As you may know I'm a big pet lover. I've set up a web page to help save homeless pets. This is very important to me and I need some help from my friends to spread the word about the problem, and help raise some funds to support an innovative charity.

Exactly 20 years have passed since Dr.James E. Hansen of NASA first testified to Congress on June 23,1988 that global temperatures had risen beyond the range of natural variability.Waiting another 20 years before taking decisive action is not a option.

Woman charged in the drunken-driving death of her son went to a bar after his funeral instead of reporting back to jail,state police said.A judge had given Erin Howard,26,of Corry,permission to leave the Erie County Prison for 24 hours to attend Funeral.

Pirates took four European tourists hostage after their yacht ran out of fuel off the coast of northern Somalia in the Red Sea's Gulf of Aden,according to a Somaliland official.The pirates then took their hostages -- a man, woman, and their child.

Broadcast TV has had a hard time catching a break this past year.What was supposed to be a rebound 2007-08 season after the ratings slump of 2006-07 was derailed by the Hollywood writers strike and ended with a whimper in May.

Do you scoff at company-made labels (i.e. internal labels) and only go for the non-profit, third party born eco-labels when buying green office supplies? Or do you take both with a grain of salt, comparing the merits of "private" and "public" labels?

What would it take for you to revolt against every accepting a plastic bag from a store again? A sea animal choking on one?Every time a shopper chooses paper or plastic they have to make the wrong choice, but are not even offered the right one!

The Snohomish County sheriff's office says a 14-year-old Snohomish boy who came home with D's and F's on his report card was beaten with a stick until he bled. Deputies found the stick apparently used in beating the boy. It had broken into three pieces.

Frogs are treated with anti-fungal medicine and anything else that has contact with water during amphibian rescue is treated with a bleach solution,to be sure researchers are not spreading the fungus to new, uncontaminated areas.

A street-sweeping truck roaring down a Bronx street sucked up a dog and killed her as her owner held the leash.The city Department of Sanitation called the death "a rare and unfortunate accident."