Fifty animals found in and around a Ferrum area house 

Public Safety officials in Franklin County got more than they bargained for on Tuesday when they executed a search warrant in the Ferrum area. They found 50 animals in and around the house.
Source: www.wdbj7.com

Found for Christmas 
Louie was home for Christmas. The 70-pound brown and white boxer had been missing from Michael and Legay Barber’s home on Logan Martin Lake for 13 months. Then the family spotted his photo on the Web site of a Calhoun County animal shelter.
Source: www.sunherald.com

Police: puppy gnawed off baby’s toes 
BOSSIER CITY, La. — A pit bull puppy chewed off four of a baby girl’s toes while the child’s parents slept, police here said Monday. The parents were booked on charges of child desertion and criminal negligence and were being held in the Bossier Parish Jail pending an initial court appearance.
Source: www.pantagraph.com

Rocky Balboa 
When last we saw Rocky Balboa, our prized overachieving contender (played to monosyllabic perfection by Sylvester Stallone) had prevailed in a street fight against his prot g , Tommy “Machine” Gunn (Tommy Morrison).
Source: www.filmcritic.com

Pets, Pets, Pets 

Editor’s Note: The column entitled “No Candy for Kitty ” about a feline genetic defect that makes cats unable to taste sweets was awarded the Muse Medallion for the “Best Newspaper Article” in this year’s Cat Writers Association (CWA) competition Continued…

Roll call of notables who died in 2006 

Gerald Ford ended “our long national nightmare.” Betty Friedan gave rise to the modern women’s movement, striking a chord that continues to ring four decades later. More…

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL — This case is a sad one for kennel workers and the Clay County Animal Crime unit because the animals’ owner was, at one time, a well-known reputable breeder in the area. More…

BOSSIER CITY, La. — A pit bull puppy chewed off four of a baby girl’s toes while the child’s parents slept, police here said Monday. The parents were booked on charges of child desertion and criminal negligence and were being held in the Bossier Parish Jail pending an initial court appearance. More…

Breeding heartache: Puppy mills are often a tragedy for dogs and the humans who love them 

For the first time, the Humane Society of the United States has launched a billboard campaign to support its fight against puppy mills. Columbus got billboards on Nov. 27.
Source: www.middletownjournal.com

Skybus helps Santa fulfill kids’ wishes 
Eight-year-old Akaysha hasnt asked Santa for a thing yet. She doesnt want to put him on the spot. Christmas presents, she knows, cost money. “Ill like whatever I get,” she said in a small, whispery voice.
Source: www.dispatch.com

Woman wants FedEx to buy dog 
An Ellerslie mother is trying to get Federal Express to buy her a new dog after a delivery truck ran over Secret, the family’s award-winning boxer, in her driveway. Comment?
Source: www.ledger-enquirer.com

Rocky Balboa 
When last we saw Rocky Balboa, our prized overachieving contender (played to monosyllabic perfection by Sylvester Stallone) had prevailed in a street fight against his prot g , Tommy “Machine” Gunn (Tommy Morrison).
Source: www.filmcritic.com

More than just Best Friends 

Like any dog, Grace is faithful to her master. The boxer mix never leaves Alesia Burgess’ side. When Burgess sits, Grace sits beside her. When she goes walking, Grace walks with her. When she shops, Grace is still there by her side.
Source: www.cknj.com

Critter experience pays off 
YUCAIPA: Manager Kym Caldwell keeps her focus on the animals and folks who may adopt them.
Source: www.pe.com

November 2006 glimpses 

Here is a closer look at many of the U.S. military personnel killed in November because of the conflict in Iraq.
Source: www.usatoday.com

The royal who just loves mucking in 
Sarah Edworthy talks to recently crowned Sports Personality of the Year Zara Philips.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Animals for adoption 
Humane SocietyThe Humane Society of Eastern Carolina’s Pet of the Week is Pacific, a small, orange and white female kitten. All animals are spayed or neutered or come with spay or neuter certificates.
Source: www.reflector.com

Fear of Yoga 
Yoga is the Survivor of the culture wars: unbloodied, unmuddied, unbothered by the medias slings and arrows, its leotard still as pristine as its reputation.
Source: www.cjr.org

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Sporting News - Its Sunday, and i’m taking it back baby. Lets just say i’m a tad happier then i was last week at this time. Leafs have won 3 straight, my picks are doing way better so far and well its just Sunday, and i get to write this blog for the masses. Anyways Continued

Evening Leader - A GIRL suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is devastated after her puppies were rehomed because the family could not afford the fees charged by the council to get them back. Danielle Evans, 11, received the Boxer-cross Continued

Sports in Brief | Police arrest man in connection with Berbick murder

Philadelphia Inquirer - Several residents said the suspect was involved in a land dispute with the troubled boxer, whose body was found about 6 a.m the second-place finisher in the Grade II Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland in October, withdrew from the Breeders’ Cup races Continued

Boston Globe - The author sets out on a comic-heroic quest to find boxer Mike Tyson, a legendary but elusive pigeon racer, and travels to Sandringham Castle for a chat with the royal pigeon wrangler. He attends a breeders’ convention and, less happily but all in Continued

Rocky Balboa 

When last we saw Rocky Balboa, our prized overachieving contender (played to monosyllabic perfection by Sylvester Stallone) had prevailed in a street fight against his prot g , Tommy “Machine” Gunn (Tommy Morrison). Go…