Burned, abused dog leaves hospital with new owners Abused dog leaves hospital with new owners By jeanne starmack starmack@vindy.com hermitage, Read more on The Youngstown Vindicator

Rep. Giffords leaves Tucson for rehab in Houston Tucson, Ariz.— Rep. Gabrielle Giffords got a dramatic send-off from her hometown Friday as throngs of sign-carrying well-wishers lined the streets to wave at the ambulance taking the wounded congresswoman from the hospital just two weeks after she was shot. Read more on Detroit News

House fire leaves two families homeless The chief of the Pekin Fire Department suspects a malfunctioning window air-conditioning unit caused a duplex fire in Pekin late Friday that has left two families homeless, though nobody was harmed during the blaze. Read more on The Pekin Daily Times

$600,000 Queen St. West fire leaves 3 without homes Firefighters estimate more than $600,000 in damage after Monday evening’s blaze over four stores in the Queen and Manning area. Read more on Toronto Star

Weighty schedule that leaves no one tickled pink Take your choice: three men and a camel or three men and a dog? Part of me cheered the leading article in The Times on Tuesday calling for rugs, Thermos flasks and a bit of old-fashioned masochism on the part of cricket spectators. But facts are facts. [...]