'Absolute miracle:' Rescuers find missing California sisters

LOS ANGELES -- Armed with some outdoor survival training, granola bars and pink rubber boots, 5- and 8-year-old sisters survived 44 hours in rugged Northern California wilderness before they were found dehydrated and cold but in good spirits on Sunday, authorities said. A fire chief and firefighter from a local volunteer department found Leia and Caroline Carrico in a wooded area about 1 1/2 miles (2.3 kilometres) from their home in the small community of Benbow, where they had last been seen Fr