Man needs $20,000 to get dog back from ex-girlfriend

NEW YORK: A recently split-up US man is so desperate to get his dog back from his ex that he's gone online to ask for $20,000 to pay the legal fees on top of the $30,000 he's already blown.

"Knuckles was kidnapped by my ex-girlfriend and the legal fees to retrieve him are going to bankrupt me," New Yorker Craig Dershowitz said on the crowd-funding site indiegogo.com.

Mr Dershowitz accuses his former companion of absconding to California with a dog he loves so much he considers it a "son."

"The bond is as strong as between a child and parent," he said in his plea for help.

He said he's already spent $30,000, but because his ex "is filing frivolous motion after frivolous motion," he's no closer to getting custody.

To attract donors on the site, he offers rewards ranging from a "virtual smooch" for those giving $10, to free entry at a nightclub where he is a doorman for those paying $100, and a graffiti mural for those ready to give $10,000.

The fund raising drive has a month to go. In the last seven days, he's raised $881. (AFP)

Ambulance That Carried Body of John F. Kennedy Sold for $120,000 !!!

An ambulance said to have carried the body of US President John F. Kennedy’s body after his assassination has been sold at auction.

Despite claims that the 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance is not the actual vehicle that was involved in the historical event in 1963, it was sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., for $120,000.That price is much less than the estimated $1 million the car was expected to fetch. The value dropped after a car conservator society raised questions about its authenticity.A car collector from Paradise Valley, Ariz., named Addison Brown, who bought the ambulance says she trusts that the car is as advertised and feels fortunate to own it.“There is absolutely no doubt in my mind,” Brown told reporters following the weekend sale. “If they couldn’t find a flaw, nobody will.”Although Brown is not sure what she plans to do with the ambulance, she says she may ask the Smithsonian if it is interested in displaying it.


“It belongs somewhere people can see it and experience it,” Brown said.