Bomb scare hits NCAA tournament, officials investigating unusual behavior of dogs (EARTHtimes.org)
SAN DIEGO - The opening game of the NCAA Tournament between Alabama and Marquette on Thursday was pushed back by 70 minutes after bomb sniffing dogs found a suspicious package in a food cart in Cox Arena at San Diego State University.

Dogs trained in house fire rescue (BBC News)
Three former rescue dogs are the first in the country to be trained to help save their owners from house fires.

Drug dogs on campus? (The Mail Tribune)
Drug detection dogs could sniff out the halls of Medford schools under a revised policy the school board will consider adopting Tuesday.

One of five dead dogs shown to have fractured skull (Danville Register Bee)
The bodies of five dead dogs were found in the woods near Beavers Mill Road on Tuesday. DANVILLE, Va. - One of five dead dogs found near Beavers Mill Road on Tuesday had a fractured skull, according to preliminary necropsy results.

Dogs stolen as thief takes truck (St Albans Observer)
A PICK-UP truck with two expensive hunting dogs in the back was stolen while its owner stood just metres away. The driver had left the Mitsubishi truck unlocked with the engine running and the keys in the ignition while he attached a trailer to the back on Saturday.

Officer Says He Wrongly Approved Use of Dogs (Washington Post)
The top U.S. military intelligence officer at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq testified yesterday that he inappropriately approved the use of dogs for interrogations without consulting higher-ranking officers, accepting responsibility for giving his subordinates an aggressive tool that was used to…