Beware the dog, and cat, contracting horrific rabies (USA Today) If you've never seen old film clips of animals with rabies, you're really missing something. All that slobbering, slathering aggression and piteous disorientation is truly disturbing stuff. [News Source]

NSF makes grant to study prevalence and spread of Chronic Wasting Disease > Buckmasters > Articles (Buckmasters) -- A Colorado State University research team has been awarded a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study transmission of chronic wasting disease. [News Source]

Oh, baby! (Miami Herald) Actress Leelee Sobieski and her fiancé, fashion designer Adam Kimmel, are expecting their first child. Baby is due in December. [News Source]

Orange/Osceola Event Listings (The Lakeland Ledger) MAD COW THEATRE COMPANY Mad Cow Theatre, 105 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando. Tickets vary. 407-297-8788. www.madcowtheatre.com STAGE LEFT 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2:30 p.m Sundays. 'THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE' WHEN: Sept. 11-Oct. 18 'THE LION IN WINTER' WHEN: Nov. 20-Dec. 20 [News Source]