Pet squirrel thwarts burglary attempt

MERIDIAN, Idaho -- A pet squirrel named Joey prevented a burglary attempt in Idaho last week by scratching the teen suspect when he tried to break into a gun safe, police said. The unidentified teenager told officers the squirrel's attack "scared him, obviously, because he wasn't expecting to have, you know, a squirrel come flying out of nowhere at him," said officer Ashley Turner of the police department in Meridian, a Boise suburb...