For the next three weeks, the NCAA Tournament — the original "American Idol" — will transform even nonsports fans into beasts. But, as much as it pains columnist Martin Fennelly to say so, he doesn't care whom you have in your brackets. You shouldn't care how he's doing, either. ...more

March 16, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - It was the middle of the night and Buddy Carter's dogs started barking up a storm. Although that's not out of the ordinary on any given evening at Carter's Canine Condos, there was just something different about the sounds that sent up a red flag. ...more

March 5, 2009

It was the middle of the night and Buddy Carter's dogs started barking up a storm. While that's not out of the ordinary on any given evening at Carter's Canine Condos, there was just something different about the sounds that sent up a red flag. ...more

February 25, 2009

The ways of dogs can be adapted to marriage. ...more

February 24, 2009

The owners of a Land O'Lakes kennel damaged in a fire last week have established an account for donations to help them rebuild, bank officials said. ...more

February 18, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Seventeen dogs are safe after a fire broke out in their Land O' Lakes kennel early Wednesday . ...more

February 12, 2009

A dozen dogs are safe this morning after a fire broke out in their Land O' Lakes kennel. ...more

February 11, 2009

Studies have found that dogs have a sense of fairness, much like wolves cooperating in the wild. ...more

December 8, 2008

Fountain Funeral Home held an open house when it opened in December 1973, and the Avon Park business will be doing the same thing on Nov. 29 - nearly 35 years later. ...more

November 16, 2008

My daughter is a puppy. A spotted puppy. It's an important distinction. Her breed may be a mystery, but her markings have been mapped with a surveyor's precision. She has a black ring around her right eye, three spots on her rump, a spot on her left rear "paw" and a black-tipped tail. ...more

October 26, 2008