Mobile Alerts  Newsletter  Archives  About Us  Advertise with Us Twitter GMANews.TV Facebook GMANews.TV RSS GMANews.TV
Odds & Ends

Cat finds way home after 11 days, 2 broken legs

SPRING HILL, Fla. – Down two legs, and who knows how many lives, a Florida cat missing 11 days somehow arrived home.

Tracie Steger lost hope after search parties and fliers failed to turn up her beloved Giggle-Blizzard. She winced after hearing a car had hit a kitty, and raced to scare off a vulture with a suspicious whisker in its teeth.

Neither was him.

But on Thanksgiving night, a yelp from the porch was.

A car had smashed his back legs a week ago, but Giggle-Blizzard somehow got back. He knew the area from walking unleashed with Steger's seven other cats and two dogs.

After two operations he's back in Steger's menagerie, sporting Christmas-colored splints.

It cost $3,000, but Steger can't contain her joy. - AP
Other Odds and Ends stories
Burglar uses church equipment to view porn
03/11/2010 | 09:01 AM
AMES, Iowa – Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography. More
NYC chef creates breast milk cheese
03/10/2010 | 11:44 AM
NEW YORK – Breast milk cheese, anyone? A Manhattan chef has posted a recipe on his blog for what he calls "My spouse's mommy milk cheese." More
Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea
03/09/2010 | 11:31 PM
STOCKHOLM – A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. More
Rare pig with solid, non-cloven hooves found in Nueva Vizcaya
03/09/2010 | 06:53 PM
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya - A rare pig with mule-like hooves is being raised in a farm in this landlocked province. The mulefoot hog is considered as the rarest of American swine breeds because of... More
16-year-old nabbed for raping a pig in Mindanao
03/09/2010 | 02:59 PM
A 16-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly raping a pig in Koronadal City in Mindanao, a radio report said on Tuesday. More
Granny camps out 43 hrs for grandson's ice cream
03/08/2010 | 11:28 AM
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Here's one Wisconsin grandmother who makes time for her grandson. Michelle Cuestas of Green Bay used two vacation days and camped out for 43 hours to make sure her... More
Einstein first complete manuscript goes on display
03/07/2010 | 07:21 PM
JERUSALEM – The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity has gone on display in its entirety for the first time. More
Child starves as parents raise virtual baby
03/07/2010 | 01:20 AM
News reports say a South Korean couple addicted to an Internet game about raising a virtual child have been arrested for neglecting their real 3-month-old daughter and letting her starve to death. More
Police say cook put body hair in cop's sandwich
03/06/2010 | 01:28 PM
EVESHAM, N.J. – Police said a cook put a body hair in the bagel sandwich of a police officer who had given him tickets in the past. More
Suspected robber ‘dies twice’ after clash with cops
03/05/2010 | 09:24 AM
A suspected robber died not once but twice, following a predawn encounter with police in Manila Friday, a radio report said. More
ADVERTISEMENT
Lakers struggling to escape late-season funk
2010-03-11 07:20:48
The euphoria from Kobe Bryant's latest game-winning shot didn't last much longer than it...
PEP: Francine Prieto wants to work to avoid being 'forever charity case'
2010-03-12 15:25:35
Naging open si Francine Prieto sa pagsasabing wala siyang regular work lately at hindi sapat ang...
‘Binaysty’ sa Makati idinepensa ni VP bet Binay
2010-03-12 18:13:54
MANILA – Ipinagtanggol ni vice presidential candidate Jejomar Binay ang mga kapamilya na...
Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market
2010-03-11 08:34:48
Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new...