LOST: male tiger-striped pit bull, "Firenight ," Greenville, 258-5166; neutered beagle, black, white and brown, red collar, 28 pounds, Woodlawn Avenue, (919) 524-6548; spayed mixed dog, reddish brown, looks like a Rhodesian Ridgeback, orange reflective collar, 60-70 pounds, tail curls a little, Statonsburg-Lew is Store Road, 753-8013 or 717-0244; male golden dog, no collar, black spots on tongue, ...

Humane SocietyThe Humane Society of Eastern Carolina's Pet of the Week is Joe, a small, young male Jack Russell terrier. All animals are spayed or neutered or come with spay or neuter certificates.

The following people were recently booked into the Allen County Lockup on felony charges either on preliminary charges after arrest or after being transported from another facility or were formally charged with a felony in Allen County. Misdemeanor charges are also listed if the person is charged with a misdemeanor in addition to a felony.

DANVILLE The Danville branch shelter of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is crammed full of all kinds of animals.

Adams Mountain Cafe: 110 Caon Ave., Manitou Springs, 685-1430. Wayne Hammerstadt, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. All American Sports Cafe: 12225 Voyager Parkway, 260-7601.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but "Catch and Release" is the chick-flick version of guy-cry movies like "Garden State " and "The Last Kiss. " Like them, it features underdrawn yet quirky characters onto which a youthful audience can project its anxieties. Like them, it uses an iPod playlist in place of story structure, and like ...

I read John Hayes' article "Tolerance for Torture" ( Films and TV up the ante on graphic torture scenes, Jan. 19 ) with great interest. The tolerance for torture has also expanded to a tolerance and actually entertainment of the rape, murder, kidnapping and exploitation of children in the media.