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To all you people who chain or pen your dog in your backyard (Wytheville Enterprise)
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:22:37 GMT I would like to know why? Why is your dog penned or chained? I would LOVE to know how this unfolded. You’re sitting around one day, having a beer and you think to yourself, you know, I could really use a dog.

Searchers often wonder if missing just walked away (Houston Chronicle)
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:48:11 GMT Harris County sheriff's deputies have solved a handful of walking-away cases. In May, a man reported missing by his wife told a deputy he preferred the freedom of panhandling to the stresses of his past life.

College Fan Face-Off, Week 8: 'What's the biggest problem in college athletics?' (AccessNorthGA)
Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:18:32 GMT As great as college athletics are, there’s no denying that there are more than just a few problems that dog its two major spectator sports: football and men’s basketball.

Living Art: On the street with Bend's best unsung artist (The Source Weekly)
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:21:34 GMT We met at the Westside Tavern last December, a stool between us and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off on the TV. Pointing to the screen he sighed, “The downturn of society...” I, however, considered John Travolta a sign of the Apocalypse, underscored by his contribution to Hairspray. Two beers and all of Francisco’s money later, now seated side by side, we both agreed that the tipping point of America ...

A good time was had by all (Curry County Reporter)
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:53:10 GMT After knocking off of work Thursday, I stopped into the opening day of the Curry County Fair to see what was shaking. Greeted by a traffic attendant decked out in a floppy moose antler-eared hat, I smiled at his enthusiasm and signed in as ‘the press' in the fair office.

Home Front: T-Shirt Quilts, Reglazing Tubs, IKEA Sofas and Hated Design Trends (Washington Post)
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:48:05 GMT Post Home Section staffers Jura Koncius and Terri Sapienza take questions on your decorating dilemmas, from slipcovers and shutters to dog hair and duvet covers.

Protective coat spells relief for dogs with skin problems (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:14:04 GMT Richard and June Lotz had two German shepherds and one toddler son. When they found the youngster with a mouthful of dog hair one day, they knew they had to do something about shedding.

John Rolfe: Lions of nuclear winter (Sports Illustrated)
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:34:58 GMT Last week's whitepaper on surviving your team's nuclear winter of struggle drew a fair amount of opinion, heated and otherwise, from readers. Before I turn the floor over, I'd like to salute those athletes who make life tolerable for long-suffering fans.

Dive into a new experience as an aquatic guest (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:06:35 GMT Aquariums around the country let you swim with the fishes.

July 2008 Article Archive (Business Journal of Tri-Cities)
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:50:42 GMT This is Volume 21, Number 1.

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