Valley Vista High School linebackers JT Moore, Fernando Ayala, Nick Moedt and Mario Rodarte are used to storming toward the quarterback on the football field.

Two Tempe homeowners were able to escape an early-morning house fire Tuesday, but one of their pets did not survive the blaze, fire officials say.

Dad’s Dog House, a ramshackle Tastee-Freez-turned-hot-dog-shack on University Drive, was a Mesa institution for decades, regularly drawing crowds than lined up out the door for an inexpensive meal.

The owner of Dave’s Dog House restaurant said he’s become a lone wolf by refusing to close his business at the old Tempe Arches shopping center where a multimillion dollar mixed-use development is planned.

A Phoenix woman was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after a neighbor accused her of trying to poison the neighbor’s dogs for the past year.

NEW YORK - Call it the front-runner's paradox. While Hillary Rodham Clinton tops every national poll of likely 2008 Democratic presidential contenders, the New York senator is dogged by questions of "electability" - political code for whether she can win enough swing states to prevail in a general election.

After all those little, yippy fellas last year — Uggie from "The Artist," the Pomeranian from "Young Adult," Arthur from "Beginners" — it's nice to see a REAL dog up on the big screen.

The setting has been moved from the British countryside to the swamps of Mississippi, and the lead actors got better looking, but Rod Lurie's "Straw Dogs" is essentially identical to the 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller he's remaking.

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Sheba the pug isn’t a lawyer, but she might as well be. The pugnacious pup is official mascot and greeter at Justia.com, a startup that creates Web sites for attorneys. Sheba licks visitors, barks her opinion on conference calls and tags along on sales calls. A true dog-commer, she even has her own blog, HugPug.com. Says proud papa CEO Tim Stanley, “She brings joy to everyone.”

HONOLULU - It's the Year of the Dog - for three years running. Duane "Dog" Chapman and his tattooed crew return Tuesday for the third-season premiere of the hit reality show, "Dog the Bounty Hunter" (A&E, 9 p.m. EST).

PRESCOTT - A 3-year-old girl from Yavapai County was hospitalized after she was attacked by three dogs. The child was playing in the backyard at her grandmother's house in Cordes Lake last week when she was attacked by two mastiff puppies and an adult pitbull.

Tank, a 2-year-old 100-pound Rottweiler who lives in south Scottsdale, is down in the mouth right now, but considering the circumstances, he's a lucky dog.

Fire destroyed a Chandler home on Wednesday.

Authorities won’t be pursuing criminal charges against the owner of a Cave Creekarea dog training facility where 28 dogs died last month.

Twenty-eight dogs died over the weekend, possibly from heatstroke, at a training facility near Cave Creek, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said his office will investigate.

Authorities won’t be pursuing criminal charges against the owner of a Cave Creek-area dog training facility where 28 dogs died last month.

Twenty-eight dogs died over the weekend, possibly from heatstroke, at a training facility near Cave Creek, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said his office will investigate.

A swarm of bees terrorized a Gilbert family Tuesday, holding them and firefighters hostage while the insects killed two dogs.

A 4-year-old girl died Monday night after being mauled by her family’s dog in north Phoenix, said Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials.

Nothing is more frustrating for dog owners than a dog who jumps on visitors, chews up the furniture and causes chaos in the neighborhood.