HURRICANE WHAT'S ITS NAME

Misty Correy of Fullerton, Calif., lost her Siberian husky, Jewel, seven years ago.


After the dog was gone three months, the family figured Jewel was not going to return and they got a yellow Labrador retriever they named Jade. Last month, the Correys got a call from Humane Society officials in Yuma who said the microchip in Jewel allowed them to trace the dog back to the family.


They were ecstatic, and Correy's daughter, Breezy, and her older brother (whose name was probably Smog) drove 14 hours to get Jewel. When they got home the dog acted like she had never left.



There was only one problem ... Jade wasn't going to let Jewel shine in his goldmine, and they have been fighting since they met.

Moral of the story? Corny names can be a family Jewel.


OK, here's your weekend laugh:
Ten men and one woman were hanging on a rope under a helicopter and the rope wasn't strong enough to carry them all. So they decided one had to leave, otherwise they all were going to fall.

The men were unable to decide who should let go, so the woman, in a touching speech, said she would volunteer to let go because she was used to giving up everything for her husband, kids and men in general, and also was used to always making sacrifices with little in return.

As soon as she finished her impassioned speech, all the men started clapping.

ON THIN ICE

It's "what goes around, comes around" at its best.

Harp seal hunters are stranded in the ice off Newfoundland's northeast coast.


Right now, Canadian coast guard icebreakers are battling to free the nearly 100 sealing vessels that have been trapped there since last week. Some of the hunters had to flee their ships to keep from being crushed by the shifting icebergs.

Gee, too bad.

Too bad the seal murderers couldn't be taken out in the same manner they eliminate their helpless victims ... with a hooked club to the head.

But then again, that's too humane for them.


The good news is their dire situation may have saved 60,000 baby seals from being clubbed to death.

Don't buy coats made with seal fur and boycott Canadian seafood. To show your support for a seal-hunt ban and to help stop the slaughter, go to International Fund for Animal Welfare, Harpseals.org or the Humane Society of the United State for more information. (AP photos)