No more room: Economic conditions are compounding the chronic overcrowding at area animal shelters (The Daily Home)

Local animal shelters are increasingly overcrowded, and economic conditions add to the already high number of animals the shelters take in each month.

Baby joins New Year’s celebration right after midnight (Muskogee Phoenix)

Jesus Angel Garcia wasted no time helping his family ring in 2009. While revelers in other parts of Muskogee popped firecrackers, toasted and kissed in the new year, the 7-pound, 18-inch, black-haired newborn arrived at Muskogee Regional Medical Center at 12:02 a.m. Thursday.

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BELOVED PETS EVERLASTING? ARE CLONED PETS THE REAL THING? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

BC-CALIF-CLONE-KING-ART-1050&ADD-NYT BELOVED PETS EVERLASTING? ARE CLONED PETS THE REAL THING? By ERIC KONIGSBERG (Eds: Some honorifics were retained for clarity.) (ART ADV: Photos NYT 8-9 are being sent to NYT photo clients.

Goldens wrap around your heart (The Danville Commercial-News)

Richard Riggle and his wife, Susy, have been raising goldens for 13 years at their Lickskillet Kennel just east of Georgetown.