AUSTIN, TEXAS — Three college students exploring a cave got lost but were rescued and declared uninjured Sunday, more than a day after they entered the cavern, authorities.
The two women and one man, found in a 500-foot-long crawl space about the width of a sewer pipe, waited there knowing search teams would arrive, said Lt. Matt Cox of the Austin Fire Department.
“They did everything right,” Cox said. “They came out safe and sound, and they’re going to school tomorrow.”
The University of Texas students emerged from Airman’s Cave tired and hungry Sunday night but with no injuries. They had left a trail of leaves during their exploration so crews could find them if they got into trouble, Cox said.
House, Bush at loggerheads over insurance WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders said Sunday they were working to gather votes to override a veto on a popular children’s health program but pledged to find a way to cover millions without insurance should their effort fail.
At the same time, the White House sought to chide the Democratic-controlled Congress as obstructionists in reauthorizing the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. It said Democrats were the ones who had shown unwillingness to compromise.
Deputy press secretary Tony Fratto quoted President Bush as saying he is “willing to work with members of both parties from both houses” on the issue.
In talk-show interviews, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer promised to pass another bipartisan bill if needed.
Remains in car may be missing Ohio women CAMPBELLSBURG, KY. — A car belonging to a woman missing since she and a friend left their Ohio retirement community for a shopping trip in April was found Sunday by a hunter on a Kentucky farm, along with skeletal remains, police said.
The car is registered to Ada Wasson, who was reported missing with her friend Mary Walters, 68, Kentucky State Police Trooper Chip Perry said. The remains have not been identified.
The car and the remains do not indicate foul play, the State Police said.
Woman held in animal cruelty ROCHELLE, ILL. — More than 230 dogs, cats and birds, some in cars and many dehydrated and malnourished, were seized by authorities at a rural house, police said. Several carcasses were also found on the property Saturday.
Barbara C. Munroe, 65, of Rochelle was in jail Sunday after being charged with several misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and failure of owner’s duty. She was being held in lieu of $35,000 bail.
The animals have been taken to a shelter in DeKalb.
