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Every family has stories and traditions that are handed down from generation to generation. For the Engers, many of those stories revolve around "Lester the Moose" and his long, strange journey back into their possession. This tale of moose and men began in 1909 when Melvin Enger hopped on a train with nothing but his rifle and a backpack to go moose hunting up north.

The players on the Israeli men's hockey team will get championship rings if a Montreal trucking executive has his way. They deserve something for what they've accomplished, says Alan Maislin, who is chairman of the Israeli Ice Hockey Federation. "Our guys have heart," he says. They proved as much by defeating Iceland 4-2 to win the world title at the third-tier level last Sunday in Belgrade. How this is possible for a country with only one artificial ice rink -- Canada Centre at Metulla -- boggles the mind. AHEAD OF SCHEDULE "Our guys have heart," repeats Maislin, 59. "My big...

Oromocto (New Brunswick) District 2 RCMP is investigating the report of a truckload of missing beer. A tractor-trailer load of Moosehead beer being trucked to Toronto from Saint John was discovered at the mall in Grand Falls, N.B. on August 17, 2004 at 6:40pm. The truck was carrying more than 4000 cases of beer. 20 cases were found inside the trailer. The rest are missing. The driver, 30-year old Wade Haines has not been located. The more than 50,000 cans have English labeling on one side and Spanish on the other and were destined for the Mexico market. Anyone with...

If you get your news anywhere but WorldNetDaily, you may be wondering why Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose quit. Moose was proclaimed a "hero" by the media for his role in capturing the D.C. sniper suspects. But was he a hero? He certainly looked the part out there conducting those daily press conferences during the three weeks snipers paralyzed the Washington area. But, later, a series of investigative stories by WorldNetDaily Washington bureau chief Paul Sperry certainly raised questions. On the very day he resigned, WorldNetDaily broke a story about the way Moose used his position as police chief...