Iowa This article is more than 3 months oldAuthorities rescue nearly 100 goldendoodles from Iowa puppy millThis article is more than 3 months oldThe dogs at Paris Puppies Paradise, who were underweight and living in their own feces, were housed with a rescue organization Iowa authorities rescued nearly 100 dogs from a puppy mill over the weekend, many of whom were living in their own excrement. Lost Michigan toddler found asleep in woods using family dog as furry pillowRead moreOn Friday, a deputy from the Boone county sheriff’s office was conducting a welfare check on a missing woman and came across what appeared to be a puppy mill, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

The ObserverLife and styleEverything you need for an all-night party ... his and hers ViagraIt's the newest recreational drug of choice for young men - bought illicitly in bars and nightclubs. Naomi Harper, 28, and her boyfriend wondered what all the fuss was about. And then they tried it ...At 28 you should be too old to be experimenting with drugs. But I'm at least 30 years too young to be messing about with the blue tablets in the palm of my hand.

Crime fictionIn response to a list of the 100 best crime novels that had only 28 female authors, Ann Cleeves, Val McDermid and Dreda Say Mitchell and other leading writers nominate some alternatives When the Sunday Times picked its 100 favourite crime and spy novels published since 1945 last weekend, only 28 were by women. “Seeing the chronic conscious and unconscious bias against work by women is enraging,” wrote Marian Keyes on Twitter.

US newsOne in four Americans think Obama may be the antichrist, survey saysPoll asking voters about conspiracy theories reveals alarming beliefs – including 37% believing global warming to be a hoaxAbout one in four Americans suspect that President Barack Obama might be the antichrist, more than a third believe that global warming is a hoax and more than half suspect that a secretive global elite is trying to set up a New World Order, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

Children's booksChildren's booksThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - review'This book is a classic that your parents have probably read, but don't let that put you off!'Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden (Vintage Children's Classics)This book can be read by anyone over 9, advanced readers at around 7 or 8. The Secret Garden is about a particularly arrogant and unpleasant girl called Mary Lennox. At the start of the book, she lives in India, but is forced to leave for her uncle's mansion in England in order to escape a devastating outbreak of cholera.