Sea Dogs Set Attendance Record (OurSports Central)
Portland, Maine- The Portland Sea Dogs have established another attendance record at Hadlock Field. In 63 openings in 2006, the Portland Sea Dogs averaged a franchise record 6,358 fans per game, surpassing the previous mark of 6,290 fans in 2005.

Laws address dogs’ potential for danger (USA Today)
The euthanization of more than 200 pit bull dogs in Houston last month has renewed the debate over how communities deal with dogs deemed to be dangerous.

Readerspeak: There are no watch dogs (The Times of India)
This is awful to hear! No doubt in it. The guilty should be punished and set as an example to everyone to get the better world. This is a reality in Delhi. I visit Delhi every year and know how the cops work there. Corruption is extremely high which is unbelievable like there is no watch dogs.

Dogs win game 3-2, clinch playoff spot (OurSports Central)
The Sea Dogs walk-off winners in the final day of the regular season, defeating the Fisher Cats, 3-2 on Sunday afternoon at Hadlock Field. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Jacoby Ellsbury led off the frame with a solo home run off Tracy Thorpe, tying the game at two.

AROUND JAPAN/OSAKA Upmarket Osaka hotel menu gone to the dogs (Asahi.com)
Designer threads, day spas and upscale doggie hotels: Could pooches in this nation possibly be any more pampered? It seems they can. Hotel Hankyu International, located in downtown Osaka, is now catering to dogs, offering a full-service delivery menu of the finest in French cuisine.

Dogs attack, kill 11 goats in Sugarcreek (The Times-Reporter)
SUGARCREEK Two dogs are being blamed for the killings of 11 goats and a goose at the Doran Widder farm at 7090 Old Rt. 39 NW, Sugarcreek, Saturday night.

Sea Dogs Are Playoff Bound (WCSH 6 Portland)
Luis Jimenez and Jacoby Ellsbury homered and Chris Durbin doubled and scored the winning run as the Portland Sea Dogs beat the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 3-2 Monday afternoon, the final day of Eastern League’s regular season.

Fisher Cats fall to Sea Dogs in finale, 3-2 (OurSports Central)
(Portland) - Jacoby Ellsbury homered to lead off the 7th inning, and Chris Durbin scored from third base on an error by reliever Tracy Thorpe as the Portland Sea Dogs edged the Fisher Cats 3-2 Monday afternoon.