105 Year Old becomes a Citizen

José Temprana was born in 1901 in Cuba. In 1964, he was accused of smuggling weapons to help the insurgency. He was convicted and sent to jail for 30 years.

At 93 years old, Temprana was released from jail. He decided to apply for humanitarian visa to the United States. It was excepted and Temprana moved to Miami.

Temprana is now 105 years old. On his third attempt he became a United States citizen. According to Temprana, "I've wanted for... it since I was eight or 10 years old."

The Chung's have alot of Friends

The Chung family has found out they have a lot of friends. You may remember that the Chung's were sued by Judge Roy Pearson $454 million. The family lost a lot of work time and money during this period. In the end, the Chung's won the case. However, a now owe $100,000 in legal costs.

The American Tort Reform Association decided to help out the Chung's. They held a fundraiser in which 150 people attended. The pants that caused so much trouble were on display for all to see. They collected $64,000 to help pay for the Chung's legal costs.

The Chung's have filed a motion to have Pearson pay their legal fees. If that is successful, the money collected at the fundraiser will be given to charity.

Going to the Show...in Israel

When Travis Zier was a young boy he wanted to be a major-league baseball player. As a San Francisco native his hero was Will Clark. Zier's dream is about to come true only not exactly as he planned.

Zier is going to be playing baseball in Israel. The 22 year-old has been selected to play in the Israel baseball league. He'll even get his own baseball card printed both in English and Hebrew. Team rosters are filled with college players and minor leaguers as well as Israelis.

The young pitcher had a pretty good baseball career in college. Although this isn't the big leagues, he'll be getting a great experience. It's the pros and he's happy to be a part of it.

Lost Dog Back Home After Three Years

Three years ago, the Garcia family of Homestead, Florida lost their dog. While his owner was running errands, he jumped out of the truck and was never found.

Imagine the family surprise when Miami-Dade animal control called to tell them that they had found her dog. They were able to identify the dog and locate the family because of his microchip implant.

The dog was limping and thin. No one knows where the boxer is then all this time. The Garcías are sure glad he's back home.

Yaderlin Jimenez Gets a Break from Homeland Security

Yaderlin Hiraldo Jimenez won't be deported to the Dominican Republic afterall. The Department of Homeland Security has closed her deportation case. This was after Senator John Kerry took up the case and worked on her behalf.

Jimenez came to the US illegally in 2001. She got married to Army Spec. Alex Jimenez in 2004. That's when the INS found out about her. When Jimenez applied for a green card, a red light went up and deportation proceedings began.

In May 2007, her husband went missing in Iraq. He is one of three soldiers who were kidnapped. One was found dead in a river. The other two are now listed as "missing/captured". Their whereabouts are unknown.

Showing a little bit of humanity and compassion, the government has dropped her case. They've decided to give her a break and allow her to apply for legal status. I think losing her husband is sacrifice enough for her new country.

Happy 4th of July

Wish everyone a very happy Independence Day!

Mayoral Candidates Go Homeless

Four candidates for mayor in Nashville, Tennessee took on a challenge. Each would be homeless for 24 hours. They'd have to live on the street and they couldn't go home.

The National Coalition for the Homeless set up the challenge. They done similar things like this for the last 25 years.

It was really an eye opener to what the homeless go through. No food, no bathroom, no bed. One candidate tried to sleep on the cold cement. Others just wandered around all night long.

Karl Dean, one of the candidates, noted "I was struck by the number of people I saw sleeping in downtown Nashville. There's no simple answer, but we've got to do something."

Let's hope the experience gives them some creative ideas on how to solve the homeless problem.

Orphan's Reunited

Lynn Ackinclose, 58, left England 18 years ago. She's been living in Perth, Australia. She'd been orphaned as a child and didn't think she'd ever see her siblings again.

James Parry, 61, is the president of the Hudson Coronation Street Appreciation Society. He lives in Canada. He was quite surprised when he was contacted by Lynn's husband. Her husband is interested in genealogy. He found articles written by James Parry and wondered if it was Lynn's brother.

Lynn and James's mother died when they were children. They lived for a time an orphanage in northeast England. At 16 they went their separate ways.

James found their other sister five years ago. He had no idea where Lynn was. Now because of his articles it had a reunion. Two of their sisters are still missing.