FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — "Bones," a German shepherd from Fairbanks, acquired that name from photographer Carol Falcetta, who adopted him from the animal shelter about six years ago. His photo is now on the cover of a new book about one of the world's leading German shepherds: Rin Tin Tin. The new book by Susan Orlean ...

EVANS, Colo. (AP) — When Angelyne started visiting schools a little more than four years ago, her goal was to teach children about patience, persistence, teamwork, focus, creative thinking and all those things that children should know for life skills. Her goal was to make sure standard-hearing children understand their deaf classmates are no different. She'll ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Combining her love for animals and a desire to help the elderly is what Rae Warren said has led her to take Cindy, a registered miniature horse, to nearly a dozen assisted living facilities in Kansas since the end of June. "I think it was God's plan to put those two things ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The little injured dolphin they called Winter couldn't have come along at a better time for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, a rustic sea life rescue center occupying the city's old sewage treatment plant. The nonprofit public aquarium was about ready to go belly-up at the end of 2005 when the baby bottlenose ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A calico cat named Willow, who disappeared from a home near the Rocky Mountains five years ago, was found Wednesday on a Manhattan street and will soon be returned to a family in which two of the three kids and one of the two dogs may remember her. How she got to ...