By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cats and dogs of “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” have all kinds of super-spy gadgetry and training at their disposal: jet-packs, tricked-out collars, the works. But they come from a long and lovable tradition of live-action animal movies — ones that were simpler ...

SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) — When retirees in wheelchairs recently gathered at a nursing home here to trade some stories, a guest with perhaps the most improbable story had nothing to say. She was Holli — not a person but an alpaca, maybe the only one on wheels. Doomed twice but still going strong, the domesticated ...

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — It’s hard work trying to be a very good dog all the time. And when it comes to succeeding in preschool, it’s equally hard to be a well-behaved little boy or girl for hours at a stretch. Nobody understands these two things better than Waco, a floppy-eared, doe-eyed chocolate Labrador Retriever whose destiny ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A public golf course in North Dakota has taken a new approach to dealing with pesky weeds: goats. Eric Stromstad, superintendent at Hawktree golf course north of Bismarck, says two goats were brought in at the start of the season to rid the 16th hole of leafy spurge and clover. It’s worked ...

By LUKE MEREDITH Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of slobbering bulldogs dressed in everything from tuxedos to tutus shuffled onto the blue carpet Monday to show their stuff. None were a match for Meatball, a brown and white pup crowned the winner of the 31st annual Beautiful Bulldog pageant in downtown Des Moines. Meatball ...