I don’t deny that many dogs like to run, but they also like to smell things which prevents them from having the time
to run 1,100 miles on ice and snow.
If sled dogs could speak, I am almost certain they would offer,
“Let us mush for awhile and you pull.”
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(AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Lance Mackey wins 2nd […]
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‘Former’? They still look like Pit Bulls to me.
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Images: (meeting room) parkpavilion.net; (Pit Bulls L to R): 1-dogear.org via terrier-dogs.blogspot.com; 2-z.about.com via freerepublic.com; 3-farm1.static.flickr.com via petjunction.blogspot.com;4&5-bluemagicpits.com; (floor ashtray) rexite.com; (seat ashtray) battelle.org via advertising-age.blogspot.com; (cigarettes) freefoto.com via jettfumes.blogspot.com; (coffee cups) di1.shopping .com via mysimon.com; (butts in floor ashtray) collegian.csufresno.edu;
Story is here.
Now I am really confused!!
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Pedro, Marichal denounced over cockfight
Practice banned in U.S., but it’s legal and popular in Dominican Republic
updated 1:02 p.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 7, 2008
Now it’s New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Famer Juan Marichal who are being denounced for animal fighting.
A video of Martinez and Marichal at a cockfight […]
The New York Times
February 9, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
The Revenge of Seamus
By GAIL COLLINS
Oh, Mitt, Mitt, Mitt.
Losing Mitt Romney from the presidential race is not just a matter of another Republican biting the dust. It’s all those dozens and dozens of future incarnations that we may never have a chance to meet. I was hoping that someday […]
the Federal government’s concern for canines was quite touching when viewed against the backdrop of their funded or wholly-run experiments with radiation on humans.
The Tech
Volume 116 >> Issue 49 : Tuesday, October 8, 1996
Radiation Lawsuits Against MIT Loom
By Dudley W. Lamming
Staff Reporter
Two lawsuits filed last year against the Institute regarding tests on radiation exposure are […]
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Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, left, is a top contender to replace Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales, whose resignation is effective Sept. 17. The two are shown at a 2006 briefing.
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His past at Justice may be a hurdle if he’s picked to succeed Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
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By David G. Savage and Tom Hamburger, Los […]
Wis. cat endures cross-county adventure
Fri Aug 24, 9:58 PM ET
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Annie the cat loves to roam, but she got a bit more traveling experience than she bargained for last month. She sneaked into the back of a truck — bound for Virginia.
After traveling 1,000 miles, the 10-year-old calico roamed in the woods […]
Feds search Michael Vick’s property
By HANK KURZ JR., AP Sports Writer Fri Jul 6, 1:15 PM ET
SURRY, Va. - Federal agents investigating possible dogfighting searched property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on Friday.
Portsmouth’s WAVY-TV broadcast video of investigators working under a blue tarp on a portion of Vick’s wooded property in southeastern Virginia. […]
Britain’s new prime minister wins praise
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer
Tue Jul 3, 1:08 PM ET
Gordon Brown doesn’t do charisma.
In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a “war on terror” since the failed attacks in London and […]
“The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.”
Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Mar 3, 2007 9:31:09 EST
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George […]