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Man and granddaughter found alive after being stranded on jet skiing trip (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

A Chalmette man and his granddaughter who failed to return home Sunday from a jet skiing trip in Chalmette were found alive and in relatively good shape Monday morning after spending a cold night under a piece of tarp in Bayou Bienvenue, according to St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Office spokesman Steve Cannizaro.

Briefs | Skiing: Austrian Maier earns his 54th World Cup victory (Seattle Times)

Skiing Maier triumphs in Super-G: Hermann Maier of Austria won a super-giant slalom Sunday for his 54th career World Cup victory. Maier, who hadn't won...

Skiing: Vonn surprises again in slalom, gets fourth (Denver Post)

The standings say Tanja Poutiainen of Finland is leading the World Cup overall race with a slight lead over defending champion Lindsey Vonn after four races — two slaloms, two giant slaloms.

Zermatt: where better skiing is child's play (Daily Telegraph)

Adam Ruck visits Zermatt where Martin Bell's pioneering ski school teaches youngsters how to cut a dash on the slopes.

Skiing: Americans miss podium as Zahrobska gets first win (USA Today)

Sarka Zahrobska got her first World Cup victory Sunday, taking the slalom in a combined time of 1 minute, 39.32 seconds to beat Nicole Hosp of Austria.

Alpine skiing-Maier rolls back the years with super-G victory (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Austria's Hermann Maier scored his first World Cup win in almost three years with victory in a super-G at Lake Louise on Sunday.