Couple offers 10K for runaway dog

CINCINNATI -- One little doggie is safely back home and the man who brought it back is a lot richer.

Joni Statzer and her husband, Kevin, of suburban Whitewater Township, paid a $10,000 reward to Adam Hoffrogge, who found their runaway dog.

The Statzers thought their 1-year-old Parson Russell terrier had been stolen after she wandered away from their home Saturday.

The couple was especially worried because of their dog's three-week-old litter of four ailing puppies, which they said could die without their mother. The puppies were being treated for an enzyme deficiency.

The Statzers searched for days and posted signs offering the reward.

Finally, Hoffrogge, 22, contacted them Thursday.

Hoffrogge told the couple he had picked up Winnie on Saturday after two cars nearly hit her.

Joni Statzer said she was glad to pay Hoffrogge the reward.

"Every human can relate to the love you feel with a pet you're close to," she said. "That's the most human feeling of all -- love. And to have that loss, and then have the return of Winnie -- it's a fairy-tale ending."

Raging bull heads for upscale mall

The Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY -- No bull was better named.

A rodeo bull named Fear Factor wasn't done bucking after ditching his rider Wednesday in the Delta Center. The animal escaped a holding pen and bolted for the streets, surprising late-night visitors to the Gateway Center, an upscale shopping center across the street from the arena.

The bull destroyed a table at an outdoor cafe after jumping down a 6-foot ledge, but there were no injuries.

"He's bigger than I was," said arena security guard Sharon Rudd. "We were trying to close the gate, but we weren't fast enough."

The bull's public rampage lasted only a few minutes before he was lassoed and returned to the rodeo.