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Daniel Chong appears at a news conference where he discussed his detention by the DEA during a news conference on May 1, 2012 in San Diego. Chong, a U.S. college student, was forgotten by federal drug agents and left in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet says he drank his own urine to survive. The 24-year-old engineering student at University of California, San Diego, was swept up as one of nine suspects in an April 21 drug raid that netted 18,000 ecstasy pills, other drugs and weapons. Chong said federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents told him he would be released. (AP Photo/U-T San Diego, K.C. Alfred)

Man forgotten in jail cell for 5 days drank his urine to survive

Last updated Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 11:32am

SAN DIEGO -- A college student who was forgotten by federal drug agents and left in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet says that he drank his own urine to survive.

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Lost hiker credits Mormon faith for survival

Martin Griffith The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 9:43am

A veteran outdoor enthusiast who survived four days with a broken leg in the Southern Utah wilderness says she relied on her Mormon faith, played mind games and recited poetry to help pass the time until rescuers arrived.

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Maine hiker survives 4 days in Utah wilderness with broken leg

Martin Griffith The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, April 29, 2012 - 5:55pm

A Maine hiker has been rescued after spending four days in the remote southern Utah high desert with a broken leg and no shelter.

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Woman survives bear attack at Florida apartment complex

Arelis R. Hernandez Orlando

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:09pm

LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Terri Gurley held on tightly as her dog Riley jerked at the leash and began to growl at the darkness early Friday morning.

The 57-year-old woman turned her head after tossing her pup's waste into the trash compactor of her Seminole County apartment complex when she came within five feet of a 300-pound female black bear.

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Dog reunited with Utah owner after surviving 53 days in the wild

Martin Griffith The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 5:04pm

RENO, Nev. -- Barbara Bagley says she never gave up hope that her dog would be found alive in the Nevada desert after the animal bolted from the scene of a crash that critically injured her and killed her husband.

But the Salt Lake City woman endured plenty of frustration until her beloved 4-year-old Shetland sheepdog, Dooley, was tracked down Feb. 18 after surviving 53 days in the wild on roadkill and scattered ranch water sources.

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Stories of survival emerge from tornado victims

Bruce Schreiner, Jim Suhr The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 10:14am

EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. -- The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection.

One of the most remarkable survivors was a toddler found alone in a field near her Indiana home. Her four immediate family members were among at least 36 people killed by tornadoes that scarred communities scattered across hundreds of miles of the nation's midsection from Alabama to Indiana.

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Tales emerge of missing and dead in cruise ship disaster

Collen Barry, Nicole Winfield The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:47pm

Tales emerge of missing and dead in ship disaster

ROME -- An Italian dad and his 5-year-old daughter. A retired American couple treating themselves after putting four children through college. A Hungarian musician who helped crying children into lifejackets, then disappeared while trying to retrieve his beloved violin from his cabin.

As details emerged Wednesday about the missing and the dead in the grounding of the Costa Concordia, the captain was quoted as saying he tripped and fell into the water from the listing vessel and never intended to abandon his passengers.

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This winter reading list may inspire survival in hard times

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 11:26pm

An apology: My Sunday column said Sen. Orrin Hatch was one of many prominent people who have written U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on behalf of Brigham City Dr. Dewey MacKay, asking that MacKay receive a lenient sentence for his drug convictions.

As far as I know, Sen. Hatch is not among those who have written to Judge Benson on MacKay's behalf. I should not have included him in that column. I did so in error.

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Oil removal ships near the cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its side Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, after running aground near the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, last Friday night. The rescue operation was called off mid-afternoon Monday after the Costa Concordia shifted a few inches (centimeters) in rough seas. The fear is that if the ship shifts significantly, some 500,000 gallons of fuel may begin to leak into the pristine waters. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Couple survives cruise ship sinking: 'We've been blessed'

Susan Miller Degnan The Miami Herald

Last updated Monday, January 16, 2012 - 3:53pm

As thousands of screaming men, women and children ran for their lives Friday night amid the sinking Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, Karen Camacho feared she and her husband wouldn't make it out alive.

So, the Florida mother of two young sons waiting back home began to sob.

And pray.

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Hiker credits husband for saving life after fall

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 6:26pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- An Emery County woman recovering after falling 50 feet down a rocky canyon says her husband gets the credit for helping her survive until rescuers arrived 11 hours later.

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(The Associated Press) In this photo of a video screen, murder suspect Angela Atwood cries after hearing the multiple charges against her during a hearing at Elko County Justice Court on Wednesday in Elko, Nev.

Woman’s survival in Utah-Nev. crime spree ’miraculous’

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 1:28am

WEST WENDOVER, Nev. — A bodybuilder who was shot in the head during a carjacking outside a Nevada casino — then drove herself to get help — was released from a Salt Lake City hospital just days after the shooting, which authorities said figured in a two-state crime spree.

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Skier survives avalanche by hanging onto tree

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 7:40am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A skier in Utah's backcountry has suffered minor injuries from an avalanche after he grabbed onto a tree.

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In this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Seaman Kendra Graves, right, and Petty Officer Robert Femia assist emergency personnel from Marathon, Fla., as they receive a patient from a boat that sank in the Florida Keys a day earlier. Seven people spent 20 hours floating in choppy seas off the Florida Keys before a commercial fisherman spotted their capsized pleasure boat, the U.S. Coast Guard said. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard)

7 boaters survive 20 hours in Fla. waters; 1 dead

Jennifer Kay The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 10, 2011 - 2:56pm

MIAMI -- Seven people, including a 4-year-old girl, survived 20 hours at sea by clinging to their capsized boat and a small blue cooler after their vessel flipped during a fishing trip off the Florida Keys, officials said Monday.

An 80-year-old woman who was with the group is missing and presumed drowned.

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Bear attacks man after following dog inside home

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 1:10pm

NEWPORT, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man attacked by a bear inside his home when the animal followed his dog inside has a newfound appreciation for the power of nature after he needed 70 staples and stitches to close the gaping wound on the back of his head.

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