handouts say it was a matter of surviv survival. the death toll from the earthquake is rising to 147. it is thought more bodies are still in the rubble of the devastated christchurch. seven people have been rescued alive since last tuesday when the quake struck. crews pulled a body of a pilot from the hudson river in new york state today. his vintage military debt was flying over saturday when it made a fast climb, then nose-dived into the ice. the pilot had taken off from johnstown, pennsylvania. the 1969 strikemaster jet was registered to a company that performs in air shows. hundreds of texas teachers are accepting an offer from the financially struggling dallas school district to take the money and retire at the end of the school year. the district is bracing for a possible $253 million loss in state funding and layoffs. >> this process is certainly a