1.   After drifting for hours, the freighter ran aground on the coast of Calabria, in southern Italy.

2.   Oil prices rose in early trade amid reports a freighter had run aground blocking part of the Mississippi River.

3.   One Puerto Rican man died when he fell while boarding up his windows, and a Russian freighter ran aground near the entrance to San Juan Bay.

4.   Meanwhile, a Honduran freighter ran aground off northern Japan because of strong winds Sunday, though its eight crew members escaped unharmed, the agency said.

5.   The freighter ran aground while waiting to enter Coos Bay to pick up a load of wood chips.