If your kids are behaving badly treat them like a dog, says expert (Daily Mail: World News)

Forget the naughty step or cool-off corner - the best way to handle misbehaving toddlers is to treat them like a dog, according to advice from a leading animal charity.

Americans Elect Poodle as Obama's Top Dog (PNN)

Now that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, it's time for him to concentrate on another important selection: family dog. The American Kennel Club announced today that the public has elected a Poodle as their breed of choice for the Obama family.

Personal Finance Daily: We won't let technology tail wag digital dog in our future homes (Market Watch)

Meet the gadget-rich home of the future, learn when to pay bills on the Internet and when to write checks, and find out how to cement your legacy, all in today's Personal Finance section.

Top Dog: Moreno Looks to Build on Freshman Season (First Coast News)

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- It's not enough to simply note that Knowshon Moreno had the second-most rushing yards for a Georgia freshman last season, trailing only Herschel Walker's 1980 debut.

For sat-nav: digital age has its delights (Times Online)

Aren’t sat-navs great? No more struggling to read that huge Ordnance Survey map unfolding halfway across the windscreen. No more having to look up indexes at the back of the road atlas for place names, only to find out that the dog has chewed all the pages from Lowestoft to Rickmansworth.