Regina Massaro is an animal-rescue worker without borders. From junkyards in Jamaica to gritty industrial lots in St. Albans, Massaro seeks out some of Queens' roughest addresses with one goal in mind - fighting animal overpopulation.

Seven evacuation shelters will open at noon today in Warren and Issaquena counties, and Vicksburg area Red Cross Emergency Services Director Janice Sawyer said she expects them to fill quickly with Hurricane Gustav evacuees from coastal Louisiana and Miss

The death of a dog in a fire in Fairport Tuesday prompted a donation to some fire stations around the area. The dog died in the house fire on Fairport's High Street. Invisible Fencing has recently developed oxygen masks for pets.

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident at 6:30 p.m. Monday on Coyote Drive, six miles south of Joplin in Newton County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

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