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Bug the dog has spent most of his life being underappreciated. "I didn't care for him," admits Cathie Lukowicz about the Shih Tzu crossbreed she reluctantly brought into her home. "He's ugly and I don't like those kinds of dogs." Bug didn't exactly have a supporter in Cathie's husband either. "He's kind of a yippy dog and I don't care for those," says Jay Lukowicz. The yipping may have annoyed Jay a bit over the past few months, but Bug's barking Saturday morning is getting credit for saving the Lukowicz family. Jay was out of town. Cathie, not feeling well,...

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a vocal critic of the Bush administration's war in Iraq, plans to introduce articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday.Kucinich, a Democrat who is again running for president, said Monday that he will hold a news conference in Washington to discuss his bid to oust Cheney. Kucinich spokeswoman Natalie Laber declined further comment. Under the House impeachment process, Kucinich's articles would be reviewed by the House Judiciary Committee, which would decide whether to conduct an impeachment inquiry. The committee would seek authority from the entire House before beginning an inquiry. Cheney spokeswoman Megan McGinn...

Kucinich Goes for Impeachment Against Cheney April 23, 2007 ABC News' Jennifer Duck Reports: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) plans to hold a noon ET press conference on Tuesday to introduce articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. The noon presser is scheduled to be held in the Cannon Terrace of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. April 23, 2007

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Doug Flutie retired Monday, ending a 21-year career in which the undersized Heisman Trophy winner threw one of college football's most famous passes and went on to play a dozen seasons in the NFL. The decision by the 43-year-old Flutie was announced by the New England Patriots, for whom he played five games last season. Flutie spent 12 seasons in the NFL and also played in the USFL and the Canadian Football League. He won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player award six times and the league's Grey Cup championship three times. Flutie finishes with 14,715 passing yards...

Church of Scientology worshipper Tom Cruise expressing himself to Oprah Winfrey on her May 23 show. Cruise jumped around the set, hopped onto a couch, fell rapturously to one knee and repeatedly professed his love for his new girlfriend, the actress Katie Holmes.

UCSF Police Chief Pam Roskowski has taken a Mini to the max, shunning the big SUVs that chiefs often favor for a Mini Cooper. A $31,000 silver metallic, glass moon-roofed, chrome-trimmed, alloy- wheeled wonder complete with portable lights and siren. The vehicle is raising a few eyebrows on campus, but the fully loaded car met Roskowski's criteria: "mobility, enough power to be driven on the freeway to do our business and ... easy to park.'' Roskowski, who joined UC in 2003, gets to pick her wheels as part of her university contract, and has handed off her not-so-old Honda Accord...

On the hustings, US Senator John F. Kerry has tried to put some distance between himself and Michael S. Dukakis, the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, who was governor of Massachusetts when Kerry was lieutenant governor. He is no Dukakis, Kerry has said, trying to avoid being tarred with the Massachusetts liberal label Republicans so firmly slapped on the former governor 16 years ago. Kerry has showcased his military service, his record as a prosecutor, and his centrist views.

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Friday that President Bush was responsible for a "precipitous drop" in America's international stature and for an economy falling apart.</p> <p>Democrats will emphasize the country's weakened economy in the two weeks leading up to the elections for control of Congress, Daschle said.</p>

Anyone watching the television news Wednesday might have gotten the impression that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was angry, darned angry, that President Bush earlier in the week criticized Senate Democrats for not being concerned about the nation's security.The statement to which the good senator took exception came in a campaign swing through New Jersey on behalf of GOP candidates, in which the president said, "The House responded, but the Senate is more interested in special interests in Washington and not interested in the security of the American people. I will not accept a Department of Homeland Security that...

<p>September 27, 2002 -- SENATE Majority Leader Tom Daschle just made American politics a lot more interesting with his fascinating floor speech Wednesday, during which he demanded an apology from President Bush for saying Democrats didn't care about national security.</p> <p>"We ought not politicize this war," said Daschle.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) --  Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on Wednesday accused President Bush of seeking to politicize the debate over war with Iraq and demanded that he apologize for implying that Democrats were not interested in the security of the American people.</p>