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While candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry battled it out in the CNN Western Republican Presidential Debate, Sarah Palin said she thought Newt Gingrich took home the winner's belt. "Everybody could learn from Newt Gingrich and the way - his calm, cool, collected manner," Palin said Tuesday in an interview on Fox News. "He's kind of seen it all before in this political game, if you will." Palin said the former House Speaker, often described as the most professor-like among the pool of candidates, would "clobber Barack Obama in any debate, any forum that had to do with substance."

Bulldogs are stubborn!! Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt7rXE9vhNY

LAGRANGE, Maine — The 41-year-old Prentiss Township woman who was mauled last Friday by a dog in LaGrange was in surgery late Thursday afternoon to clean her wounds and may have to have one or both arms amputated... Both Raymond and Stewart’s friend, Vaughn Adams, who has been by Stewart’s side since Tuesday, said Stewart remains in critical condition. The American bulldog mix that mauled Stewart was euthanized Thursday, and its body was sent to the state to be tested for rabies, Because of the pain associated with her injuries, Stewart has been kept in a drug-induced coma since she...

"A jury this morning found two Fresno Bulldog gang members not guilty of aggravated mayhem for inking a gang tattoo on a 7-year-old boy during Easter break 2009."

A Port Richmond boy is recovering from dog bite wounds following surgery at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. Thanks to the quick actions of his bigger brother and a neighbor, he's expected to make a full recovery.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Dozens of slobbering bulldogs dressed in everything from tuxedos to tutus shuffled onto the blue carpet Monday to show their stuff. None were a match for Meatball, a brown and white pup crowned the winner of the 31st annual Beautiful Bulldog pageant in downtown Des Moines. Meatball beat out 49 tail-wagging wannabes who came from as far away as South Carolina to compete in the event and serve as the official mascot for the 101st annual Drake Relays track and field event.

What happened to a Chattanooga police officer's car was certainly under the radar. A city police spokeswoman said Sunday that Officer Clayton Holmes had been checking traffic speeds with radar and stopped to fill out a report when he felt his car shaking. He found a bulldog chewing on the tires. After the dog attacked two passing cars and a second police car, officers used pepper spray and a Taser on it, but the animal wasn't deterred.

The family of a 3-year-old girl mauled to death by an American Bulldog is mourning her death today. The child, who deputies said was briefly left alone in her back yard near Ocala with four bulldogs, was mauled to death by one of them, investigators said. The Marion County Sheriff's Office originally said the dogs were pit bulls. The girl, whose name was not released, was in the back yard of the house in the 6500 block of NE 25th Ave. with her mother, Lori Haaker, owner of Haaker's Dream Bulldog Ranch. Haaker, a National Kennel Club judge of American...

BAYJI, Iraq – The Sons of Iraq are quietly making large strides in the northern Iraqi city of Bayji, along with soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. Although more often than not, changes here go unrecognized, Bulldog Soldiers are quick to recognize the transformation of their battle space. “Without witnessing what goes on in our cities every day, it’s most likely that someone wouldn’t understand the importance of these seemingly small changes,” said Capt. Michael Sykes, battalion adjutant. Sykes said numerous roads have been opened, easing travel restrictions and making commuting...

Another Santa Barbara teenager is dead. Police said he is the victim of a brutal gang-related attack on a Westside Street. The incident happened Monday night on the 700 block of San Pascual Street. Since the highly publicized death of a Santa Barbara teen last March, police have been actively working to prevent gang retaliation and escalation. Now they wonder if the stabbing death of a San Marcos High School teen could be related. A curbside memorial marks the spot where 16-year-old Lorenzo Carachure was fatally wounded in a gang attack Monday night. Carachure's death marks Santa Barbara's second gang-related...

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AL ASAD, Iraq (Oct. 20, 2005) -- Sergeant Craig Meltzer did not want to leave his wife and 2-month-old daughter at home while he deployed to Iraq's Al Anbar province for six months. But, as much as he hated to leave his wife and daughter, the idea of watching his Marine family deploy without him was unthinkable. Meltzer, a 26-year-old Virginia Beach, Va., native, deployed with the Bulldogs of Marine Attack Squadron 223 from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., in August. As the senior noncommissioned officer in the AV-8B Harrier squadron's flight equipment section, the Salem High School...

I’m not proud of this, but the parallels to Michael Schiavo are undeniable. When I was eight years old my little sister Joan was barely three. She could talk but no one could understand her. I remember teasing the crap out of her just to see her reaction as she went to dad to tell him how badly I was treating her. His reaction? “What’s the matter, honey? I can’t understand you.” She would then come back to me and complain about my treatment of her. And, what did I do? I teased her some more. It was really funny...

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