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While we follow the news from Japan (here) and Libya (here) in separate posts, here's a quick look at some other stories making headlines:

A news crew from Fuji TV saw a couple of dogs this week, lying in the wreckage of Mito, Japan.

A dog with brown and white splotches seemed to hover over one with gray, black and white splotches. Both dogs looked grimy. The second dog didn't seem to move.

When the dog with brown and white splotches came toward the crew, they thought it was warning them to stay away. But it returned to the other dog, and put a paw on its head.

Then they understood: the dog was sticking by his friend, and asking for help.

There could be military strikes at any time as nations, including the U.S. and its NATO allies and members of the Arab League, join to stop Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and forces loyal to him from further attacks on those Libyans who are trying to topple his regime.

We're following today's developments in this post. It will refresh every 30 minutes, or sooner if we add updates in between. NPR.org's coverage is collected here.

Update at 9:45 a.m. ET. More On The Timing Of Strikes:

Eight days after a devastating, 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and sent a tsunami crashing into towns and cities along the country's northeastern coast, the death toll continues to rise, the work of helping survivors goes on and a desperate attempt to bring reactors at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima has the world watching anxiously.

As sung by Julie Andrews in the movie musical of the same name, "The Sound of Music" is one of the most familiar songs in musical history.