But an increasing number of hospitals are trying something different , both to please their customers and to help their bottom line. It's the first of several deadlines for the legislature in the next few weeks. Commentator John Sweeney tells us about a chillier resort . Every pet has its own personality. Cats are aloof and cuddly.
Dogs are loyal and friendly.
And pigs . Commentatory Rachel Toor explains. She is currently working on the biography of her pet pig Emma . As a historian specializing in the Tidewater and coastal regions of North Carolina, David Cecelski has spent the past 20 years traveling the state gathering the oral histories of people whose ways of life are disappearing . The herring fisheries along the Chowan River are one example.