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Ernul, N.C. — Julie Toler calls the outcome of the two-day search to find her great-great grandson ,"a miracle from God." Toler says she lost sight of Casey Hathaway, 3, on Tuesday while he played outside her home in Craven County. “They play out there all the time. They go back and fourth from my house to my daughter’s house," Toler said. "I’m glad he’s fine because it would have been terrible for everybody if something happened to him." Authorities from the FBI, U.S. Marines, professional search teams and volunteers joined the search for the young boy over a two-day...

Wildlife officers with the Colorado Division of Wildlife are searching for a bear involved in an attack Thursday night in Aspen. A man ...was attacked in his home by a bear shortly after 8 p.m. the homeowner's three dogs began barking loudly in the ground floor of the house... When the homeowner went downstairs to check on the dogs, he was confronted by a large, black bear. The victim of this attack is being treated at an area hospital.

Introducing Troy Hurtubise. He's Canadian. He's a character. He's got a full-on Canadian accent. And he thinks he knows "aboot" grizzly bears. "Project Grizzly" chronicles Hurtubise's quest to build a grizzly bear-proof suit and conduct "close-quarter grizzly research." But after listening to his crazy-talk, you begin to wonder if he really knows anything at all about bears. To understand his misguided passion, you must go back to 1984. That's when this scrap-metal business owner had a run-in with a grizzly that he refers to as "the old man." While hiking in the woods he came nose-to-snout with the big beast....