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 ...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Harbor has over two feet of ears. Does that make him a 6-foot dog? Probably not. But on Tuesday, the black-and-tan coonhound from Boulder, Colo., gets the 2012 Guinness World Records title for "longest ears on a living dog." His left ear is 12.25 inches long and his right is 13.5 inches long. Owner ...

KERMT, Belgium (AP) — The coop where Blue Prince lived stands empty now, the racing pigeon gone for good. At 156,000 ($ 205,000) for barely a pound of feathers and lightning-fast fowl, Blue Prince has a one-way ticket to pampered retirement and lifelong breeding in China, which these days has become a predictable destination for topflight ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Faro is a 5-year old German shepherd who spends his days behind bars, sniffing out drugs. It's his job. He joined Palm Beach County sheriff's jail deputies about two years ago as their first contraband dog, and still is the only dog patrolling the county's three jails. Another German shepherd, ...

TOPEKA (AP) — Arson dog sounds like a canine hero from a comic strip. Thankfully, this pooch doesn’t make corny puns. She just helps sniff out arsonists. “Arson dogs are great,” said Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger. The state’s latest newest-detecting canine is a 1-year-old yellow Labrador retriever named Tana. Tana finished her schooling in September, and her ...