NORTH KOREA . . . HOME FOR CHRISTMAS?

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The U.S. helicopter pilot who survived last Saturday's downing in North Korea, might be released this weekend, according to Rep. Bill Richardson, who's serving as a U.S. envoy to Pyongyang. Though North Korea has said only that Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Hall would be sent home "very soon" after being detained during a probe of the incident. Richardson, Democrat from New Mexico, said Hall was "in good shape and I think he'll be home before Christmas." Earlier Thursday, Richardson accompanied the casket carrying the body of the pilot killed in the incident, Chief Warrant Officer David Hilemon, as the North Koreans handed it over at the border crossing in the village of Panmunjom.