Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's essential to know more about the nitty-gritty details.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The dog suspected of mauling seven-year-old Julien Houk on a Mat-Su playground is now in custody of the Matanuska-Susitna Valley Borough Animal Shelter. The dog’s owner fled ...

MENAHGA, Minn. — Julie Dickie cares for a lot of orphaned babies — and right now they’re really hungry. Eleven spotted fawns all need to be bottle fed with a special formula. Nearby, two young ...