DURHAM, Conn. -- Firefighters in Connecticut are learning how to rescue from a burning building a different type of victim. The Connecticut Horse Council is offering training sessions on how to remove horses from a barn on fire.

Workers at a Kentucky animal shelter launch a campaign to get a dog named "Ugly" adopted. Ugly had been living on borrowed time at the Shelby County Animal Shelter.

Nothing fills an empty nest like a new pet. But unless you decide to adopt an older animal, batten down the hatches: Puppies and young dogs are the definition of rambunctious.