Traffic stop could unleash the dogs (Suburban Chicago Newspapers)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. A deeply divided Illinois Supreme Court gave police broad authority Thursday to use drug-sniffing dogs to inspect cars during routine traffic stops, a move critics call an erosion of personal liberty.

Dogs sprayed in face with paint in Sandy, Centerville (The Salt Lake Tribune)
In separate incidents, two dogs have been sprayed in the face with orange paint, the Humane Society of Utah said. Owners said their dogs were in fenced yards at the time. Sammy, a Labrador-pit bull mix, was sprayed on Monday, and the paint hit her in the eyes, said her owner, Chris Grange of Sandy. Logan, a 1-year-old Irish wolfhound owned by Ivan and Karolynn Christiansen of

Illinois Supreme Court OKs searches by drug dogs (Southern Illinoisan)
SPRINGFIELD - A deeply divided Illinois Supreme Court gave police broad authority Thursday to use drug-sniffing dogs to inspect cars during routine traffic stops, a move critics call an erosion of personal liberty.

Win Over Cats Snaps Sea Dogs’ Skid (WMTW)
David Bacani knocks a pair of RBI doubles as the Portland Sea Dogs snap their six-game losing streak by beating the New Hampshire Fisher Cats 5-2 Friday.

Memorial service for dogs ends in charges (Quad-City Times)
A Davenport woman who was arrested May 9 after her dogs were shot by police in a westside park was arrested again Thursday evening after she spread their ashes where they died.

Even “good” dogs may bite; kids at highest risk (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
More than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). More than half of all dog bite victims are younger than 14 years of age and 150,000 of these bites are serious enough to require a visit to the emergency department.

El Cajon Man Convicted Of Mistreating Seven Dogs (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
An El Cajon man who told authorities he liked to keep his eight dogs “lean” was convicted Friday of underfeeding seven of them and not cleaning their ears to the point where they seemed deaf.