Can you match some of Augusta's well-known people with their pets?

Michael and Stephanie Phillips wanted a home with more room for their young children, and they looked for a friendly neighborhood.

Things happen to you while you're writing, Augusta author Louise Shivers said.

NEW YORK - Danish Modern furniture. Flat-screen TVs. Free Wi-Fi. You want fries with that? A McDonald's in midtown Manhattan became the first in the U.S. this fall to undergo a sleek, European-style makeover similar to what McDonald's has done at thousands of European outlets.

NIKISKI, Alaska - Norm Olson's genial tone belies his reputation as a radical militiaman, yet here he is, at 63, an affable grandfather explaining why Americans should arm themselves against their government.

NEW YORK - It's not quite the warm and fuzzy crowd one imagines around most Christmas trees, but Barneys New York is celebrating the holidays with a motley crew that includes Roseanne Roseannadanna, the Church Lady, Father Guido Sarducci and Wayne and Garth.

People have low expectations of cats.

See cats and dogs available for adoption from the Aiken SPCA.

ST. LOUIS - Dozens of American pit bull terriers netted in the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history are finding homes despite some who predicted aggression or trauma would make them unsuitable as pets.

See dogs and cats available for adoption from the CSRA Humane Society.

Ray Dobson and the dog he now calls Goblin both had a problem.

See dogs and cats available for adoption from Happy Tails Rescue in Appling.