Toy Poodle Saves Family From House Fire
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A family escaped a fire that destroyed their home thanks to their toy poodle, Teddy...
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PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - Shirley Tompkins and her husband Bob began helping a wounded fox last winter. Now a second also is showing up at their trailer. "A little red fox showed up last February with a broken front left leg, walking on three legs," Shirley Tompkins said.
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By Louis Galvan, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 8--As flames devoured a Calwa home early Wednesday and rescuers tried to break through security bars blocking windows and doors, neighbors could hear the cries of a little girl trapped inside.  "She was shouting, 'Mommy, Mommy.
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A two-year-old boy was yesterday rescued from underneath rubble four days after he, his sister and mother were buried in their car by a landslide set off by an earthquake in north-west Japan.
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If toys are on your holiday gift list, it&#39;s always great to be the one who gives the best toy. Don&#39;t forget about safety. Just because a toy is on the store shelf doesn&#39;t mean it&#39;s safe.
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Dec. 10--Heating appliances and holiday decorations are just a couple of the reasons the winter months can be a busy time for firefighters.
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Jamon Carver, 13, throws snowballs at a house fire during a firefighting exercise for the North View Fire Department in Pleasant View, Weber County, Saturday. Firefighters set the blaze by lighting several old Christmas trees inside the house.
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The fire gutted a four-story home in the Highbridge neighborhood that two families shared, fire officials said.
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RICHLAND, Wash. - Leana Beasley has faith that a dog is man's best friend. Faith, a 4-year-old Rottweiler, phoned 911 when Beasley fell out of her wheelchair and barked urgently into the receiver until a dispatcher sent help. Then the service dog unlocked the front door for the police officer.
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Following the pet food scare this year, and a spate of childrenâs toy recalls, pet owners have been stepping forward to ask: How safe are pet toys?
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PLYMOUTH, Wis. - Firefighters used a harness and a tow truck to pull a donkey from an old well Friday after it fell 15 feet. The rescue happened about an hour and a half after the fire department responded to a 10 a.m. call to the home of Francis and Karee Abbott, Fire Chief Ron Nicolaus said.
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 5--Firefighters extinguished a single-alarm house fire this morning, a Contra Costa Fire Protection District dispatcher said.   The fire began just before 5 a.m. in the 12200 block of Byron Highway, the dispatcher said.
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The fire broke out in a four-story, multiple-family home in the Highbridge neighborhood, officials said.
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A family of four are rescued from a chip pan fire at their home in Ballymoney, County Antrim.
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Five people including two children are in hospital and one is unaccounted for following a house fire.
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A week-old baby is in hospital and a family left homeless after a fire at their house in Londonderry.
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SAGLE, Idaho - Bad dog. Charlie the black lab is in trouble after driving his owner's car into the Pend Oreille River. Owner Mark Ewing had just returned home from picking up a pizza Wednesday evening.