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Fossett's widow thanks hiker

Oct. 3, 2008
Preston Morrow's discovery of pilot's ID leads authorities to the wreckage of the adventurer's plane a year after it crashed. After an exhaustive search by the Civil Air Patrol, sophisticated analysis of satellite images and a year of uncertainty, it finally came down to this: A lone hiker and...
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Fossett's wife thanks hiker finding items

Fossett's wife thanks hiker finding items

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The hiker who found items of adventurer Steve Fossett has been thanked by the wife of the daredevil who has been missing since last September.

Hiker who found Fossett items thanked

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Millionaire Richard Branson used a morning talk show to thank Preston Morrow, who found items of missing adventurer Steve Fossett in the California mountains.

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 30 (UPI) -- Rescuers said a hiker who claimed to have broken his leg while hiking in California's Santa Cruz Mountains only thought he was injured because he was on drugs.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler