Good news is in store for connoisseurs of refined and rare libations, a Scottish distillery announces it is reviving a centuries-old recipe for whisky so strong that one 17th-century writer feared more than two spoonfuls could be deadly. However, whisky connoisseurs ready to test their mettle will have to wait - the spirit will not be ready for at least 10 years.

Dog lovers across the country are proving they are avid readers. The nonfiction book "Marley and Me -- Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog," has been on the New York Times bestseller list for 17 weeks. "

Cypriot authorities arrested a Greek citizen and a Turkish man whose love affair ignored the boundaries of the ethnically-divided state. The woman tried to sneak her boyfriend into the Greek Cypriot side of Cyprus so they could ring in the New Year together.

Pet lovers tune in to an internet radio station designed to ease the lives of lonely dogs and cats around the world. Known as "the radio station all pets prefer", DogCatRadio. com goes out live 17 hours each day from a van in the car park of a Los Angeles recording studio.