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The Water Bowl: Miracle Dog Alive and Well After Heart Stops for 20 Minutes

12/21/2011 at 12:30 PM EST

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Vets at a Tuscon humane society spent 20 minutes trying to revive a dog whose heart stopped beating after major eye surgery. One-year-old Java survived, without any complications, which vets are calling a miracle. The plucky pup is looking for a home for the holidays.–kvoa.com

Sting and his wife Trudie Styler have the perfect Christmas present for everyone on your list: a bag made of elephant dung and banana skin! Proceeds from the sale of these 100 percent recycled bags go to the Karm Marg orphanage in India, where local women without jobs are making them.–BigIssue.com

The world just got a lot smaller for Matilda, the cat who resides at New York's Algonquin hotel. The famous feline, who used to have free run of the hotel, is now confined to the lobby by an invisible fence.–NYTimes.com

Celebrities like Ryan Gosling and Zooey Deschanel are urging McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner to switch to more humane cage-free egg suppliers in a new letter dubbed "I'm Hatin' It."– ABCNews.com

California Governor Jerry Brown has added an official page for his dog to the state's website. It features a photo of Sutter, a Pembroke Welsh corgi, and a biography that states his party affiliation: " Whig (practical and not carried away by the barking constituencies)."– L.A.Times

If animal dung isn't your style, Alicia Silverstone suggests giving the gift of animal adoption this Christmas. On her blog, the actress promotes the Farm Sanctuary's "adoptable" farm animals.–TheKindLife.com