Friday digest

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New today from the Century:

• LaVonne Neff reviews Sue Halpern: "Pransky, a middle-aged Labradoodle, was bored. So was Sue Halpern, Pransky's owner. Then Halpern learned about Therapy Dogs International."

• Steve Thorngate on Mexican drugs and Chicago violence

• Laura Kelly Fanucci on what happens when the pavement ends

• "Poem for a song going off to college," by Brian Doyle