An ageing and partially deaf springer spaniel has survived five weeks and two days lost in the hills.

Oliver’s owners had given him up for dead following fruitless searches after he ran off during a walk up Ben Fhionnlaidh near Glen Etive.

He went missing on 24 February, but was found curled up in a shed on 2 April - eight miles as the crow flies, but 44 by road, from his home in the glen.

For Sherrie Muldoon, the credit card debt was $46,244. But the relief she felt after paying it off was priceless. So much so that the Colorado resident and her husband threw a party Saturday for friends and family after mailing off the final check. The event at a community center featured a cake decorated with the debt amount in green icing, CNN television affiliate KUSA reported

Children with autism have exceptional talents. A northwest suburban 10-year-old’s artistic talent was discovered when he was 7.

A Welsh little person who lost her way in the deep forest of Snowdonia near Dolwyddelan, North Wales, earlier this week is alive because of her pet Chihuahua, medics say

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The parrot, named Willie, has been given the Animal Lifesaver Award by the Red Cross chapter in Denver, Colorado. Willie’s owner, Megan Howard, was babysitting for a toddler. Howard left the room, and the little girl started to choke. Willie repeatedly yelled, “Mama, baby!” and flapped his wings