A woman who was kidnapped on Mother's Day weekend in 1976 when she was 21 months old has just reunited with the mother she thought had passed away long ago. The mother of the woman, Laura Gooder, had never given up searching for her child, who was kidnapped by her ex-husband and her child's father, Eric Douglas Nielson.

Pet owners now cite emotional support as a reason to bring pets to restaurants, spas, airplanes, offices and other public areas. Dog vests brandishing the words "service animal" and wallet-size cards explaining the rights of a support-dog owner are available over the Internet, says The New York Times.

A three-year-old boy has shot a man dead in California, the AP reports. The toddler on Wednesday used a . 38-caliber weapon to shoot Luis Fernando Zepeda-Silva, a Guatemala immigrant who recently arrived in the U. S. Police reports say the boy found the revolver in the bedroom when his mother was feeding his one-year-old sister. His two aunts were playing cards when he moved into the living room playing with the weapon.

Vicars in northern England are offering a service to people moving into new homes in an attempt to attract more people to the church - free home blessing. Rev. Chris Painter, a vicar in the diocese of Manchester, says, "For a large part of the church's history, people have come into the church building. Nowadays people tend not to come into church so we need to find new ways to meet people. "

A Chicago mayor is under the microscope after he used city funds at a strip club. Reportedly, New Lenox Mayor Mike Smith has admitted using the card to pay a tab at VIP's nightclub.