Woman’s therapy dogs encourage kids to read

Detroit Free Press - One recent evening, 7-year-old Kathleen Gerard settled into a beanbag chair at the Rochester Hills Public Library to read aloud to a most unusual audience — a 100-pound, furry black dog. While Kathleen sounded out the words in the picture book
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Coming Sunday: People who look like their dogs
Asheville Citizen-Times - The Citizen-Times talked with pet specialists and other experts about the phenomenon of people who believe they look like their dogs. Read what they have to say, and see photos of WNC residents with their dogs in Sunday’s Citizen-Times or at CITIZEN
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Interactive Feature

Detroit News - Have a puppy sleeping behind my back in the chair, and another one under my desk at my feet. I’m guessing they think it’s time for bed! Nice talking with you Mr. Spielman. Hopefully we can be 3-0 next time I see you on here
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Reported crimes tally $13,000
Moultrie Observer - MOULTRIE Five Colquitt County residents and two businesses reported Monday they were victims of property theft. Items reported stolen included cash, gasoline, car audio equipment, clothes, medication, electronics, tools, clothes and a puppy
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Your say: Lesbian couple sue doctor over IVF
Nine MSN - Selfish selfcentered people that’s all I can say. Going through the IVF program they should have been prepared for anything! It’s not a puppy in a pet store where you can choose how many you want! They should be happy with what God has given them
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Buying a Dog: Tips on Selecting the Perfect Furry Friend for Your
FOX News - The general rule is that a puppy can only hold its bladder for an hour for every month old plus one. So, if your puppy is two-months-old, it can only hold its bladder for three hours. If you work eight hours a day or more, someone will have to be home
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State Patrol warns of puppy shipping scam
Columbus Telegram - LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska State Patrol is warning people about a new twist to a fraud scam that uses puppies as bait. The fraud itself is simple. The scam perpetrator initiates a sale as a buyer, but sends the seller a check or money order for too
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In Focus
Carroll County Times - Lab puppy, male, cream, 6 months. Cats Three domestic shorthair kittens: one male, black/white, two females, tortoiseshell, 8 weeks. Domestic shorthair, female, gray/white, adult. Domestic shorthair kitten, male, black/white, 10 weeks. Domestic shorthair
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Owner defends dog that killed infant

Detroit Free Press - He called the dog a puppy and said its mind-set was “to play all the time.” He said he was training Chopper, who had been around two to four weeks. Christian said the dog was not licensed or registered. He said information provided to police indicates Continued

‘I heard its claws going on the floor’

Guardian Unlimited - It is understood he got the dog as a four-week-old puppy from a man he met at a gym. The young dog soon gained a reputation locally for being aggressive and for its incessant barking. It would bounce on a large trampoline in the back garden, holding
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Unkindest cut comes from behind
Earthtimes - BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Sept. 12 An Indiana man was behind bars after allegedly slicing a woman’s buttocks with a sword during an argument about a puppy. The 18-year-old woman told Bloomington police she was at Ashunti Taylor’s home Monday to see the
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New PEMCO Campaign Celebrates Our Quirky Characters
Forbes - SEATTLE, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Sandals and Socks guy, forget that snooty New York fashionista. Marymoor Off-Leash Dog Lady, let that puppy run for the hills, but clean up after him. And Obsessive-Compulsive Recycler, you’re so one of us. You
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Frontline: Iraq
American Reporter - Today’s work is a bit more complicated than longing for puppy love. Imagine if you will, looking in one direction and seeing the sunrise, hotter than ever, from the East. And turning around and seeing in the western sky a fully lit moon.
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Child porn sting nets teachers and minister

News.com.au - Arrests: Child porn sting nets teachers and minister Doctor: Haneef appeal possibly in December Cruelty case: Dog may have been ’sexually abused’ Raids: Pair held over 800,000 child porn images Name change: Drunk schoolgirl kicks man where it hurts Spread
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Vick case brings new interest in dog-fighting film

White Plains Journal News - The “normal consumer” has been processing a range of emotions conjured by the latest case of a star athlete in trouble - and about the merits of pitting dogs against each other for sport and electrocuting those that don’t perform well. The debate has
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Don’t let mean dogs throw you off track
Seattle Times - Q: My partner and I are avid runners. A family recently moved in nearby, and they have two vicious dogs. These dogs are often unrestrained. Must we drive to some other place for our run, or switch to a treadmill? Can we affect some sort of compromise
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