forgot to mention your first query has a strange criteria if you are trying to find a ticket which was created in the past:
I was able to write the first one using the following criteria:
Lifecycle equal to (Process)
Status.Is End is Equal to (False)
Creation Date Is Within the Next (4 days)
Within the Next (4 days) would indicate you are pulling data from whatever the current date is.
Just a thought.
Thanks,
Mike