No, this is not just some roundabout way of trying to get away with posting obscenely cute puppy pictures. We're still recovering from the Super Bowl and too lazy to find a picture of the actual kidnapped dog.
The Mayor of Alice, Texas apparently agreed to watch her neighbor's dog while the neighbor was on vacation. She then called the vacationers with the bad news: their dog was dead. Guess what? The neighbor eventually figured out the dog was still alive when they, um, saw the dog alive still.
The genius Mayor was forced to resign.