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South Korea's navy rescued a North Korean soldier found in the waters off the west coast and authorities were questioning him over whether he had been spying, an official said Monday.
The mother of former major league pitcher Victor Zambrano was rescued after a three-day kidnapping ordeal, Venezuelan authorities said on Wednesday.
A climber who tumbled more than 1,500 feet down Mount Shasta escaped with only a broken hip, authorities said Monday.
Rescue workers Sunday safely pulled out three coal miners in northern China who were trapped underground for eight days after a shaft collapsed.
Three Texas fishermen who spent eight days stranded in the Gulf of Mexico atop their capsized boat endured hunger, blistering heat, scares from sharks and hallucinations, but they never gave up hope they'd be rescued.
A New Yorker convicted of animal cruelty has received three years of probation for running what a prosecutor called a "zoo from hell."
Police say a developmentally disabled Dallas woman who was rescued from the back of a locked box truck had been beaten and left for more than an hour in 100-degree heat.
Blewett the black Labrador retriever knows what it's like to need a little help. For nearly a week last March, the lost dog barked for attention on Washington's Blewett Pass, capturing the hearts of dozens of travelers who fed him and tried unsuccessfully to catch him. After he was finally captured, Jay and Janie Smith of Plain, Wash., gave him a home.
A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty.
Operators of Alaska's largest ski resort are taking the rare step of billing a 19-year-old skier for the cost of rescuing him after he was badly hurt striking a tree in an off-limits area.
An experienced South Korean mountain climber was caught in an avalanche on Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome and was stranded overnight with a broken leg on the granite monolith before he was rescued Tuesday.
"Sam" the koala, the most famous furry survivor of Australia's worst-ever wildfires, is healing well thanks to the efforts of caretakers at a rescue shelter — and she even has a new boyfriend, "Bob."
A lift had to be used to rescue a cat from atop a 6-story concrete support pillar for a Houston elevated freeway. The striped gray kitty could be heard meowing Wednesday after the Houston SPCA retrieved the cat and put the animal in a transport cage.
Mexican officials say they have rescued 79 kidnapped migrants from a house in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued 2,300 endangered lizards headed for restaurants that offer exotic meat, an official said Tuesday.
Berlin officials said they have rescued 1,500 parakeets from a two-room apartment. City veterinarian Margit Platzer said the birds were flying freely around the apartment, which was "littered with feces, feathers and leftover food." Platzer said it took her team more than seven hours on Tuesday to catch all the birds with nets.
Five migrants rescued after 15 days lost at sea ate their dead comrades to stay alive, a Dominican official said Sunday.
For four hours the two roommates trudged through crashing waves and deadly currents to escape their island community. He, clinging to a neighbor's small boy. She, helping an elderly couple. Four hours for this caravan of the desperate to go just four miles. And that was before the eye of Hurricane Ike had even reached the shore.
The longtime owner of a Parkersburg-area dog kennel has surrendered her approximately 1,000 dogs to humane officials after authorities executed a search warrant on the property over the weekend.
Mexican officials say soldiers have rescued 25 Central Americans kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
How many cheerleaders can cram into an elevator? Apparently not 26. A group of teenage girls attending a cheerleading camp on the University of Texas got stuck and had to be rescued after trying to squeeze into an elevator at a residence hall Tuesday night.
Investigators and animal welfare activists have rescued 18 dogs from the butcher's knife in the northern Philippines, using a new law against the illegal meat trade, an official said Thursday.
Dean Ririe had a fish on the line, then made one wrong step that led to a terrifying night trapped up to his waist in a frigid mountain stream.
A helicopter rescued nine young hikers Monday who were trapped overnight on a ledge above a rain-swollen creek.
A 12-year-old boy climbed hundreds of feet down into a crevice in a mountain gorge in western Nepal on Wednesday to rescue a 2-year-old girl who had fallen in 22 hours earlier, officials said.
Tangled bucks freed by several passersby- The end could have been a decidedly ignoble one for the eight- and 10-point bucks Roman Haas came across a few days before the opening of the gun deer season - even more ignoble than having their heads mounted on a den wall.
Men Rescued After Two Months Adrift in Pacific Ocean"Seven Papua New Guinean men have been rescued after spending more than two months adrift in the Pacific Ocean."
Highway 880 Crash Erupts Into Fireball A driver was pulled from a fiery hit-and-run van crash on Highway 880 early Wednesday, just moments before the vehicle erupted into a fireball that slowed the morning commute, authorities said.
Man Rescues Woman From Car Submerged in Pond"A man was hailed as a hero after he dove into a chilly retention pond to save an injured woman" on Monday, November 2, 2009.
Rescued Horses Find New Start at Kentucky Horse ParkSome unwanted horses are being cared for at the Kentucky Horse Park.
6 Puppies Rescued from Storm Drain in ParamountSix 3-week old puppies have been reunited with their mother after being rescued from a storm drain in Paramount.
Stranger saves boy from burning building in the Bronx A young boy in the Bronx is alive thanks to a stranger who pulled him from a burning building. The man rescued the boy and carried him wrapped in a curtain down the fire escape. The Good Samaritan who helped rescued the boy is Horia Cretan.
South Milwaukee Dog: Loyal dog found next to dead owner in South Milwaukee -In a quiet South Milwaukee neighborhood no one noticed things at this house were a little too quiet.
8-year-old Stops Home Invasion"An eight-year-old girl helped rescue her family from two suspects" on Sunday, September 13, 2009.
Man's ferry flap sends wife, kids and dog plunging into riverA man's family plummeted into the Main River in their car on Thursday evening after a misunderstanding caused his wife to back off of a ferry, police said on Friday.
Charlestown East Beach Incident Police RespondingA 17-year-old Connecticut boy is safe, after he was buried in sand for two hours at East Beach Tuesday night.
8 Puppies Found Abandoned In Plastic Box - Several puppies are being nursed back to health after being found trapped inside a sealed container in the sweltering heat.
Sick thugs set fire to puppy's tail AN ANIMAL charity has condemned as 'barbaric' the treatment of a puppy, which was set on fire, and a kitten, which was thrown from a car window.
Boy clings to toy after being swept down riverA three-year-old boy clung to a plastic toy for almost two hours before being rescued after being swept 12 kilometres down a northern B.C. river early Sunday.
Climber Rescued After 5 Days In Cave - After a man was stranded for five days and four nights in a cave, a helicopter airlifted him off Mount Terror in Whatcom County on Thursday. Jason Schilling wasn't hurt, but couldn't be rescued any sooner due to weather.
50 Brits rescued from sinking boat after jet-ski ploughs into the side Scores of British tourists had to be rescued from a sinking wooden boat after a jet-ski rammed into its side leaving a gaping hole. The accident happened a quarter-of-a-mile out to sea from the popular Mediterranean resort of Marmaris, Turkey.
'Miracle' budgie found floating half a mile out to sea survives A budgie had a lucky escape after it was found by a diver barely alive and floating - half a mile out to sea off the coast of Brixham in Devon.
I was at work one day, and a group of co-workers had saved a littler of Red Nose Pit bull puppies...along with a littler of brindle colored older pit bull puppies, I was asked to take one of the puppies home...I said no...After all I had never had a large dog in the house and I d …
RCMP Rescue 84-year-old Man Trapped in Well 4 DaysA "man was trapped in a dry well shaft . . . for four days before being rescued" on June 24, 2009.
Rescued puppies up for adoption today in Hillsborough County | abcactionnews.comNearly 50 people were lined up Thursday morning for a chance to adopt 23 dogs recently seized in two Hillsborough puppy mill operations.
Puppy survives after boy accidentally flushes him down the toilet while 'washing' him | Mail OnlineA week-old puppy was recovering today after he was accidentally flushed down the toilet. The tiny cocker spaniel was trapped in a waste pipe for nearly four hours after Daniel Blair, four, decided he 'needed a wash' and put him in a toilet before pulling the chain.
Week-old puppy flushed down lavatory A week-old puppy was trapped in a waste pipe for almost four hours after he was flushed down the lavatory.
2 men missing in sailboat found after departing CatalinaA daylong search for two inexperienced sailors who were reported missing after leaving Catalina Island was called off late Monday with a happy ending.
Croatian ambassador helped injured European Commission employeeA Croatian Minister has been hailed as a hero after he braved electrocution to rescue an injured man zapped by a high-voltage blast.
'Feral' child barks and hisses after being raised as a pet A "feral" five-year-old girl who hisses and barks after being forced by her family to live as one of their many pets has been rescued from a home in far eastern Russia.
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