Colorado boy, 12, dies during rodeo competition after being thrown, stomped on chest by bull

September 30th, 2009 1,400-pound bull drags officers down NJ streetPATERSON, N.J. — Police say a 1,400-pound bull that escaped from a northern New Jersey slaughterhouse dragged officers with a lasso down a street and ran 10 blocks before being captured and sedated.

September 19th, 2009 Dog leaps out window during NY robbery, hangs selfNEW YORK — New York City police say two men escaped a gang of armed robbers by jumping out a second-story window, but a pit bull died after he leaped after his owner and hanged himself from his chain. Police say the pit bull had been chained up in the Bronx living room early Friday when three armed men broke down the door.

September 3rd, 2009 Utah officers use Tasers to subdue escaped bullSOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Police in South Jordan had to use Tasers to tame a bull that escaped from its owner and knocked over an 80-year-old man. South Jordan police Lt.

August 24th, 2009 Former Idaho researcher who cloned mule diesBOISE, Idaho — Gordon Woods, a veterinary scientist who helped create the world's first cloned mule, has died at the age of 57. Dell Rae Moellenberg, a spokeswoman at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., where Woods was a professor, says Woods passed away unexpectedly Thursday.

July 22nd, 2009 Thriving rodeos seem to have recession roped, tiedMESQUITE, Texas — A few steps into the air-conditioned Mesquite Rodeo is all it takes to feel the relief. Cool air. Cheap prices.

July 19th, 2009 Rodeos holding tight during economic recessionCHEYENNE, Wyo. — As they ride out the economic recession, some American rodeos are bucking the hard times while others are sitting on the fence.

July 12th, 2009 4 runners gored in Pamplona's bull-runningPAMPLONA, Spain — Bulls gored four runners, seriously injuring two of them, during a packed running of the bulls on the sixth day of the San Fermin festival on Sunday. One man, a Pamplona resident, was caught in the chest and legs when a large bull became separated from the pack on the slippery cobblestone streets leading to the bullring.

July 11th, 2009 5 hurt in latest Pamplona bull runPAMPLONA, Spain — A packed running of the bulls swollen by weekend crowds at Spain's San Fermin festival left five people with minor injuries Saturday, but there were no gorings the day after the first fatality for 14 years. One man had a lucky escape when he confronted a lone bull that had broken away from the pack after a fall but he was only rolled on the ground and not caught by its horns.

July 10th, 2009 1 dead at Pamplona bull run; first death since '95PAMPLONA, Spain — A man was gored to death Friday at Pamplona's running of the bulls — the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others were injured in a particularly messy and dangerous chapter of the tradition.

June 30th, 2009 Colorado sheriff's recruit dies in physical testPUEBLO, Colo. — A 34-year-old recruit for a Colorado sheriff's office collapsed and died after the department's physical agility test.

May 1st, 2009 Tom Hicks selling Mesquite RodeoDALLAS — Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks has sold a small part of his sports holdings — the Mesquite Championship Rodeo. Dallas-based Camelot Sports and Entertainment announced Friday that it has purchased the rodeo, which has been in operation more than 50 years and owned by Hicks for 10.

April 29th, 2009 Uehara struck in chest by line driveBALTIMORE — Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara was struck in the chest with a line drive Wednesday and was removed from Baltimore's game against the Los Angeles Angels. The play occurred in the seventh inning.

April 8th, 2009 BERLIN - The 24-year-old owner of a pit bull in Germany was detained after biting a police officer on the hip, the ddp news agency reported Wednesday. The incident occurred after residents in the western German town of Aachen called police saying they were frightened that a pit bull was walking around their houses without a leash and a muzzle.

January 28th, 2009 SYDNEY - A four-year-old child died Thursday after being thrown by her father from Melbourne's highest bridge. Motorists were horrified when a car stopped in the morning rush hour and the girl was flung 50 metres into the Yarra River below.

January 26th, 2009 LONDON - Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue's ad for Agent Provocateur lingerie has been voted the best commercial of all time. Thesun.co.uk reports that in the ad, Minogue is seen writhing on a mechanised rodeo bull in her sexy underwear.