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Buried Dogs Were Divine "Escorts" for Ancient AmericansAnne Casselman for National Geographic NewsApril 23, 2008 Hundreds of prehistoric dogs found buried throughout the southwestern United States show that canines played a key role in the spiritual beliefs of ancient Americans, new research suggests. Throughout the region, dogs have been found buried with jewelry, alongside adults and children, carefully stacked in groups, or in positions that relate to important structures, said Dody Fugate, an assistant curator at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fugate has conducted an ongoing survey of known dog burials in the...

JEFF GANNON LIVE! 10.05.2006 Jeff Gannon, the former gay male escort/White House Corespondent, is scheduled to be on live with Randi TODAY in the 3rd hour of her show (5:30pm ET, Thursday).

Chinese men hiring girlfriends to stop family nagging Wed Jan 5,12:23 PM ET BEIJING (AFP) - Agencies in China's Chengdu city are offering rented girlfriends to bachelors who need someone to show off to relatives during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, state press said. "Love agencies are springing up in Chengdu offering an invaluable service for those men whose parents are nagging them to settle down," the China West Metropolitan News reported. A hired girlfriend can cost as much as 300 yuan (36 dollars) a day, the paper said, a third of an ordinary worker's monthly salary in China....

<p>None of the 15 escort services advertising in the Yellow Pages in Lee County has the required licenses or permits, but no one is claiming responsibility for who should enforce the law.</p> <p>A records check with the Lee County Tax Collector’s office identified that the 15 escort services were operating illegally because they didn’t have the licenses or permits.</p>