MacMail Not Searching "On My Mac" Mailboxes

I've recently upgraded to Lion, and imported all my various mail accounts and mailboxes. Somehow, when I search for a simple keyword, it does not search the mailboxes listed under "on my mac". Not sure if I'm doing something wrong. Hoping for some help.
On another note, I also couldn't figure out how to change the search fields (i.e.: subject, from, to, etc...)

Hi,there I am in the same situation, did you find out how to solve the problem? I don't know what to do. So helpless!

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