Pets
Adoptable pet of the week
Cocoa is a very friendly, social cat who loves to be with people. He likes to sit on your lap or snuggle in your arms and loves to be petted and scratched. He also likes to be brushed and would lo...
Mar 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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'Beauty and the Beast' pet look-alike contest
RENO — PetFolio Magazine and Cahoots Portraits are sponsoring “Beauty and the Beast,” a look-alike contest open to all pets and their people in the region. The winning duo will be treated to a p...
Feb 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Courtesy photo Adoptable pet of the week: Melville
Melville is a very affectionate and loving kitty who enjoys spending time with people. He is a fan of catnip and long naps in the sun. Melville loves being held and would love to snuggle into your...
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Courtesy photo Missing pet of the week: Kikko
My name is Kikko and I am a neutered male, red and white Chow Chow. I am estimated to be 2 years old. I was lost but my owner has not found me so I am now available for rescue by a Washoe County R...
Feb 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spaying, neutering beneficial beyond birth control
by Jessica Garcia
Mar 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Most pet owners have their dog or cat spayed or neutered to prevent their animals from bringing more puppies and kittens into the world.
Fenced-in felines
by Jessica Garcia
Feb 23, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Bud Heath credits his long-haired Siamese cats Rambo and Lucky for being his test subjects. The pair helped Heath pioneer a containment system to keep the cats in his own backyard and stray cats f...
Whippet gets fast start at America’s top dog show
by Associated Press
Feb 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
This year, the Madison Square Garden crowd can root for one — she’s Chanel, a sleek, 2-year-old who can sprint 35 mph and loves to chase birds and tennis balls.
Adoptable pet of the week: Kane
by Tribune Staff
Feb 16, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Kane is a playful, young guy full of enthusiasm and a zest for life. He is a great traveling companion and likes to ride in cars. Kane is also a great exercise buddy because he likes walks and walk...
Feed the pet or buy the medication?
by Matt Menicucci - For the Tribune
Feb 09, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Shakespeare Animal Fund helps pet owners in tough times.
Passionate about parrots
by Jessica Garcia
Jan 26, 2010 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Taking flight with a feathered friend as a pet is as simple as doing the research and learning how to bond with birds.
national news
DENVER (AP) -- Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was a straight-A nursing student when she abruptly left Colorado last fall with her 6-year-old son and turned up in Ireland, where her parents say she was arrested this week in an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist....
By P. SOLOMON BANDA
Sat Mar 13 06:22:30 -0600 2010
POWAY, Calif. (AP) -- Students have wrapped ribbons around 8,000 sunflowers to hand out at a memorial service for Chelsea King, the 17-year-old girl whose murder has shaken her community and spurred calls for legal changes in how child sex offenders are treated....
Sat Mar 13 06:23:27 -0600 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme....
By EDITH M. LEDERER
Sat Mar 13 06:23:16 -0600 2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck....
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Sat Mar 13 04:43:21 -0600 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday....
By SARA KUGLER
Sat Mar 13 04:42:59 -0600 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring....
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY and GREG RISLING
Sat Mar 13 06:23:31 -0600 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought her as a child in Asia and subjected her to years of sexual abuse while molesting her young friends....
By JOHN ANTCZAK
Fri Mar 12 22:47:46 -0600 2010