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Lower temperatures and higher humidity Saturday were helping crews assigned to a wildfire that has scorched 12 square miles in northern Colorado, one of several burning across the West. The fire, which started Monday about 20 miles northwest of Fort Collins, had prompted officials to evacuate about 80 homes, but all residents were allowed to return by Friday night. No buildings have been damaged, and the blaze was about 45 percent contained Saturday afternoon. Reghan Cloudman with the U.S. Forest Service said the area received about 0.15 inches of rain Saturday morning, which "is better than nothing." Scattered rain storms moved through the area in the afternoon, and temperatures were expected to remain in the 50s throughout the day — more than a 20-degree drop from highs during the previous three days. "The rain is definitely helping firefighters out there," Cloudman said. "It's good news, but we don't want people to let their guard down....

The hunger and pain weren't the worst of Victoria Grover's ordeal as she shivered alone for four days with a broken leg and no food in Utah's rugged wilderness.The toughest challenge was facing the "incredible" boredom and severe cold that came as nighttime temperatures dropped to the low 30s in the high desert, she said.A veteran outdoor enthusiast, the 59-year-old had set out on a 6-mile-long day hike Tuesday in the Dixie National Forest, but became stranded after breaking her leg during a jump from a 4-foot ledge.   By the time rescuers located her Saturday, she was holed up along a creek suffering from hypothermia. "The hunger is something that comes in waves. You get hungry and want to eat everything and then it goes away," Grover said. "The worst thing is the cold. It never warmed up except for a few hours in the afternoon." Grover, a physician assistant from Wade, Maine, was recovering Sunday at a southern Utah hospital w...