Dog Insurance: 24 September 2005

Man Missing Dog Gets Ransom Note, Something Extra Colorado Man Can't Afford Price
DENVER -- The owner of a missing dog in Evans, Colo., said he has received a ransom note that threatens to kill his pet if he doesn't pay $100. The note came in a bag of dog excrement, owner Kelley Borland told television station KMGH.
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Dog killing case gains worldwide attention
BOULDER John Russell Howald, 30, of Butte, who is charged with killing and beheading a dog Sept. 3 near Bernice, entered not guilty pleas to all seven charges against him in his initial court appearance in Boulder, Wednesday.
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Buster a serious dog star
Buster is one chocolate Lab that loves being airborne. The four-year-old Milwaukee dog took fourth place in the Dock Dogs Big Air long-jumping competition at the Ducks Unlimited Great Outdoors Festival last month in Oshkosh.
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Broker gets 10 years in $79M scam
An ex-insurance broker who claims he is penniless was sentenced on Friday in Morristown to 10 years in prison for scamming five insurance companies out of $78.8 million over five years.
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