Three years after Katrina slammed into Slidell, Wanda Wright is still thinking about all the pets and animals that were left behind and died in the storm.

Shoe Thefts Blamed On Stray Dog (Fox 12 Oregon)

Residents of Waveland, Ind., believe a stray dog is behind a rash of shoe thefts. Shoes that were left outdoors started disappearing in June and began showing up near the town's fire station.

'Elegy': Adaptation of Roth novel puts characters in jungle of eros (The Buffalo News)

Past efforts to translate Philip Roth's books into film have produced one dog after another. They include Larry Peerce's “Goodbye Columbus” (1969), Ernest Lehman's gagfest “Portnoy's Complaint” (1972) and Robert Benton's dreary “The Human Stain” (2003).

Teachers pack heat; superintendent takes it (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

Students in this tiny town of grain silos and ranch-style houses spent much of the first couple of days in school this week trying to guess which of their teachers were carrying pistols under their clothes.

Tribute: Leo William Long, founder of Long Motor Corp., enjoyed helping others (The Kansas City Star)

Who: Leo William Long, 67, of Lenexa. When and how he died: Aug. 19 of probable heart failure. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in April.