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The Bidens' dog Major has been involved in another biting incident that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident tell CNN. The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee, took place on the White House South Lawn on Monday afternoon. The employee was working at the time and needed to stop in order to receive treatment from the White House medical unit. Asked about this latest episode, first lady Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa told CNN: "Yes, Major nipped someone on a walk. Out of an abundance of caution, the individual was seen by WHMU...

To pay off the ~$21 trillion dollar federal debt, which amounts to about $60,000 per American, it is probably necessary to have annual federal wealth taxation. It is best to introduce the federal wealth tax when asset values are high, so a smaller percentage of rich people's assets have to get taxed to pay off the national debt. The tax might be levied upon the total of net personal property financial holdings and the equity in real property. The rates might be: 1% on the equity in real property habitually resided in by the filer(s), 2% on the equity in...

1924: Pep, “The Cat-Murdering Dog” Pep "The Cat-Murdering Dog" was a black Labrador Retriever admitted to Eastern State Penitentiary on August 12, 1924. Prison folklore tells us that Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot used his executive powers to sentence Pep to Life Without Parole for killing his wife’s cherished cat. Prison records support this story: Pep’s inmate number (C-2559) is skipped in prison intake logs and inmate records. The Governor told a different story. He said Pep had been sent to Eastern to act as a mascot for the prisoners. He and the Warden, Herbert “Hard-Boiled” Smith, were friends. Pep was...

<p>The Obama's younger dog is still getting used to the spotlight as it made a major faux pas during a White House ceremony Wednesday afternoon.</p> <p>Sunny Obama jumped up on a toddler who was a guest at the unveiling of the official Christmas decorations, pushing the little girl to the ground.</p>

Clearly guilty... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUdF-gR9ChU

Longtime Rock 103 radio personality John "Bad Dog" McCormack died shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday at Methodist University Hospital after he was admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit in critical condition earlier in the day. McCormack, 55, was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009 and underwent a bone marrow transplant. He had relapsed and had been re-admitted to the hospital before his condition worsened Thursday. His WEGR-FM radio partner Tim Spencer posted a message from McCormack on the station's website. He said the words were written by McCormack to be published in the event of his death: "I have gone...

Reuters) - President Barack Obama, seeking to fire up an important part of his support base ahead of November's elections, told black leaders on Saturday he wanted their support to "guard the change" he was delivering.

Border Patrol drug-sniffing dog detected almost 1,400 pounds of marijuana stacked between pallets of squash in a tractor-trailer rig at the Interstate 19 checkpoint Wednesday. The trailer contained 63 bundles of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $1.1 million, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. The driver, a 41-year-old Mexican national, was taken into custody. The vehicle and marijuana were confiscated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Officials said that since October 2007, the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector has seized more than 520,000 pounds of marijuana. Dog units have been responsible for one-fourth of the seizures.

Chrysler Group apologized on Thursday for an advertisement that showed a dog being electrocuted beside its new Dodge Nitro sports utility vehicle. The ad, created by BBDO Netherlands which supports Chrysler's sales in the Dutch market, shows a dog being electrocuted after urinating on a Nitro's wheels. The agency is part of Omnicom Group Inc's BBDO Worldwide. The ad, which ends with the dog going up in flames, has the tagline "charged with adrenaline." According to Chrysler, the ad was placed exclusively on the Internet. "Chrysler Group was dismayed to discover that an advertisement created by an ad agency supporting...

Mon 11 Jun 2007 Sniffer dogs sacked for lewd behaviour ETHAN MCNERN TWO Thai strays who became ace sniffer dogs at an airport near the notorious "Golden Triangle" opium-producing region have been fired for urinating on luggage and sexually harassing female passengers. The pair, Mok and Lai, had been plucked from obscurity under a programme initiated by King Bhumibol Adulyadej to turn strays into police dogs, the Bangkok Post said on Sunday. They won plaudits from police for their work in sniffing out drugs at northern Thailand's Chiang Rai airport, near the border with Laos and Myanmar. But so many...

LOS ANGELES - Civil trials stemming from a Hollywood wiretapping scandal will have to wait until private investigator Anthony Pellicano and five others are tried in a federal criminal case, a judge ruled Monday. Attempting to move the civil cases forward while the criminal trial is pending would be a "judicial nightmare," Superior Court Judge Peter Lichtman said. He said several issues, including interviews of potential witnesses, could complicate the legal process."There is no question in my mind at this juncture, a stay is needed," said Lichtman, who ordered attorneys to return to court Oct. 22.More than a dozen lawsuits...

570 Local News Pit bull owner attacked by his own dog June 17, 2005 - 07:28 am By: 570 News A Cambridge man is in hospital after being attacked by his pit bull. It happened around 1:15 this morning at Guelph Avenue and Milling Road in Cambridge. A man in a truck saw what happened and came to the dog owners aid, and took him to hospital. The pit bull was on the loose briefly, but found several blocks away by Waterloo Regional police and shot by an emergency response officer. Waterloo Regional police tells 570 News the pit bull...

ROHNERT PARK Woman attacked by family's pit bull - Leslie Fulbright Wednesday, June 15, 2005 A 66-year-old Rohnert Park woman was seriously injured by her family's pit bull Tuesday when she tried to prevent the dog from attacking her son, police said. Tommie Munoz was arguing with her 36-year-old son when the terrier began to attack him. In an attempt to protect him, Munoz stepped in, and the dog began to attack her, according to police. Munoz's other son began to beat the dog with a shovel and eventually was able to lock the dog in a bedroom. Animal shelter...

body, table {font:normal 12px verdana,sans-serif;margin:10px;} /*.RelatedBox {display:none;}*/ WFTV.com Dog That Attacked Boy May Be Allowed To Return To Neighborhood POSTED: 6:01 pm EDT May 9, 2005SANFORD, Fla. -- Residents of a Sanford neighborhood say a vicious dog is about to return to their street. The dog already attacked a 12-year-old boy. But animal control officials say, by law, the owner could have his pet back Tuesday. GET WFTV NEWS HEADLINES BY EMAIL 9 a.m. HeadlinesNoon Headlines4 p.m. HeadlinesNews of the StrangeBreaking News Alerts Monday afternoon, animal control investigators say they may reconsider allowing the dog back to the quiet street....

A San Antonio dog owner wants City Public Service Energy to change its policy that allows meter readers to Mace pets. Michael Kilpatrick said his dog Piggy, a Chihuahua-dachshund mix, was sprayed with a repellent by a CPS worker. "I can't believe they Maced a dog - - especially this small," said Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick said the meter reader didn't inform him that Mace was used on Piggy. "I was very, very angry," said Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick said he was able to quickly wash the irritant out of Piggy's eyes, but said it took three hours before the dog could see again....

NORTHBOROUGH -- A dog owner who lied that his biting dog "Chewy," had been hit by a car and killed rather than turn it over to selectmen for death will spend a month in jail now that Chewy has bitten a third child.<!ENDSUMM!> Jan Motyl-Szary, 47, who moved to Holden after his vicious yellow Labrador retriever, Chewy, was sentenced to death in Northborough, had sworn in a Northborough affidavit that Chewy was dead. He even changed Chewy's name to Scooby-Doo. Motyl-Szary said Chewy was hit by a truck on Interstate 93 near Salem, N.H. "I am saddened but relieved that...