Phoenix, AZ —Last week Christopher Scott Gale approached a woman shopping at the Central Ave and Osborn Road Walgreens from behind.  Without provocation or a known motive he used a kitchen knife with an 8” blade to stab the woman at the base of her skull. The woman screamed and an off duty but armed federal officer in a checkout line quickly intervened.    The offender was standing over the wounded woman when the G-Man ordered the man to drop his knife and lie face down on the ground.   Responding Phoenix Police took the offender into custody. Gale told police that he purchased the knife at the WalMart located in the Christown Spectrum Mall because he wanted to,c “stab and kill someone.” Police reported in court documents that after stabbing the woman, Gale was face to face with her while the knife was protruding from her neck.   Allegedly Gale told her, “I’m killing you to save the world.” Rather than book Gale immediately in jail police...

If you never owned a dog your life has been incomplete.  Owning a dog is not difficult or burdensome.  The only bar to dog ownership are serious allergies, landlord prohibitions or you’re gone away from home for long periods of time.  Today there are a surprising number of dog friendly employers that allow pets to be brought to work.  I’ve even seen this at locally owned TV stations.  I think many companies are learning that being dog friendly is actually good for business, productivity and certainly employee morale.   Dogs are a tremendous cure for depression and walking them insures you get more exercise and perhaps a longer life.  Dogs are also wonderful matchmakers for their unattached owners!  Dogs make it a lot easier for members of the opposite sex to approach each other on the street.  Egos always interfere with our first meetings but when a dog is present ego problems seem to simply vanish.     A dog will...