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• Horse owners hit by economy
ARLINGTON, Wash. - The sluggish economy is now driving horse lovers to do the unthinkable: abandon their animals. It's happening at such a growing rate, rescuers and shelters can't keep up. Factors leading the trend, high food, gas prices, homes lost ...
• Officials: Financial crisis can lead to violence
In some places, mental-health hot lines are jammed, counseling services are in high demand and domestic-violence shelters are full. "I've had a number of people say that this is the thing most reminiscent of 9/11 that's happened here since then," said ...
• Norbert weakens to tropical storm over Mexico
Baja residents fled to shelters in school buses and army trucks as floodwaters rose in their homes. Winds uprooted palm trees and the water rose knee-high in some streets of the town of Puerto San Carlos. "We left our house because we were scared ...
• Tropical storm hits Mexico's gulf coast
Veracruz state authorities were setting up shelters and preparing to evacuate communities in low-lying areas still trying to recovering from heavy flooding caused by heavy rains last week. Ranulfo Marquez, the state's top civil protection official ...
• 86 cats rescued from 2-bedroom Colo. condo
Since then, workers have been scrambling to accommodate the animals at area shelters and homes. Executive director Leslie Rockey said many appear to be healthy but in need of a bath. Garfield County sheriff's spokeswoman Tanny McGinnis said the cats ...