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Fourteen search and rescue dogs have died since their exposure to toxic rubble from the Sept. 11 terrorist attack - including eight from cancer, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. But researchers believe there is no connection between the deaths and the chemicals they were exposed to. Despite the study's findings, some of the owners whose dogs have died still blame the toxic brew the dogs immersed themselves in during the hunt for survivors and remains.

What did Hillary Clinton know about air quality at Ground Zero......and when did she know it?

Sometimes you get a sense that a politician really cares about an issue. Other times, your gut tells you a politician is looking for an issue in order to get himself [herself] in the spotlight. Hillary's performance on The Today Show this morning [wearing, it should be noted, the black version of Ol' Crusty] would seem a perfect illustration of the latter phenomenon. Here was Hillary, interviewed by Matt Lauer, touting her latest cause: demanding Congressional hearings to investigate the fact that in the aftermath of 9/11, the EPA Administrator (Christie Todd Whitman?) issued a statement to the effect that...