“PHOENIX, Arizona — A hefty bystander at a road accident in southern Arizona heaved a car clean off a trapped teenage cyclist, possibly saving his life, police said on Friday.

Eighteen-year-old Kyle Holtrust was struck by a car as he pedaled along a Tucson highway late on Wednesday and pinned beneath it, city police said.

Tucson paintshop worker Tom Boyle grabbed the Chevrolet Camaro car and lifted it, allowing the driver to haul the injured cyclist clear.

‘He lifted that side of the car completely off the ground,’ police spokesman Frank Amado told Reuters by telephone.” (Reuters)

“A British woman has been ordered by police to take down a sign on her garden gate which read ‘Our dogs are fed on Jehovah’s Witnesses.’

Janet Grove, who owns a terrier puppy called Rabbit, insisted the sign was a gentle joke to discourage callers at her front door.

Her late husband put the sign up more than 30 years ago when members of the church called at their house on Christmas Day.

But police were forced to act after receiving a complaint.

‘We were informed by a member of the public who found the sign to be distressing, offensive and inappropriate,’ a police spokesman said.” (Reuters)

UN rights body urges D.C. vote in Congress: “The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Friday urged U.S. lawmakers to give the District of Columbia a voting member of Congress, saying the lack of such representation appeared inconsistent with international law.” (Reuters)