San Francisco Chronicle: Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal emerged from 781 days in a 104-square-foot Iranian prison cell leaner, fitter and with Hollywood actor Sean Penn and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez among those to thank for their release. Bauer and Fattal returned home yesterday after the Gulf sultanate of Oman paid a $1 million bail. Both their mothers were present and took questions from reporters after the two freed U.S. citizens read aloud a statement in New York, listing celebrities and heads of state who "made a difference" in securing their freedom.