2 hikers missing found in mountains ROARING GAP (AP) — Two hikers from Miami survived three nights in the rugged mountains of North Carolina on hard candy and creek water before finding the Blue Ridge Parkway on Monday and waving down a maintenance truck. The hikers found the parkway about 9:15 a.m., said Charlie Peek of the state Division of Parks and Recreation. "It's extremely rugged territory, particularly off trail," Peek said. Search teams spent part of the weekend combing parts of the more than 13,000-acre park in Wilkes and Alleghany counties for Craig Patterson, 44, and Julia Martinez, 35,...