LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Gabriela Dorame of Fullerton, Calif., got a German shepherd puppy named Bolto last year, she and her kids decided to have a microchip implanted in the dog with an identification number that makes it easy to reunite lost pets with owners. It paid off a day later when the rambunctious puppy ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A blast from a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Afghanistan gave Joshua Endicott injuries from his head to toes. Doctors and the medical staff at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington worked to heal most of those wounds. But 10 months after Endicott, 20, of Columbus, was hit and ultimately evacuated ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two stray dogs in Afghanistan that found comfort and companionship with a company of U.S. Army soldiers at a remote firebase are poised to leave the war zone behind. As the troops get set to return home, their spouses have raised nearly $6,000 to fly the dogs to the United States. A ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — When Samantha Lowe’s 12-year-old Labrador retriever needed anti-inflammatories to ease her arthritis, she found herself facing the same question humans face when it comes to prescriptions: Name-brand drug, or generic? She did the same thing many people do: She chose the generic version to save money. “If a generic works as well as ...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Molly Wilson has been one of the more loyal volunteers in the past few years at North Colorado Medical Center. She cheers up sick kids, gives people with cancer hope and makes the tough days a tad easier for nurses and doctors. She just doesn’t realize she’s volunteering. When you’re a sheepdog who ...