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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Sumo is nobody's lap dog. The little Maltese belonging to former French president Jacques Chirac, 76, and his wife Bernandette, 75, is clinically depressed and on medication. Despite the antidepressants, he became particularly violent the other day, and attacked Mr. Chirac, sending him to seek treatment at a hospital in ...
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Sunday, January 11th, 2009
When President-elect Barack Obama went to the ABC studios at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. for an interview with George Stephanopoulos, which aired on the Sunday morning show "This Week" on January 11, 2009, he was accompanied by his daughters, Malia and Sasha. The girls had a question for their ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Socks the Cat, adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas by Chelsea Clinton in 1991, lived in the Clinton White House until the photo-ops ended, then moved to Maryland with Bill Clinton's former secretary Betty Curry. The 18-year-old Socks has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
"The president, Mrs. Clinton and Chelsea ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
His wife Jill promised him that if Barack Hussein* Obama won the election, then he could get a puppy. Now that he is vice-president elect, Joe Biden has purchased a male German Shepherd puppy from a kennel in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Four days after Mr. Biden picked out his pooch, ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
This Christmas will be the last one in the White House for first dog Barney. BarneyCam 2008 features President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush, their daughters Barbara and Jenna, Jenna's husband Henry Hager, and Willard the cat. Some special friends, including Olympic gold-medalists Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin, also ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
When thieves stole the SUV belonging to actor John Schneider of Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville fame from a Los Angeles shopping mall last Saturday, they also got away with two 10-week old puppies. The Cadillac Escalade has been found, but Marley, a Yorkie-poo, and Paisley, a Yorkie, are still ...
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Jamie Foxx, the Academy Award-winning actor (for the title role of Ray Charles in the motion picture Ray), Grammy-nominated musician and singer, and stand-up comic, thinks he has come up with the perfect dog for President-elect Barack Obama and his family: "A pitbull," said Mr. Foxx. "(I'm) trying to pick ...
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Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
The First Dog show has opened in Washington DC. Does that mean the pony show is not too far behind?
First Dogs: American Presidents and Their Pets opened November 14, 2008, and will run through March 2009 at the Newseum, located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street, ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama gave his first press conference on November 7, 2008, at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. In response to the question "...what kind of dog are you going to buy for your girls?" he replied, "This is a major issue... We have -- we have two criteria ...
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Friday, November 7th, 2008
After nearly eight years of relentless partisan attacks launched against President George W. Bush by his critics in a biased left-leaning mainstream media, first dog Barney bit back today in a stunning parting shot delivered by the lame duck loyalist. The hapless Reuters TV White House correspondent Jon Decker was ...
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