Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)

Ithaca High School students Jacob Evelyn (senior) and Mary Eloundou (sophomore) were awarded first prize and third prize in an essay competition to celebrate the French Presidency of the European Union, which ran from July-December 2008. Janet Bowman, French language teacher at Ithaca High School, learned of the competition through the Cornell Institute for European Studies' outreach program. ...

More pets are in need of homes as economy sours (Stamford Advocate)

Though the holiday season has traditionally been a time when many animals find a home, animal shelter leaders said they're filled to the brim as adoptions decline and abandonments soar.

Pets feeling economic pain (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Family pets are becoming the latest victim of economic woes as owners, facing tight budgets, are forced to give them up.

Weak economy forces some to give up pets (Charles City Press)

 A growing number of Americans are giving up their dogs and cats to animal shelters as the emotional bonds between people and pets get tested by economic ones.

Dog Day at the Movies (The Conroe Courier)

THE WOODLANDS – The Montgomery County Animal Shelter took advantage of the popular new film “Marley and Me” as a chance to show off some real-life Marleys – Labrador retrievers the shelter has in its care and hopes to adopt out.