If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

March 7 (UPI) --Firefighters and animal control officers teamed up in Florida to rescue a runaway dog found stranded on the edge of a river with his leash and collar entangled in a tree.

The dog walker found the dumped canine — originally called Kobe but now named Obie — strapped to a tree by his collar at the Frank Niederwerfer Wildlife Sanctuary in South Windsor, outside ...