Michael Vick is now a bird of a different feather. ESPN is reporting that the Philadelphia Eagles have signed the former Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl quarterback to a two-year deal. Vick's agent, Joel Segal, confirmed the signing to ESPN.

A 90-year-old former German army officer was convicted of murder Tuesday over the killings of Italian civilians during World War II, and sentenced to life in prison. The Munich state court convicted Josef Scheungraber on 10 counts of

Christian activists who work on the North Korean border believe two American television reporters may have blundered into a trap when they were detained in March and say their arrests led to a crackdown on refugees. The pair, Laura

Officials in Kissimmee, Fla., blocked an effort to add "In God We Trust" to the city logo, saying the campaign brought too much negative attention -- but a city commissioner vows to fight it. Commissioner Art Otero proposed the idea

Anything goes when it comes to South Canterbury people naming their pets. A recent story on Stuff.co.nz concluded that there were just two rules to follow in naming your new moggy or man's best friend rule number one was to avoid

Every morning for 13 days, an upset Matariki Ngarimu would wake and ask her mum where her stolen dog was. Now when she wakes in her Gisborne home, Matariki cuddles her dog she has been reunited with him after gang members said

Even Orana Wildlife Park's latest arrivals cannot escape the winter flu jab. The two eldest of the five male lion cubs yesterday were inoculated against feline influenza by veterinarian Dave Martin. The cubs are the result of a breeding

For the first time in five years, staff at Orana Wildlife Park are celebrating the arrival of lion cubs. The five male cubs, the result of a successful breeding programme started in December last year, are being kept away from the public

A traumatised gorilla who carried around her dead baby's body for several days in a German zoo last year has given birth again - and this time her offspring is healthy. Twelve-year-old Gana's very public mourning for her last

Pakistan's Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed Friday -- a severe blow to extremists threatening the stability of this nuclear-armed nation and a possible boost to U.S.-Pakistani cooperation in fighting