Official: Manson alive amid reports he was hospitalized

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California prison official says cult leader Charles Manson is alive following reports that he was hospitalized.TMZ reported Tuesday that Manson was taken to a hospital in Bakersfield, about 60 miles south of the California prison where he has been incarcerated.Late Tuesday night, three vans from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation were parked outside Bakersfield's Mercy Hospital Downtown, where prisoners have been treated before.But officials