Dumped or destroyed: grim future for many a puppy in the window (Muswellbrook Chronicle)

IT WOULD be a hard heart that could resist the sight of puppies tumbling over one another in a pet shop window.

Air Bud (WTAJ-TV Altoona)

Twelve year-old Josh Framm (Devin Zegers) moves with his family to the sleepy town of Fernfield, Washington. The new kid on the block, Josh has no friends and is too shy to try out for the school basketball team.

Dogs shot; sheriff's dept. investigates (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

CHARLESTON — The Coles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the shooting of two dogs in Morgan Township north of Charleston Tuesday morning.

Former wards challenge attorneys’ fees w/ copy of lawsuit (The Joplin Globe)

Some former wards of Rita Hunter, who until Wednesday was Jasper County’s public administrator, have filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of taking money from their estates to pay attorneys for the county office.

Marley & Me (2008) (New York Times)

"Marley & Me": Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston with one of the 22 dogs that shared a role. The film opened Christmas Day nationwide.