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WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — James King said it was an act of God that led him to find Nadia Bloom in a thick swamp early today. “God directed me to her,” King said hours after finding the 11-year-girl alive. A day earlier, the 44-year-old University of Central Florida alum was part of a volunteer search crew that had been unable to find Nadia. But at first light today, King, a military contractor, entered the woods armed with two cell phones, his shoes taped to his feet and some food and water to give Nadia if she was found. He prayed,...

One more reason that National Public Radio should not be Fed Funded, is that they have the most incredibly low ratings in conjunction with the most incredibly bitter, sour, hopeless, and liberal hosts and listeners. Case in point: Most everybody (except NPR listeners) have marvelled at the miraculous finding of the Winter Springs, Fla. girl, Nadia Bloom, who was discovered by a fellow church member who reportedly was awakened by God at night and "told" to go back into the gator infested swamps to retrieve the fortunate/unfortunate girl who had been lost for days. From the NPR site, I found...

Nadia Bloom, 11, had spent four days in the alligator-infested area. An 11-year-old girl was being treated Tuesday for insect bites and dehydration in a Florida hospital after spending four days in alligator-infested woods and swampland. Rescuers and other law enforcement officials carried Nadia Bloom out of the woods in a sling more than three hours after rescuer James King called 911 to report he had found her. King, 44, of Orlando, Fla., was a volunteer searcher who is a member of Metro Church, where the child's family worships. "I didn't all of a sudden see her," King said. "I...