Good Question: Why Don’t Hot Dogs Fit Buns? (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Americans consume more than 150 million hot dogs on Independence Day. If you link them end to end, they would stretch from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles, Calif. five times over. Video: Ben Tracy Reports More Good Questions More Special Reports

66 hot dogs: Welcome to speed eating (The Cincinnati Post)
Shall we just get the obligatory pun out of the way? An hour-long special on speed eating may not be something everyone can stomach. It’s entertaining - and timely, for this is a momentous week in the world of speed eating, with Joey Chestnut triumphantly cramming 66 hot dogs down his esophagus and dethroning six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi in the annual Nathan’s Fourth of July contest.

Sniffer dogs want places to practise (NewsWales)
Gwent Police dog section are appealing for local businesses, schools, colleges and landlords to lend their premises to train police dogs in searching for cash, firearms or illegal substances.

Saluda salutes coon dogs with all-day festival (Asheville Citizen-Times)
SALUDA — What started 43 years ago as an informal get-together for a chicken dinner and a chance to run the dogs likely will draw about 12,000 people to today’s Coon Dog Day festival.

New faces for Fishers-Sea Dogs series (New Hampshire Union Leader)
The Sea Dogs are back in town, but this time Fisher Cats manager Bill Masse won’t have to worry about another standing ovation for hurler Clay Buchholz at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.

Local artist goes to the dogs (Baltimore Examiner)
Wet noses and drooping tongues invite viewers inside The Yellow Dog Tavern. At the new restaurant, local artist Gil Jawetz portrays man’s best friend in his first solo exhibit in Baltimore, Big Dogs - a series of oil paintings.

Learn to control prairie dogs at Casper workshop (Casper Star-Tribune)
A mid-July workshop looks to show local residents how they can stop prairie dogs and cheatgrass from taking over their acreage.

New Drug Available for Fat Dogs (First Coast News)
JACKSONVILLE, FL — There are a lot of fat dogs out there. Some vets estimate 47-percent of their canine patients are overweight or obese. Now, for the first time, a prescription drug is available to help. It’s called Slentrol. The maker of the drug is Pfizer.