Colorado This article is more than 2 months old‘Miracle dog’ returned to family after staying with owner who died hikingThis article is more than 2 months oldFinney the jack russell terrier had survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner when he died on a mountain hike A faithful dog who survived after spending more than 10 weeks by her owner when he died on a mountain hike is safely back with the rest of her human loved ones – and back on the trails – the family has said.

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How we madePop and rock‘We were at a Whitney Houston concert in LA. I glanced up and saw a shooting star. It felt like a sign from the heavens’ Shannon Rubicam, singer-songwriterWe’d written How Will I Know and I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) for Whitney Houston, so were given tickets when she played the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on her first tour in 1986. After she sang How Will I Know, I glanced up and there was a shooting star in the night sky above the amphitheatre.

AthleticsWorld champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber, 29, dies from medical complicationsBarber, 29, died on Wednesday at home in Kingwood, TexasCanadian native won pole vault world championship in 2015Shawn Barber, the Canadian pole vault record holder and 2015 world champion, has died from medical complications. He was 29. Barber died Wednesday at home in Kingwood, Texas, his agent, Paul Doyle, confirmed to the Associated Press. A cause of death was not yet known.

World newsAfter 52 hours alone in jungle, girl calls to say: 'Hi, dad, see you soon'· Child,12, is sole survivor of plane crash in Panama · Three killed on holiday trip to remote volcanoFor 52 hours Francesca Lewis was alone, her arm and neck broken or fractured, lost in the jungle with no food and lying amid the debris of a plane which had crashed into the side of a remote volcano, killing the three other people on board.