Body Found of Man Who Survived 68 Days in Snow

Left will for kid, struck out on snowshoes made of car cushions

(NEWSER) - A couple stranded for 12 days in a snowy Utah canyon was finally rescued yesterday as they hiked out wearing snowshoes fashioned from car seat cushions, reports CNN. Thomas and Tamitha Garner had taken a trip to photograph wild horses when their truck broke down. They wrote out a will for their 19-year-old daughter as they rationed out groceries and waited for help. More»

State orders eight high schools to make changes

(AP) - Eight Oregon high schools will have to retire their Native American mascots after the Board of Education voted yesterday to prohibit them. In doing so, the board gave the state some of the nation's toughest restrictions on Native American mascots, nicknames, and logos. The schools have five years to comply with the order or risk losing their state funding. More»

Mitt's cruising to nomination

(NEWSER) - It was a clean sweep for Mitt Romney tonight as he nailed the Oregon primary shortly after he was declared the winner in Nebraska . The Nebraska win was a "beauty contest"— the state's 32 delegates will be decided at the Nebraska convention in July. But most if not all of Oregon's delegates will go to Romney. Mitt grabbed 73% of the vote, followed by Ron Paul with 12%, Rick Santorum at 9% and New Gingrich with 5.6%, according to Politico . Romney has all but clinched the GOP nomination, and is cruising toward winning the 1,144 delegates he needs, reports AP . More»

Adrian Vasquez says Princess Cruises saw him and two companions

(NEWSER) - As Adrian Vasquez and his two friends drifted in the Pacific Ocean , the engine on their fishing boat having failed 16 days before, they were relieved to see a Princess cruise ship sailing past. "We felt happy, because we thought they were coming to rescue us," Vasquez tells the BBC . But despite their efforts to wave down the ship with a red sweater, and despite the fact that at least two cruise passengers saw the castaways and informed staff, the ship sailed by without offering assistance. Now Vasquez, the sole survivor, is suing. More»

No damage reported in either

(AP) - It's been a busy day on the earthquake front. In addition to the two powerful tremors in Indonesia that set off tsunami alarms—luckily false alarms , this time—others quakes were reported closer to the US: (They were not related to Indonesia quakes.)

• Mexico City: A strong quake struck a sparsely populated area in the mountains of western Mexico, causing tall buildings to sway more than 200 miles away in Mexico City. People evacuated some buildings in the capital, but the city government said helicopter flights detected no signs of damage. The US Geological Survey reported a preliminary reading of 7.0 magnitude for the quake, but later downgraded it to 6.5. One of similar size hit the region earlier this month .