[Major Matt Mason]

This is a UK paper. Is there a blackout (no pun intended) in the U.S. on this story?

[TSgt]

It appears to only be covered by the local news:

http://news.google.com/news/more?hl=en&q=Carter+Strange&um=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1440&bih=707&ie=UTF-8&ncl=d3mPx9L5z9-FmBM1QNMH53V9VXxnM&ei=Jb8HTsjAOoXc0QHR1sy7Cw&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQqgIwAA