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WASHINGTON (AP) — Every dog has his day, just not at the White House. President Donald Trump tweets that the military working dog injured in the raid last weekend that killed the Islamic State leader will leave the Middle East for the White House sometime next week. And the president appears to have declassified the dog’s name: Conan. That had remained a military secret because of the classified nature of the mission in which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died. **SNIP** Conan was hurt after being exposed to live electrical cables but has returned to active duty, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Gen....

The Blaze has been happy to bring you reports of the Japanese peoples’ resilient spirit and will to stick together and survive. With all of the human despair and destruction facing Japan following the country’s massive earthquake and tsunami, it would be easy to overlook the struggles of some smaller residents. Undoubtedly, hundreds if not thousands of house pets perished as the tsunami swept ashore and people made their way to higher ground. But as we reported yesterday, some pets are finding ways to beat the odds. Add two more to that list. Japanese film crews captured these images of...

For a moment, yesterday (Monday, September 6, a day that will live in canine infamy) Barack Obama spoke from the core of his political being, to his arranged group of Democrat and union apparatchiks -- plus those especially susceptible to conversational hypnosis -- in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "They talk about me like a dog." he said of them (those who are still asking for his papers?). "That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true." Video from Politico: "Treated like a dog?" Who are they? Why are they talking about him this way -- like a dog? A... certain someone... was...

(CBS) AMITYVILLE, N.Y. Two kayakers are alive thanks to a quick-thinking pooch. This is the kind of story you might have seen on the old television series "Lassie." Randy and Kristine Ronback adopted ‘Smooch’ only two weeks ago. They got the 2-year-old border collie to help geese off the lawn of their picturesque home on the Amityville river. It's a job their other pets didn't show much interest in, but little did they know Smooch would end up a hero. Digg This Story! It all began at breakfast Sunday morning. “Smooch all of a sudden started barking and didn't stop,”...

SACRAMENTO — It looks like state Sen. Chuck Poochigian can save some money this spring in his run for state attorney general. His opponent in June's Republican primary, former U.S. ambassador-at-large Pierre Prosper, announced Thursday he was dropping out of the race. Prosper, who advised the Bush administration on war crimes issues until last year, said in a statement that his campaign did not meet fundraising goals and "we realized that the Republican primary would be an uphill battle." Prosper's campaign reported having $53,871 cash on hand as of Dec. 31, the latest reporting period. The Poochigian campaign reported having...

Dog Praised For Waking Women During Fire POSTED: 2:26 pm EST February 14, 2005 GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Firefighters in Greensboro are praising a dog for alerting two women to a fire in their home early Monday morning. Authorities said Rebecca Hanlin and Dorcas Ellis were asleep when the dog, named Bam, began barking constantly. The barking awakened the women and alerted them to the fire, allowing them to leave the house without harm. "If he wouldn't have woke me up, I wouldn't be here," Hanlin told WXII 12 News. "I'm pretty sure of that." The fire started at about 4:40...

<p>FAIRBANKS -- When Tiffany Morris looked out the window in Anderson and saw her pet beagle, Buddy, standing face to face with a grizzly bear, she couldn't bear to look.</p> <p>"They were standing there nose to nose, looking at each other," said Morris, 20, describing the incident Tuesday night as her life's scariest moment.</p>