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https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/oregon-cat-stealing-items-neighbors-sign-warns The picture is absolutely hilarious. I had a Heinz-57 dog, all black with white paws, white ring around nose and white tip on a very long-hair tail, back when I was ten years old. Used to pull me around on a skateboard. He was awesome, smart and such a character. " Lucky" went about lifting newspapers, shoes, etc. I made a sign and drew his picture on it. Mom had my sister and me pull a wagon about the neighborhood with all the things Lucky took away to reunite them. If I can find a picture I'll post it...

If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a million dollars you probably only thought about the cars, the yachts and the bling, and overlooked the details like what kind of toilet seat or fancy tennis ball cans you’d use. We tracked down 24 of the most ridiculously expensive everyday items you could blow your wad on. Concrete Aalto Doorstop - $3500 While the rest of us are using cinderblocks we found outside for doorstops, somewhere in some mansion there’s a chunk of cement holding a door open worth $3500. You may (but probably don’t) notice...

AL ASAD, Iraq (May 10, 2006) -- Many service members deployed to a combat zone receive wounds and injuries that require medical attention from Al Asad Surgical. Unfortunately, the doctors and nurses are forced to cut the uniforms off of these injured men and women, thereby causing them to lose one of their very limited pieces of clothing. One man wanted to help. Larry Murray, a video storage wide area network technician with DataPath Inc., wanted to ensure that the service members who are tended to are comfortable and are not left with nothing to wear. "One evening I went...

LAS VEGAS - A retired Elvis impersonator helped Las Vegas police nab a man suspected of stealing more than $300,000 worth of memorabilia from the Elvis-A-Rama museum, authorities said Wednesday. Duke Adams, a 62-year-old "older-era Elvis," said he was approached while in line at a pharmacy by a man offering to sell him items once owned by Elvis Presley, including jewelry, clothing and the king's revolver. Remembering the March 2004 burglary, Adams said he asked the man to stop by his business the next day. Adams went home and called police. Authorities arrested Eliab Aguilar on Nov. 3. after the...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2005 – When the founders of "Angels of Mercy" heard that wounded, injured and sick servicemembers being treated in combat support hospitals in Iraq needed health and comfort items, they created "Angels in Iraq." They sprang into action and launched a nationwide American Legion campaign to let legionnaires and auxiliary members know how they could help America's heroes. The "angels," Jay Edwards and his wife, Marian Chirichella, founded the "Angels of Mercy" program in October 2003 in response to an American Red Cross appeal for help in supporting combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan at Walter Reed...

ELKHART -- Police confiscated items used to take drugs and 19 switchblades from a local convenience store last week. On April 18, the Elkhart County Prosecutor's office got a search warrant for the BP gas station at 935 N. Nappanee St., near Memorial High School and the Elkhart Area Career Center. The prosecutor's office has been leading an effort to make sure businesses are operating legally, said Bill Wargo, chief investigator. "We're visiting a number of legitimate businesses, verifying licenses and ownership," he said. Officers from the Elkhart Police Department and Elkhart County Sheriff's Department helped raid the convenience store...

SACRAMENTO — Exploiting a political tool that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has used with relish, liberal groups and Democratic lawmakers are planning to place on the ballot some long-favored policies and programs that the governor has so far blocked. Advocates hope the tactic could provide leverage for a series of labor and consumer causes defeated through vetoes and ballot measures this year. But the approach could also increase the Capitol's partisan rancor, and even Democratic leaders say it could provide voters with a fresh signal that the Legislature is becoming irrelevant. Possible ballot initiatives under discussion by an assortment of liberal...

Congress Trims Money for Science Agency WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 - Congress has cut the budget for the National Science Foundation, an engine for research in science and technology, just two years after endorsing a plan to double the amount given to the agency. Supporters of scientific research, in government and at universities, noted that the cut came as lawmakers earmarked more money for local projects like the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and the Punxsutawney Weather Museum in Pennsylvania. David M. Stonner, director of Congressional affairs at the science foundation, said on Monday that the reduction might...

<p>Message to would-be buyers of postage meters, CB amplifiers, mountain lion parts and speleothems taken from federal land: When you buy your goodies online, you'll have to pay for them with something other than PayPal.</p> <p>Thanks to a sweeping set of changes to its acceptable-use policy, PayPal's exhaustive new rules now dictate exactly where users' funds can and cannot be spent.</p>

OTTAWA -- Leave your bow and arrow with your stowed baggage if you're travelling by air. Your box cutters, billy clubs and brass knuckles will have to stay behind as well. Transport Canada has published a list of objects not permitted in carry-on luggage. It includes the obvious -- automatic weapons, stun guns, hand grenades -- and the not-so-obvious, such as whips, scuba tanks and lacrosse sticks. Don't try to sneak any catapults, fire extinguishers or spear guns onto an airplane. Authorities also frown on acids, tear gas, swords and meat cleavers. Fireworks aren't a good idea, says Transport Canada,...