WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate formally rejected Roland Burris, the man nominated by Illinois's embattled governor to fill the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, only to have a ranking Democratic senator later contradict her party's ...

Champion Irish setter gets breed back in hunt - Denver Post

KIOWA — With a recent snowfall stirring beneath a chill prairie wind, the dog caught the scent from yards away, then assumed the statue pose that marks an animal of high breeding and even greater training. But something else, more profound, grabs ...

Meet CC - the firefighting dog - Evening News Norwich

He has undergone rigorous training to help sniff out the causes of suspicious fires and bring arsonists to justice. But what makes CC stand out from his fire service colleagues is one simple fact - he is a Labrador. And while Norfolk Fire and Rescue ...

$50,000 needed to repair Kennel Club's dog training facility - Grand Island Independent

The local organization that teaches how to train dogs to sit, stay and come is hoping to retrieve a little out of dog owners’ pocketbooks. The Grand Island Kennel Club needs to raise about $50,000 to fix its log-cabin training facility. The cabin ...

PAWS to host adoption on Saturday - News-Star

PAWS of Northeast Louisiana will help homeless animals find new homes from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Petco. The dogs and cats available for adoption are from the Ouachita Parish Animal Shelter and can be seen onlien at www.parishpets.petfinder.com ...