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Pigeon's epic journey back to her owner Last Updated: 2:42AM BST 19/06/2008 A racing pigeon has flown back to her original owner, 10 years after he gave the bird away. 'Boomerang' turned up at the home of pigeon-fancier Dino Rearden on Father's Day, a decade after he gave her to a friend. The 13-year-old pigeon had already made a name for herself in 1998, when she made a 1,200 mile trip from a pigeon breeder in Algericas, Spain, back to Mr Rearden's home in Skipton, North Yorks. The 76-year-old, who bred pigeons for the RAF during the Second World War,...

Bo (woof) In Commentary: If you dropped off your owner at spring break, would you have difficulty picking him out when he returned? Of course not. So how can an owner not know his own canine when he returns from a week of fried seafood and fried skin? I don’t know but here’s the story. (LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. - Ken Griggs likes his new dog, but he preferred the old one. Then again, it might be the same dog. In a possible case of mistaken identity, Griggs said the black Labrador named Callie that he left at a Dundee kennel...

RENO, Nev. — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, an underdog Texas congressman with a libertarian streak, has picked up an endorsement from a Nevada brothel owner. Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch near Carson City, said he was so impressed after hearing Paul at a campaign stop in Reno last week that he decided to raise money for him.

"Shop Owner Talks About Shooting 2nd Burglar in Weeks DALLAS -- A West Dallas salvage yard owner shot and killed a suspected burglar over the weekend. It's the second time he's done it in less than a month. ONLY ON FOX 4, Rebecca Aguilar spoke with the man about his feelings about the deaths, even as he purchased another weapon."

If O.J. Simpson tries to legally pursue the restaurant owner who banned him from his place, the Goldman family will have his back. Kentucky restaurant owner Jeff Ruby was on "The Big Show With Steve Mason & John Ireland" on ESPN Radio last night, saying, "I got a phone call from the Goldman lawyers, and he's not going to be able to do this lawsuit anyway, because they've already taken preemptive action in case there is a claim." Ruby says any money Simpson might win would go to the Goldmans, who would then give it back to Ruby. Simpson's attorney,...

A group of investors led by Boston Red Sox owner John Henry is negotiating to buy a significant stake in Roush Racing, and it wouldn't come as a surprise in the garage area if other outside investors begin taking a serious look at NASCAR teams. But is a racing team really a good buy? "Yeah," Kyle Petty said. "That's why Warren Buffett's here." Wait ... the second-richest man in America is buying a NASCAR team? "No. That's my point," said Petty, driver and CEO of the Petty Enterprises team. "It's not a good investment." Henry evidently disagrees. An avid racing...

José Luis Cano was back at work driving his taxicab this week after surviving a kidnapping that started in San Diego and ended when he escaped the same day from a Tijuana house where he was being held. “It's difficult to describe how I feel,” he said. “I felt powerless, I felt fearful, and when I was in the house I focused on observing and listening to everything so I could get away.” Two men were arrested after Cano escaped and reported the crime to Mexican authorities. It's been a particularly busy week for kidnapping investigators on both sides of...

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (March 15) - Carlos G. Rojas didn't know what to think when the military life insurance checks started showing up at his office. He didn't know anyone who would have named him a beneficiary, and the checks totaled $200,000. He called Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance, which pays death benefits to military families, and the customer service representatives insisted the money was his and he should cash the checks, he said. Rojas couldn't do it. "It's not like picking up a penny you just found," said Rojas, a 29-year-old marketing consultant. "Somebody's life was connected with that money."...

Mine Owner Blames Lightning for Sago Blast Wednesday March 15, 2006 12:31 AM By VICKI SMITH Associated Press Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - An explosion that killed 12 workers at the Sago Mine likely was caused by a massive lightning strike that ignited methane gas in a sealed-off area, the mine's owner said Tuesday. The company's own investigation turned up three pieces of compelling evidence of a lightning strike, all from 6:26 a.m. on Jan. 2, said Ben Hatfield, chief executive officer of International Coal Group Inc. He said weather monitors confirmed an unusually large and powerful lightning strike near...

Lumberton OKs road's location close to house LUMBERTON - In a unanimous 7-0 vote Monday night, the Lumberton City Council approved the proposed location of a connector road that, when built, will run within 50 feet of a paralyzed man's bedroom. "The action plan we passed tonight is part of the design to connect subdivisions to subdivisions in accordance with a city ordinance," Surratt said. "It will help move traffic east to west in our city...." There are four choices now for drivers "He may not get to go boating or fishing. That's his piece of land," Linda Rich said....

Thracian Owner of Gold Mask Axe-Chopped The owner of the ancient gold mask – Thracian king Seutus III – has been chopped after his death, Bulgarian experts found, proving a theory for Thracians' funeral rituals. Photo by Kameliya Atanasova (Sofia News Agency) Lifestyle: 17 May 2005, Tuesday. The Thracian king Seutus III, whose gold mask was unearthed in 2004 by Bulgarian archaeologists, has been chopped with an axe after his death, an expert research showed. According to archaeologists this discovery is pure sensation because it proves the theory that ancient Thracians used to chop into pieces their rulers' bodies and...

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - The Roman Catholic university founded by Domino's pizza magnate Thomas Monaghan has graduated its first class, giving an honorary degree to L. Paul Bremer, who once led the U.S. occupation in Iraq. Twenty-three students received bachelor's degrees Saturday from Ave Maria University, the first Catholic university to open in the United States in four decades. Bremer, a Catholic, told graduates their generation will fight Islamic extremism the way their fathers fought communism. He said Muslim extremists "hate the very foundations of Western civilization," including separation of church and state, democracy and freedom of religion. The school...

Finger Found In Frozen Custard WILMINGTON, N.C., May 3, 2005 The fingertip (Photo: NNS/WWAY) Finger-finder Clarence Stowers (Photo: NNS/WWAY) (CBS/AP) A man found part of a severed finger packed inside a pint of frozen custard he'd bought from a Kohl's Frozen Custard shop, and officials said it belonged to a worker injured in a food-processing machine accident there. The customer, Clarence Stowers, said he put the finger in his mouth, thinking it was a piece of candy when he opened the pint at home, a Wilmington, N.C., television station reported Monday. "I thought it was candy because they put candy...

OAKLAND — A 41-year-old Hayward software engineer who has worked to improve West Oakland rentals to earn extra income for his family was beaten last week by a gang of local drug dealers who refuse to stay off his property, police said Friday. Convicted drug dealer Marcus Smith, 23, the accused ringleader in the attack, was charged Friday with violating probation and making terrorist threats, police said. Investigators said Smith threatened the owner with a gun and forced him to the pavement at the Mead Avenue fourplex where he and at least three other drug dealers beat and kicked him....

MICHIGANTOWN, Indiana (AP) -- An Indiana pet store owner says he sees the image of Satan on the shell of a turtle that was the only survivor of a store fire in October. The palm-sized red-eared slider turtle, named Lucky, was the only animal to survive the fire at Dora's A-Dora-ble Pet Shop in nearby Frankfort, about 40 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Owner Bryan Dora now says he sees Satan's face on the critter's shell. He can spot lips, eyes, a goatee, shoulders and a pair of pointy horns on Lucky's back.

MIRA MESA – San Diego police jumped on a report of a fugitive kangaroo on Canyon Peak Lane last night. A woman phoned police about 10:35 p.m. saying a 3-foot-tall kangaroo was hopping down the street. Westbound. Then a man called 20 minutes later saying it was back, and it was for real. The three officers who headed that way confirmed her report. Casting about for an explanation, police called the San Diego Wild Animal Park. They were told the park keeps no kangaroos. Park workers suggested calling an animal control officer. About 11:30 p.m. the kangaroo's owner showed up,...

Resume of prospective Vikings owner dogged by questions Jay Weiner, Star Tribune In his official biography, distributed Monday by his Twin Cities public relations firm, Reggie Fowler declared that he played in the Little League World Series, implied that he earned a business administration and finance degree from the University of Wyoming and said that he played for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. According to officials with all of the sports organizations and official records at the NFL, CFL and University of Wyoming, none of those claims is exactly true....

Easley campaign returning money from topless club owner The Associated Press Published: Feb 3, 2005 Modified: Feb 3, 2005 2:40 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley's re-election campaign will return donations it received from a Charlotte-based operator of topless bars. Easley political adviser Mac McCorkle offered no reason for the refund to David "Slim" Baucom, who runs 17 topless clubs, including 12 in North Carolina. Easley, who won re-election in November, has returned contributions from other club owners in the past. Campaign finance reports at the State Board of Elections show Baucom gave $8,000 to Easley during the 2004...

The owner of a vast tract of virgin forest land in north-central Norway is in big trouble after chopping down trees on his own property. Newspaper Aftenposten reported Tuesday that the 54-year-old forest owner has been sentenced to six months in jail for chopping down the trees on his land in Flatanger, Nord-Trøndelag. The trees he chopped were in an area that was part of an officially designated nature preserve. An appeals court in Nord-Trøndelag ruled that the forest owner intentionally launched the logging operation, in the hopes that the area would thus lose its nature preserve status. Illegal logging...

Defiant owner keeps anti-DNC sign By Casey Ross Saturday, July 24, 2004 City officials have laid a smack down on an irate North Station pizza shop owner who is facing fines for posting an unpermitted pro-Bush sign on his business as delegates flock to Boston for the Democratic National Convention. Mark Pasquale, owner of Halftime Pizza, was slapped with a citation Thursday evening and ordered to remove the sign until he gets a permit. Boston police also tossed in a charge for a locked exit door at the restaurant. ``It's my building and I can put a sign there if...

AMERICANS may be the biggest single foreign investment player in Australia, but the Brits have it over them when it comes to making a profit. A new study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics into globalisation found American owned firms made a greater contribution to the domestic economy than any other country. United States' residents own 3439 businesses. The next best were Brits who owned 792 businesses. Other foreign nationals with strong business links to Australia included New Zealand (871 businesses), South Africa (632 businesses), Hong Kong (440 businesses), Germany (378 businesses) and Japan (347 businesses). The American owned businesses...

A globe-trotting inflatable snowman who disappeared from a garden last Christmas has sent postcards to its owner from exotic destinations around the world. The 5ft blow-up snowman, who signs his name Frosty, went missing from Helen Bevan's back garden two weeks before Christmas last year. Since then Mrs Bevan, 42, of Tondu, south Wales, has received postcards from Tenerife, Antigua, Thailand, Mexico, Malaysia and Hong Kong, all signed with the words "all my love, Frosty". Mrs Bevan said she has only seen Frosty once since his disappearance. She said: "I was shocked when I heard a knock at the door...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- In May, former Sen. James Abourezk (D-SD) filed a $5 million lawsuit against a website operator who included him among a group of "traitors." The website, www.ProBush.com, lampoons liberals from the entertainment industry and politics who have been vocal in their opposition to the war in Iraq or critical of President George W. Bush. Some of the others on the list are Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as well as actors George Clooney, Susan Sarandon, and Janeane Garafalo and the country music group, the Dixie Chicks....

<p>After a string of robberies at his Shelby Food Mart, Firas Al Kurdi kept a gun under the cashier's counter.</p> <p>Last October, the store owner used it, fatally shooting James Abdul-Shajee as Abdul-Shajee, armed with a knife, robbed the business.</p>

Homeowner Must Pay $102,000 For Flying the American Flag May have to pay an additional $42,000 January 25, 2003 By Shu Bartholomew (View author info) Richmond, VA - Breaking News... Contact Richard and Ava Oulton FAX (804)270-5757 Richard and Ava Oullton were informed by Judge Harris of the Henrico County Circuit Court to be prepared to pay the consequences if Old Glory is still flying on their property on March 1st. Having exhausted every avenue of appeal, the Oultons ultimately lost the battle to keep their flagpole on their property. The Virginia Supreme Court's opinion, that people who live in...

A Modesto sports memorabilia store owner shot and killed a gunman trying to rob the shop Monday afternoon, police said. Detectives questioned and later released Dave Prendergast, 57, after the shooting, which happened at Dr. Sports Cards & Collectibles at 415 Burney St. Evidence was inconclusive in determining whether detectives would recommend criminal charges be filed against Prendergast, Detective Phil Owen said. The robber, who was shot once in the head, had not been identified late Monday, police spokesman Doug Ridenour said. At 1:15 p.m., several witnesses heard two gunshots come from inside the downtown Modesto business. Moments later, a...

<p>BROOKLYN PARK, Minnesota (AP) --Pheasant season took an ugly turn for Michael Murray when he was shot by Sonny, his year-old English setter pup.</p> <p>The puppy knew something was very wrong when Murray dropped to the ground with blood spurting from his ankle. "Sonny just laid by my side," Murray said. "He knew something was bad."</p>

SPRING HILL — The co-owner of a Spring Hill newspaper was arrested yesterday after a police officer said he witnessed the man screaming at a woman in a McDonald's fast-food restaurant and then threatening her with a window washer's squeegee. Paul Holland Overton, 67, of 5045 Port Royal Road, co-owner of The Informer, was taken to the Williamson County Jail, where he was released last night after posting $1,000 bond, a jail officer said. A telephone call to Overton's home yesterday was not answered. Overton is charged with assaulting Pam Morrow, 39, of 2506 Pitts Court, Columbia, while she was...

TAMPA -- A helicopter crash-landed onto the roof of a one-story home late Monday, spilling fuel into the house and sending a piece of the craft into a child's empty bedroom. Duran, her husband and brother-in-law were in the house during the 9:45 p.m. crash but were not injured. Fire officials said as much as 17 gallons of fuel leaked into the home. Duran's two children were spending the first week of vacation at their father's home, so they were not at home when a 2-3 foot piece of the landing skid fell off the copter and onto the 13-year-old...