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3 mushroom pickers found alive after 6 days - Sun, 5 Feb 2012

Daniel and Belinda Conne and their 25-year-old son went missing last seen Sunday.A couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday in Southern Oregon, six days after they disappeared from their campsite to go mushroom picking.


Marine's wife killed in gas explosion - Sat, 4 Feb 2012
The person killed in a propane gas explosion outside a remote Northern California training base was the wife of a U.S. Marine, and the two people seriously injured were a Navy corpsman and his wife.

Brother refuses to stop search for missing family - Sat, 4 Feb 2012
It's been two years since a Fallbrook family of four went missing, and one of their relatives is still looking for clues in their disappearance.

For mentally ill, care in jail often out of reach - Fri, 3 Feb 2012
A man who was declared suicidal by a New Mexico jail and alleges he was then left to rot in solitary confinement for nearly two years is just one of many former inmates who say they were denied essential mental health services while incarcerated at that detention center, which like others across the country has struggled with how to treat the mentally ill.

5.7 quake hits off Canadian coast; no tsunami - Sat, 4 Feb 2012
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has been recorded about 105 miles west of Ucluelet off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

School suspends 9-year-old over MJ 'groin grab' - Sun, 5 Feb 2012
A 9-year-old boy was suspended from a Catholic school after mimicking a Michael Jackson move during a performance of "Billie Jean" at a fundraiser, a Minnesota newspaper reports.

Storm blankets Neb. after pummeling Colo. - Sun, 5 Feb 2012
A powerful winter storm that covered parts of Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow crept east across the Plains Saturday, knocking out electricity to thousands in Nebraska.

Ind. election chief guilty of voter fraud - Sat, 4 Feb 2012
Indiana's top elections official loses his job after jurors convict him of multiple voter fraud-related charges.

School official quits amid charges he videotaped boys - Sat, 4 Feb 2012
A New Jersey assistant principal has quit his job after being jailed on accusations of secretly video recording teenage boys at a Catholic high school where he volunteered as a coach.

Coroner: Twins died of accidental suffocation - Sat, 4 Feb 2012
Three-week-old twins found unconscious after sleeping in bed with their mother died of accidental suffocation, an Idaho coroner has ruled.