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Bo Obama was supposed to be in Hawaii. Instead, he showed up at President Obama’s side Wednesday shopping for treats at Pet Smart According to Michelle Obama’s press office, the first dog was planning to go to Hawaii with the first lady and the Obama daughters. The Associated Press reported that he in fact had made it there. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser quoted an eyewitness who said he had seen the Portuguese Water Dog having his walk. So what is Bo doing back in Washington shopping at PetSmart? Either all these reports are mistaken, or Bo was told his vacation was...

Chicago pool report #1 By Anne E. Kornblut White House Correspondent The Washington Post Shortly after takeoff, a surprise gaggle on Air Force One: with Bo, the presidential dog. His owner was just a few steps behind. President Obama watched and smiled as Bo ran down the aisle past a throng of cooing reporters. Obama cracked the old joke about needing a dog in Washington - since there's no such thing as a real friend. Someone told him that Bo had been spotted at the airport interacting with his bomb-sniffing relatives. "I didn't want him getting into it with the...

Remember how Pres. Bush was often ribbed for his early-to-bed habits? How they were taken as a sign of a lack of sophistication by the Beltway crowd? Well, maybe there’s a soporific in the White House water. For it seems that Pres. Obama might be following in W’s footsteps when it comes to hitting the sack long before the witching hour . . . All the morning news shows ran clips of Michelle Obama taking questions from a group of young people yesterday. Check out what Mrs. Obama said while discussing a ruckus that Bo the dog recently made. View...