A woman managed to escape from a house fire in the nick of time, thanks to the warning from her dog. Cathy Minnig of Eagan, Minn. was exercising on the treadmill located at the basement of her home Wednesday, noticed her Labrador puppy, Riley, jumping up and down the couch, and acting in an unusual manner. Minnig, who was listening to her iPod during the time, took of her headphones to hear the sounds of fire alarms.

A 14-year-old area girl twice found rocks rather than rock-and-roll when purchasing an iPod at local Target stores. Regan Ritter discovered the rock-filled iPod packaging after seeking to buy the digital media device for her birthday. At Forth Worth, Ritter used her mom's $350 Target credit card. After returning it, the store offered a credit at a Grand Prairie Target. At the Grand Prairie store, Ritter and her mom opened an iPod video package in front of store personnel and again found a package full of rocks.

If you're not enjoying your toilet time, a leading U. S. plumbing company has the solution. Roto-Rooter, an Ohio-based plumbing and draining service company, has brought all the latest technological gadgets right to the toilet. Roto-Rooter will be giving one lucky person a Pimped Out John - a luxurious potty that comes with a 20-inch flat-panel LCD TV, an X-box 360 gaming system, a DVD player with a Star Wars DVD, a refrigerator stocked with drinks and snacks and an electric cup warmer/cooler, to name a few of the toilet's accouterments. The Pimped Out John also provides an iPod with its stereo docking station equipped with a must-have toilet paper dispenser.

Castle Rock, CO (AHN)-Jason Bunch was mowing the lawn and listening to his iPod at his home in Castle Rock, Colorado on Sunday when he was suddenly struck by lightning Bunch, a High School senior who was taken to the hospital and then put into the intensive care unit, says, "I woke up and blood was coming out my ears. "

Foo Fighter frontman Dave Grohl has a sent a message of support to two Australian gold miners who have been stuck underground for days, inviting them for a beer once they are rescued. Grohl, who was once a former drummer with grunge group Nirvana, sent a fax to the miners in Australia after one of them requested to listen to his music on an iPod through a food chute while waiting to be rescued.