Wayne Arthurs and Jonas Bjorkman, with a combined age of 71, creak into action today with wheelchairs at the ready. Both have struck a powerful blow for Wimbledon’s senior statesmen by setting up this throwback of a third-round tie, but Australia’s Arthurs could be forgiven a certain fragility after he needed a fix of anti-inflammatories just to get here. »
MINUTES tick by, a crowd of onlookers forms around them, but still the two slight figures continue to clutch each other with a vice-like grip. »
Friendships forged during World War II can last a lifetime. Even if two old war buddies are separated by 62 years since last seeing each other. »
UK — AN overjoyed pensioner is celebrating getting her life back today after she was reunited with her beloved scooter. »
A Beaufort, S.C., High School ring stolen 23 years ago has been returned to its owner after a man found it at an auction in Virginia. »
Over the Fourth of July holidays my family was vacationing in Marquette. »
A FORGOTTEN bank account gave one woman a surprise when she was reunited with £1,200 ($2400) she thought she had lost. »
When pensioner Norman Wood hadn’t seen his boyhood pal Ron Rogers since their days fresh out of the Navy, he’d given up all hope of tracking him down. »
A FATHER and daughter met up for the first time in nearly 24 years - thanks to an appeal in the Lancashire Telegraph. »
TWO former RAF servicemen have had a reunion nearly 50 years since they last saw each other. »
Thirty-five years ago the state removed Olga Burgos from her Hispanic birth home and sent her to live with a white foster mother in the suburbs, sparking a landmark federal lawsuit that bore the little girl’s name. »
After nearly 40 years, Jim Setzer and his Metro East high school class ring finally have their reunion. »
Stan Ernst, 78, left his home in Nova Scotia first thing on Saturday morning. »
A “FOOLISHLY brave” army veteran struggled to contain his emotion yesterday when police returned five World War II service medals stolen from his Sydney home during a robbery last month. »
A poignant story with a happy ending… Family members separated nearly 40 years ago have been reunited just in time. »
AFTER nearly 60 years apart, they could be forgiven if they didn’t quite recognise each other. »
Some luck and a “not too bright” robber helped Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police solve a cold case. A case where an elderly woman was knocked to the ground and her purse stolen. »
John “Buzz” Mitchell got his own version of a time capsule this week returned when a wallet he lost 37 years ago was returned. »
A family in Kamas tonight has reason to celebrate. Two little girls recently adopted from Russia are now U.S. citizens. More than that, they are part of a family they had dreamed and prayed for. The family has adopted four siblings and reunited sisters who were separated for years. »
TYKE the Lakeland terrier has been reunited with his owner after the dog spent six days buried in a badger sett. »
Our sons and their families gave me a Mother’s ring for Mother’s Day ‘way back about 1990. The ring was yellow gold and had three stones: a garnet for Ralph’s January birthday; an amethyst for Paul’s birthday in February and an aquamarine for Tim’s birthday in March. »
GODMANCHESTER carpenter and joiner Bob Goodman has been reunited with film of his wedding in Ramsey nearly 40 years ago - but not with his bride, who ran off with another man more than 30 years back. »
Ronald Leung thought he would never see his beloved 1956 Ford Thunderbird again after it was stolen from his auto-repair shop in 1976. »
A silk gown belonging to Maria Callas that was stolen from an exhibition last month at the Italian Cultural Center in Athens arrived back there in an anonymous package last week. »
Austrian authorities returned a Stradivari violin worth at least $2.7 million to its owner Wednesday, more than a week after it was stolen from a safe in the musician‘s apartment. »
The phone call came out of the blue, delivering news about a period of his grandfather’s life that William Gill knew little about. »
The first time U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel John Von Der Brugge was with employees of the University of Kansas Medical Center, it was on the battlefield during the European Theatre in World War II. »
A ring in a toilet is never a good thing — especially when it’s made of diamonds. »
An Uttlesford District Council refuse collector turned good samaritan on spotting photos and a driving licence in a handbag that had been binned. »
James Howard from New Berlin met his biological daughter, Patti Taylor, for the first time in almost 23 years Tuesday at Mitchell International Airport. »