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Pet Food Fears 
The FDA has received more than eight thousand complaints of pet food sickening or even killing dogs and cats. There is a chance the contamination may have affected more than just wet food. Two weeks after that massive pet food recall left dog and cat owners fearing the worst.

Recall Expanded To Some Dry Cat Food 
Federal testing of recalled pet foods turned up a chemical used to make plastics but failed to confirm the presence of a cancer drug also used as rat poison. The recall expanded Friday to include the first dry pet food.

FDA says contamination may be in dry pet food; Locals react to scare 
The FDA said it has already gotten more than 8,000 complaints of pet food sickening or even killing dogs and cats, and now it seems there is a chance the contamination may have affected more than just wet food. The agency also thinks it may have now found the contaminant that is to blame. Two weeks after the massive pet food recall left dog and cat owners fearing the worst, the worst may not be …

Portland Woman Sues Maker Of Tainted Pet Food 
A cat owner from Portland files a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian manufacturer of recalled pet food suspected of causing death or sickness in dogs and cats.

Cat Breeds

Sting shows far reach of gun sales 
Operation Flea Collar, a two-year undercover investigation into the illegal sale of guns at two flea markets and a gun show in Alabama, highlights the reach and impact of weapons trafficking.

Paw Prints 
Females: Shepherd mix, brown/black, 2 years; shepherd mix, brown/black, 2 years; Lab mix, yellow, 1 1/2 years; pointer mix, tri-colored, 6 months. Males: Husky/shepherd mix, tri-colored, 6 months.

Paw Prints 
Females: Shepherd mix, brown/black, 2 years. Males: Retriever mix, black, 5 months; beagle mix, tri-colored, 2 years.

Theater 
“Between Men and Cattle”:*** A drama about racial perceptions and historical perspective, 8:30 p.m. Thu.-Fri., 3 & 8:30 p.m. Sat., final performances 2 & 7:30 p.m. Sun. Detroit Repertory Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit. 313-868-1347. $20, $17 in advance.

Cat Toys

Glass Ceiling 
IT HOLDS tight to its theme, Breaking and Entering another relay-race, multiculti, multicharacter drama, seeking to tie up the classes in a city. So why does it still seem as if the various threads were forced to fit together?

Elmira couple attend farewell party for state health official 
Earlier this month, Michael A. Gonzalez, a physician assistant from Elmira, and his wife, Susan Gonzalez, traveled to Albany to attend the farewell party for departing New York State Commissioner of Health Dr. Antonia C. Novello.

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Correction: Pet Food Story
Forbes - In a March 23 story about a pet food recall, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Food and Drug Administration, reported erroneously the recall had been expanded to all 95 brands of the “cuts and gravy” style dog and cat food by Menu

February 2007 Archive
Delphos Herald - Super Bowl Sunday is second behind only Thanksgiving in the food-consumption category. The much-awaited day by NFL football The Delphos Public Library will celebrate the Cat in the Hat s 50th birthday with an afterschool program from 4-5 p

Oscar Red Carpet Arrivals
WJZ - County Plane Crash Crash Flips Police Van With 14 Officers On Board Baltimore City, Police Involved Accident Maryland House Approves Smoking Ban smoking, ban, house, senate Rat Poison In Recalled Pet Food Blamed For Deaths pet owners, cat, dog, food

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Treats, eats and squeaks: Let the cat scratch party begin!
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - A company inspired by a family tradition of making cat toys during the holidays, Fat Cat Inc. has set itself apart from other makers of pet products. Out of the many products for cats and dogs, I really enjoyed one of their unique cat toys. Under the

This vet does it all
Batavia Sun - Franck’s large gray cat, Chip, a rescued runaway, feels right at home strolling across her owner’s desk while Franck checks As she speaks, she keeps one eye on her new-born baby, rocking casually in an infant cradle surrounded by animal-shaped toys.

When New Pet Meets Old Pet
WREG - At first, getting the little kitten to keep her other cat, Whiskers, company had seemed like such a good idea, but it Is there enough money to pay for vaccinations, veterinary care, food, toys, and all the other expenses of owning a pet

Music listings
San Francisco Guardian - Cat’s Corner Swing Party Savanna Jazz. 8pm, $8. Free dance lessons and the occasional live guest. Club Bass Endup. 10-4am Bag of Toys Blakes. 9pm, $10. Dave Matthews Blues Band Warehouse Bar, 402 Webster, Oakl; (510) 451-3161. 8pm. * This Is My Fist

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The best turns of the season: Snowcat skiing offers unique backcountry adventure 
“There’s a rock band to the left. Our safe zone is the tree line to the right. If anything breaks free, ski hard right into the trees,” Frank Wohlfahrt, a guide who lives in South Lake Tahoe, told us as we stood atop The Nose, a rock outcropping…

Time for some alphabet soup, NCAA tourney style 
BY MANNY NAVARRO

Feed Fluffy fast 
Cleaning pet bowls is a no-more chore when you use the new Feed+Toss disposable dog and cat bowl system. Each bowl comes with a heavy solid plastic base with a nonskid design and recyclable plastic liners. Every liner has a portion control mark on it. The disposable liners snap securely into the base.

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The high cost of caring for a pet
Delaware Online - CAT Capital costs Spay/neuter, $75 Collar and leash, $10 Carrier, $30 Litter box, $25 Annual costs Food, $170 Medical, $150 Toys and treats, $50 Litter, $175 Miscellaneous, $30 First year total: $715

Cis’ blog roundup - Friday
Spokane Spokesman-Review - I figured Franz was angry about the crack in HBO about the skullet — bald on top and a mullet over the collar. That’s when nation’s top forensic pet veterinarians believes she has cracked the case of northwest Spokane’s frightening string of cat

Fire strikes Bridgeport home
MLive.com - The animals have died of kidney failure, a lethal reaction to something which remained undetermined as of late Wednesday in at least 100 brands of wet dog and cat food. The manufacturer, Menu Foods Inc. in Streetsville, Ont., recalled

The dog days of spring: As winter fades and
Muscatine Journal - Dogs and cats within the city limits must have three things on their collar at all times: identification, proof of rabies Registration costs $5 annually for a dog or cat that is neutered or spayed and $25 annually if they re not. Registration

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‘Mingle With Our Mutts’ 
If you are looking for a new addition to the family, it might be a good time to “Mingle With Our Mutts.”

Like human meds, pet drugs are subject of safety fears 
Authorities and pet owners are beginning to raise serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of animal medicines, mirroring worries over human drugs like the painkiller Vioxx.

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Dinner goes to the dogs: Try home-cooked meals for pets 
Set another place at the table for Fido - it’s dinnertime. Despite a cultural reluctance to spend more than 30 minutes making dinner, a growing number of Americans are happy to invest plenty of time - and money - cooking up gourmet grub for their domesticated partners.

Grass takes center stage at Gulfstream Park 
The primary attraction at Gulfstream Park is racing on dirt, but Jerry Klein says the facility’s lush and expansive patch of lawn will be front-and-center this weekend. Plus, check out Klein’s weekly Pick Six.

Cat Breeds

Police warning: Watch out for burglars
Evening Star - often in the late afternoon or early evening. In the latest burglaries, thieves have smashed windows or removed panes of glass from windows to get into homes. In one burglary, on March 2 in Seymour Road, entry was gained by removing a cat flap. And, on

Yes, I was convinced to vote for someone else
940 News - STELLARTON, N.S. (CP) - Hundreds of bright yellow ribbons flap in a stiff breeze that blows down the main street of this plain, working-class community on Nova Scotia’s north coast. The thin pieces of felt are stapled and tied onto anything that

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Vacationing abroad? Think about renting someone else’s house in
Austin American-Statesman - recommended a Web site they’d used before, and it didn’t take long to find a wonderfully rustic (at least from the pictures Mary quickly appropriated a nook by the window where she could knit, and there was even a cat. I found a lovely terrace

European Quest: More of your views
CNN - I speak 6 languages, my husband speaks 3 and my cat understands 3 but last summer we were in Prague’s airport for Do you have any baby pictures of her we can entertain our readers with? Oh, dear, Richard, it’s a shame no one briefed you

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Guardian Unlimited’s tea-time take on the world of football
Guardian Unlimited - Worse was to come, Mawhinney noting that - under a proposal suggested by his cat - both teams would still earn a point, but Liverpool’s new owners borrowing money to finance the purchase of the club (yesterday’s Fiver letters). As a pedant, I should

Digital Entertainment Experiences Made Simpler With New AMD LIVE!(TM
Forbes - Kjaerulff, Dream Multimedia, WorldSat and BroadQ also intend to make the Active TV capability available to existing PC owners VBox Cat’s Eye HD receivers and the future release of Secure Cat’s Eye receivers for reception of PayTV channels complement

Tales of redemption
Roanoke Times - of a guinea pig that cost them $29.99. “Our society has such a disposable attitude,” she said. She also said pet stores contribute to the problem because they don’t properly educate guinea pig owners about the level of care the pigs will need. “A cat

Putting a high price on keeping pets alive
Stuff - Mehrtens had just finished repairing a torn cruciate ligament in a cat’s knee. “Pacemakers are fitted fairly regularly to said the alternative therapies were “not scientific”. Though the placebo effect did not work on animals, it worked on owners

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A stream runs through it
Dallas Morning News - With it clipped to my collar, this story will be writing itself. “Have you ever seen the movie Anaconda ?” Jonny asks. He told me that it had wofes, black bear, bob cat and black panther and God knows what else

Gastric banding offers hope for obese
Evansville Courier-Press - 45-minute laparoscopic surgery, Burry wielded the instruments maneuvering the silicone band, which resembles a pet collar Since my name is Kathy, I would always be called Fat Cat. Nobody would ever play with me except the other heavy-set

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Artful Alphabets
School Library Journal - M s moustache, for instance, appears variously on Dog, Cat, and even Kite. The result is a fun spot-the-object challenge and a memory game with pleasurable surprises at each successive flap-lift. SANDVED , Kjell B. The Butterfly Alphabet . photos. by

The weekend’s TV
Guardian Unlimited - This cat flap into the past, or anomaly as they call it, allows our gallant little band to slip into a prehistoric world and, unfortunately, prehistoric creatures to slip right back. The professor goes through the cat flap to look for his wife and

Cat Owners

CRASH LANDING
New York Post - aside (or not), calamity struck when Brendan Shanahan was knocked out cold and was wheeled off the ice immobilized, a collar Hospital, and the Rangers reported at 4:45 p.m. that the 38-year-old winger was “alert and responsive;” had undergone CAT

Hudson County’s dogs and cats live the good life
Hudson Reporter - Just before leaving her Hoboken apartment, her owner Ryan snaps on her “Bark if you’re Irish” collar, and they’re off. Mabel dogs become the center of attention,” said Ryan, who admits to spoiling Mabel. Monika Bahamonde also admits that her cat

Here are Your Listens Comments
KGBT 4 - Wonder which dog or cat will get to wear the gps collar? Someone needs to look into decisions by the judge seems to sit one side or the other? - John a lawyer fighting to free a man who attacked an innocent child? a belt, shoe, or hand. it is an

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Amazing new technology absorbs odors instantly and one 5lb. bag will last the average cat about 1 month. - 2005-09-22 Film Rights For Top 2005 Debut Novel “Las Cruces” Set To Auction For $1.3M In Record Setting Ebay Offering Worldwide film rights for

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When the boat came in
Age - Greek passengers mistook chocolate blancmange for liver-based cat food. Some were facetious: a starter dismissed as “dishwater” was found to be a thin vermicelli soup based on Bovril. But others were found to be vexatious, the product, as Calwell

Cat from Iraq
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Dawg the cat scoured trash bins for food while struggling to survive in Iraq. Then she had the good fortune of meeting the 45 members of Alpha Company. The unit from Sandston, part of the Virginia Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation

Thumbs up, down
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - of the 100th day of school, the students, teachers, administrators and staff donated more than 1,000 nonperishable food items For students at Pine Brook Elementary School for celebrating Read Across America and the Cat in the Hat’s 50th birthday by

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Jeff Thelen’s Blog
WSAW - There have been a few things I’ve given my opinion on over the years on this blog. Native American nicknames for sports teams, a smoking ban in Wausau, a Hillary Clinton v. Condoleeza Rice presidential race are three examples. But for the most part

City’s pet project: no dog, cat left untagged
Edmonton Journal - License your cat, license your dog, or face an immediate fine of $250.” Starting today, bylaw officers will target The city has also noticed increased numbers of restricted dog breeds, such as American Staffordshire terriers, that haven’t

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Always smiling - Ruth Biddle retires
Yardley News - Today, she is quietly spending her time at her South Bell Avenue home, where she lives with her daughter, Libby, and the pet Ruth was as pleasant a person as one could know, always sporting a smile to whoever came through the door. Her position

Send us your pet pix!
Winnipeg Free Press - Win prizes! Send us your pet pix! Canadian, Mexican and U.S. officials have held a series of closed-door discussions in recent months on how best to step up

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Friends of the Sherman Public Library announce gifts and memorials list 
Gift and Memorials List through Jan. 22 Short Straw given in memory of Monte Fred Bowen by Linda G. Tingle.

Baby, it’s cold outside!: And that calls for some added precautions 
It’s going to be 70 degrees, with a balmy breeze and plenty of sunshine.

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Pets available 
Females: Lab mix, young adult; Lab mixes, all ages.

Clip-on bike light keeps pooch on a safe path 
Readers share advice on walking dogs, cleaning utensils and more.

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