Interesting news - Checking Out Monty, Miracle Dog, Dubai World Cup

Mar 24, 2011 09:38

Because I can't post these to Facebook but I want to share them!
(totally stealing skreidle's news story link layout!)
Uplifting stories in a bunch of devestating news about Japan and Libya. I needed som feel-good stuff to read...

Checking Out Monty: Yale Law Students Can Reduce Stress With Therapy Dog | 30-Minute Sessions With Certified Library Therapy Dog Begin Monday | ABC News | March 24, 2011 | At the Yale Law Library circulation desk, students have been signing up this week to check out Monty, a "certified library therapy dog," for 30-minute sessions of unconditional, stress-busting puppy love.

Miracle dog emerges from burnt house one month after devastating blaze | New York Daily News | March 23, 2011 | Maybe some dogs have nine lives, too. A pooch presumed dead after a raging house fire in Boston has miraculously emerged from the ashes one month after the devastating blaze.

Lifting Spirits in a Race of Untold Riches | The New York Times | March 24, 2011 | Seabiscuit lifted American spirits near the end of the Great Depression. The famous Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe race in France rose from the ashes of World War I. And far more recently, the Emirate of Dubai built Meydan, a racecourse whose very name means a coming together in the spirit of competition.

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