Community calendar (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
THREE KINGS DAY Known as Dia de los Reyes in Latin America, Friday marks the arrival in Bethlehem of the Three Kings. Hot chocolate, pastry and toys to be distributed to children.

And baby makes four SPCA class trains dogs to behave with infants (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jake is concentrating so hard his eyes bulge. Every few moments, his owner walks over to the spot where he's sitting, holding a curious-looking bundle. She does a split-second forward bend toward him, pausing to let him glimpse what she has, then turns and leaves.

Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 (Duluth News Tribune)
Eh? (a) interj. 1. A sound expressing surprise or inquiry. 2. A column of offbeat tidbits and news you can use.

Paw-room dancing - The Boston Globe
Dancing with dogs a growing pastime as devotees grow in suburbs By Taryn Plumb Globe Correspondent ?|? Alan Jackson's ''Little Bitty" twanged out of a portable stereo as Jo Gaebel sidled up to her dance partner a 2-year-old cairn terrier named Jessi. ''Spin! Zoom!" Gaebel instructed twirling her finger as she bobbed with the country beat.

Out there (The Des Moines Register)
Iowas wildlife officials are urging hunters and anglers to purchase their 2006 licenses soon before their 2005 licenses expire.

Silver-Investor.com Tells Precious Metal Investors How to Buy Gold for $252 Now (PR Web)
Gold has been receiving lots of attention from the main stream financial press and well deserved but inaccurate in our view. Silver-Investor.com gives a current analysis on the gold situation that is a must read for precious metals investors of all sizes.