Police dogs are top dogs in St. Paul this week (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
The St. Paul Police Department has gone to the dogs this week. Or perhaps more accurately, the dogs have come to St. Paul. The department is hosting the National Patrol Field Trials and Competition for police canines through Thursday. It’s the 36th such competition held annually by the United States Police Canine Association. Up to 150 canines from across the country, along with their handlers,

Widow of Morgan County man killed by dogs blasts plea deal (WTHR Indianapolis)
Martinsville - The widow of an 83-year-old Mooresville man fatally mauled by four dogs isn’t satisfied with the sentenced received by the dogs’ owners.

Hollywood unleashes dogs in war on movie piracy (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
This time, Hollywood really has gone to the dogs.

Katz and dogs (Boston Globe)
For many years, Jon Katz was a contributor to such publications as Rolling Stone, The Washington Post , and The Boston Globe. He also served as executive producer of “CBS Morning News.” Then he turned his attention to dogs. Since the late 1980s, he has written five books about his four-legged friends, including his latest, “A Good Dog: The Story …

He’s so emotional: Dogs have feelings, too (Dayton Daily News)
Those of us who share our lives with animals, especially dogs, know that there is more going on there than many “dog experts” give them credit for whether you want to call it emotion or knowledge or intellect.

Writer reads from ‘Dogs’ tonight (Tallahassee Democrat)
Writer Ken Foster found success when he let himself go to the dogs. His recent memoir, “The Dogs Who Found Me: What I Have Learned From Pets Who Were Left Behind,” which was released in March, has become a critical and commercial success.