Man Trains Pigs

In Taipei, Taiwan, a farmer brang home 12 wild pigs, and trained them to follow his motor scooter. These pets are can also know the “rules of the road” and can even stop at stoplights.

Many time, these wild pigs have been spotted trotting behind a motor scooter, and recently the Taiwan’s Liberty Times newspaper photographed it.

For the original article gog to this website:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090401/od_nm/us_pigs;_ylt=AqctzT3yr.fExK6CR03rd__tiBIF

Richards will be Wild coach

Todd Richards will be the second coach in Wild history, multiple sources around the NHL tell the Star Tribune.

Sources say an official offer has been made, negotiations are underway and a news conference could come as early as Tuesday to introduce Richards, an assistant with the San Jose Sharks.

Richards, 42, a native of Crystal and a former Gophers defenseman, spent last season in San Jose as Todd McLellan’s assistant. This came after two seasons as the head coach with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where he led the Baby Pens to the Calder Cup Finals in 2008. He was hired to that job by then-Penguins assistant GM and Wilkes Barre GM Chuck Fletcher.

Fletcher is the new Wild general manager.

Richards spent four seasons as an assistant in Milwaukee. The Admirals won one Calder Cup and went to the Finals another year during his tenure.

He won two WCHA titles with the Gophers as a player, a 1991 Calder Cup with Springfield, a 2001 Turner Cup with Orlando (IHL) and a 2002 Swiss-B League title with Servette Geneve. He’s got a track record of winning everywhere he’s been as a player and coach.

Richards is an aggressive, up-tempo coach that fits the style Fletcher wants to play.