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FREMONT, Calif. (AP) -- A pack of angry Chihuahuas attacked a police officer who was escorting a teenager home after a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer suffered minor injuries, including bites to his ankle, Detective Bill Veteran said. The five Chihuahuas escaped the 17-year-old boy's home and rushed the officer in the doorway Thursday, authorities said. The teenager had been detained after the traffic incident. The officer was treated at a hospital and returned to work less than two hours later.

December 09, 2005, 9:08 a.m. Democratic Implosion Can the party of the people be saved from itself? The idea that we are going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong. — Howard Dean And there is no reason… that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the — of — the historical customs, religious customs. — John Kerry The U.S. cannot accomplish anything further in Iraq militarily. It is time to...

Passenger killed by air marshal An American Airlines passenger who claimed to be carrying a bomb was shot and killed by an air marshal while trying to flee a plane arriving from Medellin, Colombia, at Miami International Airport on Wednesday, U.S. officials said. "Shots were fired as the team attempted to subdue the subject," a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesman said. The passenger was a 44-year-old U.S. citizen, the spokesman said. A law enforcement official said "no device has been located at this time." The incident took place as American Airlines flight 924 arrived from Medellin for a stopover...

Woman Suspended From Job After Trying To Rescue Squirrel POSTED: 10:43 am EST December 2, 2005 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- A woman says she was suspended from her job for spending too much time trying to rescue a squirrel trapped in the ceiling of the library where she works. Cindee Goetz said she contacted a friend who owns an animal-removal business about the animal after a company hired by the library tried using a trap that would kill it. "It's a real pickle to be in, all over me being compassionate toward animals," Goetz said. "They said I went around...

Good evening, FReepers. We are not hooked up to satellite or cable, but view DVD's and video's on occasion. I am shopping to purchase a television and it's been quite a while since we've bought a new set. As a matter of fact, it has been so long that I have come to realize they don't make televisions the way they used to. Just as going out to simply buy yourself a cup of java has become a major undertaking(For goodness sakes, one must take a class in: How To Order At Starbucks, just to navigate your way through the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new grand jury, a possible sign he could seek new charges in the case. In filings obtained by Reuters on Friday, Fitzgerald said "the investigation is continuing" and that "the investigation will involve proceedings before a different grand jury than the grand jury which returned the indictment" against Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Fitzgerald did not elaborate in the document. For two years he has been investigating the leak of covert CIA operative...

GOLDEN, Colorado (AP) -- A woman who authorities said had sex with high school boys during alcohol- and drug-fueled parties has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, officials said. Silvia Johnson, 41, described herself to investigators as a "cool mom" who "was never popular with classmates in high school" and who was beginning to feel like one of the group. She pleaded guilty in July to two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault and nine felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She also was sentenced for additional charges of third-degree assault, violation of a restraining order...

Ryan O'Doherty, a former communications director for the Maryland Democrat Party has been implicated by emails to party members hours before the Washington Post story which started the whole Steffan/MD4Bush/MOM smear saga. Details will emerge later tonight on WBAL radio.