"Scamp"sits with his owner, Reta McKinley of Yelm, Wash. during a visit to the Lacey Animal Clinic on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 in Lacey,Wash.. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Tony Overman)
YELM, Wash. (AP) — If Scamp the dog was living up to his name by playing a trick on his owners, a grandmother in Washington isn't laughing.
Reta
McKinlay thought her grandchildren's puppy died after it escaped
through a fence at her Yelm home and was hit by a car. The terrier-Shih
Tzu mix was bleeding, his eyes fixed. He wasn't breathing.
McKinlay
told The Olympian her husband wrapped him in a
blanket on Dec. 3 and left him under a wheelbarrow to keep animals away.
They prepared to bury him the next morning.
She told her 6-year-old twin grandchildren that Scamp had gone to heaven.
But when her husband returned, Scamp was sitting up.
The family has spent $3,000 on veterinary bills since. McKinlay says Scamp's return is the family's Christmas present.
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One of 10 defendants charged in a sports-bribery ring involving the University of San Diego men's basketball team pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to conspiracy to conduct sports bribery
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Nearly a year after a top drug cartel lieutenant was arrested in Mexico, the U.S.-born man is back on American soil to face federal racketeering and drug charges, according to federal prosecutors.
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An ex-con who admitted involvement in a series of burglaries at local day spas, salons and beauty supply businesses is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday at the downtown courthouse.
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The 1.75 million camouflage Huggies diapers donated by Kimberly-Clark this week will be distributed to military families Thursday.
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A 37-year-old Mexican bus driver was in custody in downtown San Diego Thursday on suspicion of trying to smuggle 700 pounds of marijuana into the United States via the San Ysidro Port of Entry, authorities said.
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Union janitors are expected to gather in Del Mar Thursday for a march and protest rally against commercial real estate company Kilroy Realty.
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"Scamp"sits with his owner, Reta McKinley of Yelm, Wash. during a visit to the Lacey Animal Clinic on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 in Lacey,Wash.. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Tony Overman)
