the collapsed mine, Robert Murray says seismic activity has forced a total shutdown of rescue efforts. Murray blames an earthquake for Monday's collapse. Some geologists say the seismic activity detected Monday was probably caused by the cave-in itself.

Well it's hard to imagine a more difficult balancing act, trying to be friends with both the US and Iran. Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is trying though when he arrived in Tehran earlier today. Mr. al-Maliki has said that Iran can be a force for stability in his country. Earlier today a top US commander issued new details that appeared to back up claims that Iran is offering military aid to anti-American insurgents inside Iraq.

The shuttle Endeavor, scheduled to launch for the International Space Station this evening. NASA says there is an 80% chance for good weather. This will be teacher-turned astronaut Barbara Morgan's first trip into space. She was Christa McAuliffe's backup before the Challenger explosion more than 21 years ago.

And it's a wet and windy one in the New York metropolitan area today. Flash flood warnings and a tornado warning were briefly issued this morning as strong thunderstorm dumped up to three inches of rain on Manhattan and other boroughs. And flooding is causing airport delays and big problems with train and subway service, and it's now looking much better for the rest of the day. Humidity and high temperatures are putting the metro-area under a heat advisory.

Going, going, here it goes. Winds up. He hits that ball and it is gone. He hits it right out of the park. The old homerun record to that is three days after tying Hank Aaron's record of 755 career homeruns. Barry Bonds, he broke that record last night, despite a continuing controversy of whether Bonds has used performance-enhancing drugs, the hometown crowd cheered loudly as the San Francisco Giants slugger hit his 756th career homerun, taking sole possession of baseball's most coveted record. The Giants lost the game, however, to the Washington Nationals 8:6. But congratulations to Barry Bonds.

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