Eight puppies separated from their mom were nowhere to be found — then deputies got creative in the Florida woods.

In April, three teams will win a share of up to $77,500 in school STEM education grants and student scholarships through the A.H. Nickless Innovation Award.

When the animal’s true owners, Louisiana couple Steve and Dorreen Couture, tracked Master Tank down to her home in Tampa Bay in January 2006 and found him in the lawyer’s custody, their request for ...