Harley is a 2-year-old neutered orange and white short hair with yellow-green eyes. He has a big wonderful personality and loves attention from people and will follow them around. He also gets along great with other cats.
Find Harley at Cats Are Us, 119 Providence Blvd. Adoption fees are $75 for male cats, $85 for female cats and $100 for either sex that’s declawed. The fee for dogs is $85. Fees include spaying or neutering, deworming and standard vaccinations. For information, call 503-0053 or visit www.catsareus.petfinder.org.
Jack is an 18-month-old neutered basset hound/yellow lab mix. He was found in the woods with a gunshot wound. Jack has received great vet care and is all healed up. He is a sweet dog who loves all people, especially children.
His adoption fee is $100, which includes vaccinations, rabies, current heartworm and flea prevention, and neuter. Find Jack at the Clarksville Humane Society. The shelter also runs a pet food bank for needy pets and offers low-cost spaying and neutering. For information, call 648-8042 or visit www.clarksvillehumanesociety.org.
Taylor is a beautiful blue merle colored, 2-year-old, 8-pound toy Australian shepherd. She was dumped with two other dogs, one of which was killed by a car. Taylor is sweet and friendly and she gets along well with other dogs.
Find her at Second Chance and Happy Tails. The shelter has an adoption fee of $100 to $150, which includes spaying or neutering and vaccinations.
For more information visit their Web site at www.secondchancehappytails.petfinder. org. Phone, 503-8300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Daisy is a super cute puppy, a 3-month-old house trained and crate trained female Dalmatian mix. She is currently in a foster home with other dogs and does great with them. Daisy is very friendly and loves people, an all-around great dog.

theleafchronicle.com

ROCKVILLE - A Maryland jury found a former Army Ranger guilty of second-degree murder yesterday in the shooting death of a fellow Ranger he had served with in Afghanistan.
Gary Smith, 25, was accused of killing Michael McQueen, 22, with a gunshot to the head in the apartment the two shared in Gaithersburg in September 2006.
Smith was found guilty of second-degree murder - depraved heart - but the Montgomery County Circuit Court jury acquitted him of a first-degree murder charge after deliberating for six hours. The depraved heart qualification indicates a killing that is not intentional but results from reckless behavior that shows an extreme disregard for human life.
Smith was stoic as the verdict was read, and there was little reaction in the courtroom from the families of Smith or McQueen. Judge Eric M. Johnson revoked Smith’s bond, and Smith was led away in handcuffs by sheriff deputies. He could be sentenced to up to 50 years in prison on May 27 for murder and the jury’s guilty finding on a handgun charge.
During the more than two week trial, Smith’s lawyers suggested McQueen’s death was a suicide, and that McQueen was despondent over issues such as his job prospects and a break-up with a girlfriend. Prosecutors didn’t provide a specific motive for their theory but said Smith idolized McQueen and was upset when McQueen said he planned to move out of the apartment.
McQueen’s father, Mike McQueen, the New Orleans bureau chief for The Associated Press, said the suicide claim tarnished his dead son’s name, amounting to a “public lynching” that was painful for his family to hear.
“We knew all along our son was killed in cold blood,” he said after the verdict.
Smith’s parents did not comment as they left the courtroom.
The case centered on competing forensic experts who gave conflicting views on the meaning of crime scene clues.

baltimoresun.com