Rescuers Search Burned Apartment Complex
Newsday - Firefighters did find some wet and shivering cats and dogs. They were to be reunited with their families, Leavitt said. Crews arriving at the fire scene found people hanging out of windows and balconies. Fire Capt. Glenn Conklin said crews rescued 62

Are stars aligned to kill history?
Seattle Times - Cops and'Cats There aren't a lot of dull moments at the McKale Center in Tucson, but it was unexpectedly lively for league doormat Oregon State's arrival last Thursday. First, there was 19-year-old fan Avinash Murthy, who, apparently as a form of

Junior achievement
Louisville Courier-Journal - Morris scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and his inside presence continued to open up the perimeter for Joe Crawford (23 points) and Ramel Bradley (15) as the Cats (15-3, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) won their 11th straight game. The three

Handle feral cats with care
Herald News - I've always had cats and I thought I knew everything about safe feline handling. But when our cat went missing last summer, I suffered an injury that gave me a new respect for the animal kingdom — the hard way. It's difficult to identify a feral cat

Carlos cultivates Caribbean Cats club
This is North East - THE arrival of both Niall Quinn and Roy Keane might have enhanced Sunderland's status in Ireland, but new signing Carlos Edwards believes the club's biggest overseas fanbase is now located in Port of Spain. In the past, the capital of Trinidad

Lost Dogs Found More Often Than Cats 
Fox 12 Oregon - Jan 15 9:12 AM
A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies, and a sign in the neighborhood may be the best way to recover a pet.Save

Lost dogs found more often than lost cats, study suggests 
PhysOrg - Jan 15 9:43 AM
A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies.Save

Big cat stuck in the dog door 
China Daily - Jan 15 12:36 AM
Tiffany Noreuil, an animal care technician at the Oregon Humane Society, holds temporarily-named feline Goliath, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007, in Portland, Ore. Goliath, a 20-pound stray whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food, is back with his owner.Save

Fat cat is reunited with owner 
Columbus Telegram - Jan 13 2:59 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A 20-pound stray cat whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food was reunited with his owner Thursday.Save

The cat that came in from the cold 
Springfield News-Sun - Jan 14 7:35 PM
Mercy St. John’s Center is the cat’s meow. Just ask Patch, the long-term care facility’s long-time pet. Residents began seeing a stray cat in early 2003 meandering the cold grounds of the facility at 100 W. McCreight Ave.Save

Finding lost dogs and cats 
The Salem News - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
If you lose your dog, you have a better chance of finding it again than if you lose your cat, according to two studies in today’s issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.Save

Fluffy Cat Is Refugee Of Mideast Violence 
CBS 2 Chicago - Jan 15 1:15 PM
It’s hard to think of a cat as a war casualty. Stone, a year-old white Angora cat, more pillow than feline, jumped onto Tom Chambers’ dining room table and plopped himself down as though he owned the place. Yet only a few months ago Stone was left homeless when his shelter was bombed in Beirut, Lebanon.Save

Boy had Web access, apparent profiles 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 16 1:39 AM
Internet postings and online profiles overlooked during teenager Shawn Hornbeck’s four years in captivity may become clues now that he’s free.Save

Fat Cat art display 
The Woodland Daily Democrat Online - Jan 13 9:29 AM
The brick walls of Fat Cat Caf on Second Street in Woodland are ablaze with “Paintings & Prints” from Davis artist Jeff Palmer.Save

Near-perfect weekend for Cougars 
Squamish Chief - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
The Squamish Cougars were ready for a fired-up Lumby Fighting Saints team, determined to avenge their loss to the Cats last Friday. And from the drop of the puck, the Cougars gave their fans plenty to cheer about.Save

Lost Dogs Found More Often than Lost Cats 
Newswise - Jan 14 2:19 PM
A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat. In one city in southwestern Ohio, researchers found that 71 percent of lost dogs were found, compared to just 53 percent of lost cats. More than a third of the recovered dogs were found by a call or visit to an animal shelter.Save

UNH Notebook: ‘Cats eye payback against UMass 
New Hampshire Union Leader - Jan 14 9:07 PM
THE University of New Hampshire hockey team, ranked No. 3 in the country and moving up, thinks it owes the University of Massachusetts a little.Save

Lost Dogs Found More Often Than Lost Cats, Study Suggests 
Science Daily - Jan 15 3:05 AM
A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies. In one city in southwestern Ohio, researchers found that 71 percent of lost dogs were found, compared to just 53 percent of lost cats. More than a third of the recovered dogs were found by a call or visit to an animal shelter.Save

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Cats avoid Huggins’ wrath by stopping skid 
Kansas City Star - Jan 14 12:29 AM
COLUMBIA | Bob Huggins credited a good week of practice for Kansas States 85-81 victory over Missouri on Saturday and left it at that. Post a Comment Save

Lady ‘Cats post two lopsided victories 
The Deming Headlight - Jan 15 12:15 AM
Deming High girls posted a pair of lopsided basketball wins over the weekend at home and away. The Lady ‘Cat varsity defeated Hot Springs High in Truth or Consequences Friday, 66-14 and took down the El Paso Loretto Academy at home on Saturday, 68-32.Save

Princeton defeats Lady Cats in 9-3A home opener 
The Celina Record - 2 hours, 0 minute ago
Celina head girls basketball coach Bill Hemby will have to revise his Christmas wish-list this year. Hemby had been hopeful about heading into the holiday break with a 3-0 district record. That was before Princeton trounced the Lady Cats 49-28 Tuesday in Celina’s district home opener.Save

Lady Cats facing ‘critical’ stretch of games 
The Celina Record - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago
Celina’s district record is a bit deceiving at first glance. At 1-2, the Lady Cats are actually closer to the summit of 9-3A than they are to the base. The team is primed to scale to the peak in a rocky division, and begins its journey tonight when it takes on Van Alstyne.Save

Fat cat reunited with owner after odd rescue
kgw.com - It didn t take long for word to spread about an oddly huge cat and his unusual rescue from a doggie door in Gresham and now his former owner is delighted that people couldn t stop talking about his tabby. OHS/kgw.com photo A worker at the

Molly cat reunited with owners
This is Hampshire - Reunited: Carol Buckley with her son Conner aged six, and cat Molly. A FAMILY has praised the efforts of big-hearted Andover staff who did everything they could to reunite a lost cat with its owners. The Buckley family from Andover's Galahad Close

Fatback, show Mr. Bond the cat's bathroom
Medford Mail Tribune - We are watching"The Lord of the Rings,"and Frodo and company are slicing and dicing orcs like it's Friday night in a sushi bar."Orcs aren't much in a fight,"my wife says. The scoreboard confirms it: Orcs killed by the Fellowship members: 37,679

Chad army, rebels dispute control of remote town
Boston Online - Rebel units have fought a cat-and-mouse conflict with government troops across the east, briefly occupying several towns and occasionally launching more serious, concerted attacks such as the raid on N'Djamena in the west of the country last

Food-filching fat cat reunited with owner
MSNBC - PORTLAND, Ore. - A 20-pound stray cat whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food was reunited with his owner Thursday. Owner Geoff Ernest said the tubby tabby, Hercules (called Goliath while at the animal shelter

Pair of survivors reunited
Oregonian - Found: one happy cat owner. Geoff Earnest caught the tail end of a TV newscast Wednesday evening — a story about a rotund tomcat delivered to the Oregon Humane Society after he'd chowed down inside a Gresham garage, then gotten stuck exiting through

Man arrested after cat's head is found
Evansville Courier-Press - A Petersburg, Ind., man faces felony charges after the severed head of his family's pet cat, Clarabelle, was found in a tub under his bed. Jacob K. Robling, 20, 1209 E. Walnut St., is charged with Class D felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor minor

Woman guilty of child mistreatment for cat filth
KREM - HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A judge convicted a 36-year-old Beaverton mother of criminal mistreatment today for letting her six-year-old son live in filthy conditions with 31 cats at their apartment. KGW graphic The judge said he believed Jennifer Megan

Cat litter helps clean up dog s mess
Canton Repository - Dear Heloise: I have three cats and two dogs. Our large Labrador retriever came inside and immediately vomited all over the laundry-room floor. Thankfully, it s just linoleum tile and is easy to clean up. I flashed back to grammar school, when the

Molly cat reunited with owners
This is Hampshire - Reunited: Carol Buckley with her son Conner aged six, and cat Molly. A FAMILY has praised the efforts of big-hearted Andover staff who did everything they could to reunite a lost cat with its owners. The Buckley family from Andover's Galahad Close

Fat Cat Owner Steps Forward
kptv.com - A jumbo-sized stray cat that got caught in a dog door while scavenging for food was reunited with his owner at the Oregon Humane Society on Thursday. The cat was nicknamed Goliath, but his name is really Hercules, according to owner Geoff Ernest

Obituaries in the news
SignOn San Diego - LOS ANGELES Steve Krantz, the husband of novelist Judith Krantz who produced the X-rated animated movie Fritz the Cat and created successful TV miniseries out of his wife's potboilers, died Jan. 4 from complications of pneumonia, a family

Largo man accused of killing cat won’t face criminal charges 
Tampa Bay’s 10 - Jan 12 5:03 AM
who said he killed a cat in self-defense. Juan Aviles, who was arrested last November. The cat was found dead with a stab wound. Aviles told police heSave

Zimbabwe: Makorokoza, Cops Play Cat ‘n Mouse Game 
AllAfrica.com - Jan 12 10:10 PM
Illegal gold miners and “dealers” in Mashonaland Central are now conducting their business in the dead of the night to avoid being netted under Operation Chikorokoza Chapera/Isitsheketsha Sesipelile — an ongoing blitz to rid the country of unlicensed gold miners.Save

Archrivals Lady Griz, Cats square off
Missoulian - Quickness and depth are two reasons the Montana Lady Griz carry an 11-game winning streak into Bozeman Thursday night for the season's first basketball showdown against Big Sky Conference rival Montana State. They're also two reasons the Bobcats, who

Cats shoot for sixth straight at UMBC
Burlington Free Press - The University of Vermont men's basketball team didn't play well Tuesday night but walked out of an America East Conference opponent's gym with a victory."We never pulled out games like that on the road last year,"said UVM coach Mike Lonergan

DeFrancesco, staff return to River Cats
Sacramento Bee - The River Cats announced Wednesday that manager Tony DeFrancesco and his 2006 field staff will return this season. DeFrancesco will be joined by hitting coach Brian McArn, pitching coach Rick Rodriguez and trainer Walt Horn. In four seasons

Sticky tape sends cats clear message 
South Bend Tribune - Jan 10 4:10 AM
Q. My next-door neighbor has two cats. I’m having a terrible time keeping them off my new car. The footprints on the paint, resulting in scratches, are telltale signs.Save

Alley Cats’ Shaun Fountain Named CBA Player of the Week 
OurSports Central - Jan 09 9:11 AM
Anderson, IN (January 9, 2007) - The Continental Basketball Association announced yesterday that Indiana Alley Cats guard Shaun Fountain has been named the CBA Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 2nd through Jan. 7th. He became the first member of the Alley Cats to win the award.Save

Cats take care of their business in wide-open VOL 
The Union Democrat - Jan 11 3:10 PM
MANTECA The Valley Oak League boys’ basketball race is shaping up to be more wide-open than expected.Save

Oregon man reunited with his tubby tabby 
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 11 5:21 PM
Here, KITTY KITTY KITTY. Goliath, a 20-pound stray whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food, is back with his owner.Save

Dozens of animals removed from St. Louis home 
KMOV St. Louis - 1 hour, 0 minute ago
(KMOV) — A house in the 5000 block of Macklind is condemned as animal control workers remove dozens of cats and dogs. Workers removed as many as 60 pets from the home.Save

‘Cats pull away from Paladins 
The Greenville News - Jan 11 3:03 AM
Furman put on a sizzling first-half show against Davidson on Wednesday night as Paladin hoops returned to the Bi-Lo Center for the first time since 2001.Save

Sullinger leads Alley Cats 
The Herald Bulletin - 29 minutes ago
The Indiana Alley Cats made it a clean sweep on the road against the first-place Albany Patroons by winning their sixth game in a row, 111-109, on Thursday.Save

Kingpin Pistons fall to lowly ‘Cats 
NorthJersey.com - Jan 11 2:11 AM
Raymond Felton had 18 points and seven assists to lead six double-digit scorers for gimpy Charlotte in a 102-96 win over Detroit on Wednesday night at Auburn Hills, Mich..Save