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A dog named Dancer was rescued after surviving a 60-foot fall at a park in Michigan, the National Park Service said Thursday, marking the second time in less than two weeks that a canine has been found alive after plunging off a high cliff. The 3-year-old pooch was off her leash at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Wednesday when she fell off a cliff near Miners Castle onto a ledge about 60 feet below. Her owners were unable to find her and were even "convinced she had not survived," park officials said in a news release. Pictured Rocks Park Rangers...

The last call Matt Augustson might have expected on his business trip to Europe was the one from Westgate Pet Clinic in Minneapolis. "They said, 'We have your dog and she seems to be OK, but she's a little singed,'" Augustson said. "I thought, 'Why do you have her and why is she singed?" That's when I started to put 2 and 2 together." Augustson returned to the Twin Cities Wednesday to begin putting the rest of his and his wife Jen's lives together. A natural gas leak and explosion destroyed their Edina home Tuesday and left them with their...

Puppy survives cliff plunge drama A Jack Russell puppy survived a 21 metre plunge into the sea and a 1.6km swim to shore in one of the busiest stretches of sea in England. Six month old Toby landed in the water unhurt, but was then forced to doggy paddle across the Plymouth Sound as he was swept 1.6km away by a strong tide. His owners alerted police and a boat crew quickly found Toby stranded - but miraculously unharmed - on some rocks. The soggy doggy was then wrapped in a blanket and returned to the shore. Trembling Toby was...

I have a chance to go the the 2005 SHOT show in Las Vegas, and I'm not missing it. My Buddy Dave is a cop. He's a sniper, among other things, for the Coral Springs (FL) Police Department's SWAT group. Dave has been working for about a year with some cool guys from a group called "Adopt-a-Sniper" http://adoptasniper.orgFrom the Adopt a Sniper website: "Snipersonline UA and Sniper's Paradise have several members and Sniper friends actively engaged in the battle against terrorism. Our friends are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the number of snipers deployed around...

NASCAR***POP SECRET 500 ***UNDER THE ***LIGHTS*** CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY ***FONTANA*** SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2004 4PM PST CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY Events: NASCAR Cup "Finish Under the Lights" POP SECRET 500 Sunday, September 5th, 250 Laps (500 Miles) Posted Awards - $5,796,554; First Place - $219,515Qualifying Friday, September 3rd on Speed at 3pm PDT NASCAR Busch Series TARGET HOUSE 300...Saturday, September 4 NBC - Live 12:00 p.m. (PDT) 150 Laps (300 Miles) Posted Awards - $1,434,769; First Place - $86,360 Events: POP SECRET 500 NASCAR Cup Series When: Sunday, September 5 Television: NBC - Live 4:00 p.m. (PDT) Local - KNBC Ch. 4...