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Like many, I'll spend Memorial Day remembering those who have died in our nation's service. But this year, I'll also pause to honor some who died for ends far less noble. And I'll pray that good continues to come from their terrifying end.

It must be spring if the "free kitten" signs sprouting up on telephone poles are any indication.

Police are seeking more information about a man who abandoned a red parrot last week in a grocery store parking lot in Capitola, Calif.

Hazel the schnauzer and Wrigley the black lab mix mean everything to Harriet Buscombe. The dogs protect her on her pre-dawn runs around her Champaign, Ill., neighborhood, but mostly they make her feel great.

Henry loves fetching his tennis ball and playing tug with his stuffed animals. About 6 years old, the Shih Tzu mix likely has many good years left.

ATLANTA - On a warm spring day, the silence hanging over the hills of Ball Ground is dotted with braying and neighing from more than 160 horse ranches clustered in the area. At the Show Me Farm North - 35 acres of pasture and woods just off Ga. 20 - another sound rises up in the early morning chorus.

Big Jake, a large mixed-breed dog, just turned 8.

Dog bites man does not get a lot of attention in the news, but it costs insurance companies hundreds of millions in claims every year.

With Memorial Day fast approaching, can the annual family vacation be far behind? That means that once again, many pet lovers will be faced with the dilemma of what do with their pets while they travel.

Shirlee and Nathan "Nick" Horowitz faced one serious health crisis after another before their doctor said they had to move into an assisted living center. They had only one condition - they weren't going anywhere without their dog.