In her computer-generated image, she is the picture of innocence: a 4-year-old girl with long brown hair, chubby cheeks and expressive brown eyes.

Residents of a Montana mining town will have their day in court today to see a major chemical company accused of poisoning their homes and schools with asbestos.

If cats have nine lives, one tabby in the US has definitely used one up. The house cat survived being locked in a cage, thrown off a bridge and then stranded in an icy puddle of river slush.