Janet's Back on Tour 10/10/08

At 10 Years-Old, Stump, A Sussex Spaniel, Came Out Of Retirement To Become The Oldest Ever To Win Best In Show. An old Sussex spaniel taught dogdom a new trick. At 10, Stump became the oldest best in show winner ever at the Westminster Kennel Club, coming out of retirement only last week and walking off with the top prize Tuesday night.

Woman In Her 50s, Like Most U.S. H1N1 Victims, Had Multiple Underlying Health Conditions A woman died over the weekend of H1N1 (swine) flu, becoming the New York City''s second victim and the nation''s 11th. The woman, who was in her 50s, had other health conditions, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene spokeswoman Jessica Scaperotti said.

Struggling to emerge from the results of a recession and massive auto industry layoffs, Cleveland became the first major American city to default on its debts since the Great Depression, 30 years ago today. The city owed $15.5 million, mostly to six banks, which stayed open until midnight on Dec. 15, 1978, to

U.N.-backed ban exists, but nations lack facilities, worry about losing ships. Miles from shore in the open Caribbean Sea, cruise ships are dumping ground-up glass, rags and cardboard packaging. But vessels in other waters such as the Baltic and North seas are prohibited from throwing any solid waste overboard other than food scraps.

Big cat's kidneys failed, likely aggravated after it was snared, tranquilized. A rare jaguar that became gravely ill after it was accidentally caught in a snare had to be euthanized, state biologists reported. The jaguar had been outfitted with a tracking collar less than two weeks earlier in the hopes of uncovering the elusive big cat’s secrets.

The Coast Guard ended its search Tuesday for two professional football players and a third man lost at sea, leaving the families to cope