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Charlie Neibergall
Tank walks down the runway during the 28th Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest, Monday, April 23, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. The bulldog is owned by Jamie Johnson, of Logan, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot.
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Published April 23rd, 2007 - 8:20PM
Riggs hardly looks or acts like a beauty king. A 3-year-old male bulldog, Riggs is a drooler with protruding teeth and a penchant for attacking noisy appliances, begging for crumbs and hopping on furniture. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 8:03PM
Teachers in a village school in western India sprinkled cow urine on several low-caste students to purify them, a news report said Saturday. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 7:45PM
An man is diversifying his wood products business by building caskets for family pets. Matthew Dow, who operates Dow's Wood Products, is making custom-built pet caskets and urns that he is marketing through animal shelters, pet stores and veterinary clinics. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 7:28PM
A judge and a prosecutor face disciplinary hearings after admitting to having sex in the judge's chambers and being together in shower facilities at the Douglas County courthouse. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 7:18PM
Two of the oldest people in the United States met Saturday. A relative drove 113-year-old Bertha Fry of Muncie to a Shelbyville nursing home to visit Edna Parker, who celebrated her 114th birthday Friday. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 7:08PM
A north Idaho man accused of ramming his truck into his estranged wife's home Monday after unsuccessfully demanding that she bring him a cigarette has been arrested, police said. No one was injured. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 6:45PM
A Cinderella story it isn't. There is a mysterious shoe and a fitting to find its rightful owner. There's even a wedding. But, at least for the shoe's alleged owner, there is no happily ever after. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 1:13PM
It isn't called Long Island for nothing, and one long-distance runner has learned that firsthand. Alicja Barahona ran the whole 120-mile length of the island over the weekend, in an effort to draw attention to a breast cancer charity walk scheduled in June. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 9:18AM
Jon Williamson sensed that just about everybody out there had a pet peeve. Now he's got some statistical data to prove it. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 4:53AM
Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed, lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands. Read more...
Published April 23rd, 2007 - 1:33AM
An 11-year-old girl stopped a van that went out of control when her diabetic mother became ill, police said. Read more...
Published April 22nd, 2007 - 6:05PM
OMG! Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar, of Claysburg, Pa., was crowned LG National Texting champion on Saturday after she typed "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from "Mary Poppins" in 15 seconds. Read more...
Published April 22nd, 2007 - 11:23AM
A burly 64-year-old retiree who resembles jolly old St. Nick will be going mano a mano with other contestants in a national title bout - in Rock, Paper, Scissors. Read more...
Published April 22nd, 2007 - 5:58AM
Humans weren't the only species basking in the Northeast's warm weekend weather, as police helped capture a small alligator sunbathing by a small pond in this Long Island town. Read more...
Published April 22nd, 2007 - 5:48AM
Humans weren't the only species basking in the Northeast's warm weekend weather, as police helped capture a small alligator sunbathing by a small pond in this Long Island town. Read more...
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