NATIONAL BRIEFS

COLORADO: Mall suspect newly released

The man authorities say is suspected of carrying out an apparent attempted bombing at a Littleton mall had been released from prison a week earlier. The FBI is looking for Earl Albert Moore after Wednesday's fire at Southwest Plaza Mall, about two miles from Columbine High School, where 13 people were killed 12 years ago. Federal Bureau of Prisons records show that Moore, 65, was released from prison April 13. FBI spokesman Dave Joly said Moore served time in a Georgia federal prison. Court records show he pleaded guilty in May 2005 to robbing a bank in Crab Orchard, W. Va., of $2,546. A judge sentenced him to 15 to 19 years in prison, but a federal appeals court in 2006 ruled the sentence "unreasonable" and it was reduced to seven years. A pipe bomb and two propane tanks were found in a hallway of the mall's food court. The explosives, which did not detonate, were found after the fire prompted an evacuation of the mall. No one was injured.

WYOMING: Skiers found buried in snow

A Grand Teton National Park official said the bodies of two missing skiers were found Sunday, buried in 15 feet of snow. Jackie Skaggs, a park spokeswoman, said investigators believe the skiers were in their sleeping bags in their tents when they were swept up in an avalanche last weekend. Rescuers found the bodies of Walker Pannell Kuhl, 27, and Gregory Seftick, 31, after six days. Kuhl was from Salt Lake City, and Seftick, a Minnesota native, lived in Columbia Falls, Mont. Seftick was an emergency room doctor and Kuhl worked for the Treasury Department in Salt Lake City.

IDAHO; : Lost miner presumed dead

A miner trapped underground nine days ago is most likely to have been buried when the collapse occurred and is presumed to be dead, Hecla Mining Co. said Sunday. Efforts had been made for more than a week to reach Larry Marek, 53, who was caught in the cave-in April 15, more than a mile underground in the Lucky Friday silver mine. he cave-in April 15, more than a mile underground in the Lucky Friday silver mine.