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Couple lost in woods survived on muddy water, fern fronds

February 24, 2020

INVERNESS, Calif. (AP) — A couple who went missing in the woods of Northern California for a week survived by drinking from a muddy puddle and eating fern fronds, said rescuers who had given up hopes of finding them alive.Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian...

Grant grate falls through, prospective student injured

By Kyla Gardner | April 6, 2011

A Reavis High School senior is "still shaken up pretty bad," from his fall almost 2 weeks ago through a grate outside Grant Hall, his lawyer said. Nello Gamberdino said the student fell 15 to 20 feet down through the grate when he stepped on it outside...