Police in Springfield, Massachusetts say a spat between building tenants about dog poop turned into something far shittier on Saturday: a less-than-neighborly double stabbing.

Earlier this month, San Marino, Ca. Mayor Dennis Kneier was caught on security camera throwing a bag of dog shit onto a neighbor's yard. Apparently, the incident was so embarrassing and scandalizing, he was forced to announce today that he's resigning as mayor.

San Marino, Ca. Mayor Dennis Kneier was busted for having thrown a bag of dog shit onto a neighbor's walkway. The neighbor, Philip Lao, caught Kneier tossing the doo with the security cameras outside his home and believes it was done in retaliation for his opposition to a proposed neighborhood dog park.

A cross-country US Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City on Wednesday because a large dog repeatedly shit in the aisles, reportedly causing some passengers to get sick.

Wayne Klinkel of Helena, Montana was reimbursed $500 Monday by the federal government after the family dog ate a wad of cash at Christmastime. In December, Klinkel and his wife left Sundance, their 12-year-old Golden Retriever, in the car while they ate at a diner; after eating, they realized the cash they’d left in the car was gone and that Sundance, who eats “anything in sight,” was responsible for the disappearance.

A 17-year-old kid says he was beaten by cops in the Bronx after he walked past an officer who was scraping dog shit off his shoe and said, "It smells like doo-doo." Tyre Davis told the Daily News that he was then berated by the cops, handcuffed and later punched several times in the head. Who wouldn't laugh if they saw a cop step in dog shit?

A Queens woman claims two NYPD cops beat her last month for not picking up her dog's shit. She said that the pile they saw was "cold" and therefore not her dog's, so they arrested and allegedly beat her. [NYDN]

A Daily News report on squirrels being massacred by one woman's dogs has some people heated, and undercover Parks Enforcement officers are issuing tickets for unleashed dogs. Hopefully they'll start busting people for not picking up their dog's crap, too.

An intrepid reader writes, "How do you decide which is the better term 'apeshit' or 'batshit'? It must be a tough call." With all the different types of shit out there, choosing the correct shit can be a mess.

Theory: the closer internet persona(e) (non grata) Julia Allison gets to your internet startup, the more it's bound to falter. The breaking moment comes when her dog shits on your carpet.