A Lapdog Bares its Fangs
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By scuttling the new Commission, the European Parliament has finally proved to Brussels and the national capitals that it can bite as well as bark. Why thatÂs good for the E.U.
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If every dog has his day, consider the busy role-playing for the canine in Ned Lamont&#039;s campaign ad.
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A famed parrot showed signs of an inner life, and a bit of a temper.
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Sure, any old dog can go out trick-or-treating in a mass-produced costume. For less than &#36;30, he can be a pumpkin, a devil, an astronaut, a cheerleader or &#151; oh, the insult! &#151; a cat. But what about that very special pooch, the dog whose fur should never touch vinyl and who wouldn't be caught dead in the same costume as the mutt down the block? Enter: E&amp;E Hallstrom Haute Couture.
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The slender brown-and-yellow Butler's garter snake is a mild-mannered creature that spends its time sheltering in burrows and eating earthworms. But it has sparked a heated dispute between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and state legislators.
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Snowy the terrier knows all about the hassle of airport security. The brown-and-white pooch spent 11 days in a sensitive outdoor area of Madrid's international airport &#151; one of Europe's busiest air hubs &#151; scurrying about with a dog's eye view of landing planes.
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A detainee being held for interrogation was stripped and confronted with an unmuzzled military police dog. He was suspected of having tried to escape and was later bitten by one of the dogs.
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As a city moves to curb its canine population, typically timid middle-class citizens find themselves fighting the power
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If you haven't remembered to buy your dog his costume yet, here's something else you may have overlooked:
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Louis Pasteur's vaccine proves effective against what was then a fairly common -- and deadly -- occurrence: rabies contracted from an infected animal.
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By Anonymous  Anyone who has watched an old arthritic horse chew on willow branches-the bark of which has long been used by humans to ease pain- can attest to the instinct for any somewhat intelligent species to find in the natural world a cure for what ails them.
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If you took the photo of a Chihuahua at   http://flickr.com/photos/benvoluto/216323527/, you have caused   a Web sensation.
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When 87-year-old Lucille Mann knits, her 2 1/2-pound dog Pepper curls up beside her or nuzzles in her lap.
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This eau de snake acts as camouflage, covering up the squirrelâs own scent so a meal-seeking rattlesnake will leave it alone.
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LYNDHURST, England, Sept. 12 -- Jake, an arthritic Labrador retriever, slept beneath an ancient oak tree in a warm September breeze. Ponies roamed untethered, children kicked pine cones along gravel forest paths, and Edith Jones stood outside her camper wondering how such a tranquil spot had become,...
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While Sen. Hillary Clinton is trying to soften her image on the campaign, she is allowing her pit bull -- Bill Clinton -- to go on the attack.
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Vivi the whippet, the prize-winning show dog who vanished two years ago at Kennedy International Airport, is alive and well. At least thatâs what the animal psychics say.