Stolen checks out-travel victim

By Kim Christensen

LOS ANGELES - I've never set foot in a PetSmart and haven't owned a critter since my family's beloved boxer, Archie, slobbered off this mortal coil sometime during the Nixon years.

So that $38.28 payment to the pet store jumped off the screen as I did my online banking a few Saturdays ago.

There, on the signature line of Check No. 3512's electronic image, was a big, flowery, cursive rendition of "Kim Christensen.