A good deed has come back to haunt a formerly homeless northern New Jersey man.

James Brady found $850 on a Hackensack pavement last April and turned it in to police.

Mr Brady was awarded the money six months later after no one contacted police during the required waiting period.

Now, The Record reports that Mr Brady has been denied General Assistance and Medicaid benefits by the Hackensack Human Services Department until December 31 because he failed to report the money as new income he received.

The director of human services told the newspaper they are just following the rules.

Mr Brady was homeless when he found the money but has since found housing. (PA)

Kalashnikov in hospital

The 94-year-old designer of the AK-47 assault rifle has been admitted to hospital in Russia, officials said yesterday.

The health department of Udmurtia said Mikhail Kalashnikov is in an emergency unit.

It said he was rushed to hospital on Sunday, but did not elaborate on his condition.

Mr Kalashnikov spent two weeks at a local cardiology clinic in May and was later flown to Moscow for further treatment.

The AK-47 is the world’s most popular firearm with an estimated 100 million spread worldwide. Its name stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova, or Kalashnikov’s automatic, and the year it went into production. Mr Kalashnikov continued working at least into his 80s as chief designer at the plant that first built the AK-47. (AP)

Animal welfare on toy rescue

Animal welfare officers were called to rescue a dog which had been hit by a car, only to discover it was a stuffed toy.

The Scottish SPCA went to the scene after a member of the public reported that a black and white collie was lying at the side of Hillington Road in Glasgow.

When animal rescue officer Kerry Friel arrived she found a large stuffed toy dog at the roadside instead.

“The toy was large and quite lifelike so I can understand why the person thought this was an animal in need of our help.

“We do occasionally receive call-outs of this nature from people with genuine concerns for animals, only to find a toy or ornament.” (PA)

McCartney’s amiable gesture

Sir Paul McCartney has welcomed families who were forced to leave their homes as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to a concert in Tokyo.

The musician invited 10 people who had been displaced by the meltdown at the Japanese power plant, which occurred as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in the region two-and-a-half years ago.

Sir Paul invited the group, including a couple in their 50s, a 30-year-old man and his 20-year-old niece from the evacuation area to a performance at the Tokyo Dome, which was part of his Out There tour.

He met them, shaking hands and giving words of encouragement as he listened to their stories. (AP)

Mysterious musical score

Historians are trying to trace the mysterious author of an 18th century music album that has been discovered in a library archive.

The untitled, leather-bound songbook was found by an archivist sorting through a catalogue of collections in the Watt Library in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland.

The inside cover is signed by a Hugh Cameron and dated 1709 and it also contains poems, a book list and reli-gious writings. (PA)