Malaysia’s anti-piracy dogs sniff again (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Despite being on a hit list because of their success, two black labrador dogs have helped Malaysian authorities sniff out another 435,000 dollars worth of fake DVDs and CDs, a report said Sunday.

Dogs may be the best neighbors (Tulsa World)
I live in an old midtown neighborhood where the dogs are nice enough to let the humans share in the experience. The houses are on the small side, causing people with school-age children to head south for bigger bedrooms and yards.

Baseball fans relish hometown hot dogs (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Many ballparks have signature hot dogs inspired by regional foods that are favorites of fans.

Texas tries to leash vicious dogs’ owners (Contra Costa Times)
In January, a 10-year-old San Antonio girl was killed by her neighbor’s pit bull dog. In February, a pair of dogs attacked two Houston girls on their way home from school, dragging one down the street as she screamed for help; both survived. In March, a 50-year-old woman south of Houston died after being mauled by her mixed-breed bulldog.

Malaysia sniffer dogs find second pirated-DVD haul (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Two Malaysian dogs trained to sniff out DVDs have made their second big discovery of pirated movies, leading investigators to a hidden stash worth more than $430,000, a local newspaper said on Sunday.

Ice Dogs’ playoff hopes continue to fade (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
Looking back, every game this season has been a must-win game for the Ice Dogs. But none were as important as Saturday night’s contest in Idaho. With time running out on their ECHL Kelly Cup playoff hopes, the Ice Dogs fell to the Steelheads, 4-2, leaving them in dire straits.

Ice Dogs season ends with loss (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
FOND DU LAC The Fox Cities Ice Dogs season ended on Saturday with a 5-2 loss to Wright Homes in the USA Hockey Elite National Championship on Saturday.

Town hall opens for the dogs on Saturday (The Burlington Free Press)
UNDERHILL–Sherri Morin placed the hand-lettered sandwich board sign out on the road at 9 a.m. “Open for Dogs ‘Til 12 p.m.” Mostly people showed up, however.

Mistakes on floor costly to Gym Dogs (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
North Little Rock, Ark. Georgia unrolled this season’s theme, “There’s Only One,” on small banners Saturday night at the SEC Gymnastics Championships. While there’s still only one team that has won the past two NCAA championships, the Gym Dogs were forced to make room for another SEC champion for the first time since 2003. Florida broke Georgia and Alabama’s 17-year stranglehold on the title, …