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Arab TV to get inside DNC look: Al-Jazeera grabs spot in FleetCenter skybox By Dave Wedge Wednesday, July 21, 2004 It's been called everything from the CNN of the Arab world to Taliban TV. Next week, though, the controversial Al-Jazeera network will for the first time at a political convention take its place alongside other major networks in a skybox, providing live coverage of the Democratic National Convention from the FleetCenter. ``We're basically just a bunch of hard-working people of every ethnic background, working very hard like everyone else in the news business,'' Washington-based Al-Jazeera producer Stephanie Thomas told the...

<p>Spot, an English springer spaniel with a White House pedigree who spent nearly 15 years with President Bush and his family, has died, the White House announced Saturday.</p> <p>An administration official told CNN that Spot was put to sleep Saturday around 1:30 p.m. after suffering a series of strokes. Her remains will be taken to the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas.</p>

Write a message to President and Mrs. Bush on the death of his dog Spot.

Today, I thought it would be appropriate to have a Dose dedicated to the memory of Spot Fletcher Bush. We , on the Dose, have watched Spotty in her devotion and obedience to her Master and Mistress, and we know that her death will cause great pain for them, and for the entire family. Spot was a 15 year old English Springer Spaniel, daughter of President and Mrs. Bush 41’s dog, Millie. She was born in the White House, and spent her last days there as well, having suffered several strokes in her last days. It was on the recommendation...

WASHINGTON - Spot, President Bush's brown-and-white English springer spaniel, died Saturday. She would have been 15 next month. Spot was a puppy of Millie, who belonged to the elder President Bush and his wife, Barbara, and was born in the White House on March 17, 1989. The White House announced that Spot had a series of strokes recently, including one last week. Spot's veterinarian recommended that she be put to sleep, and the first family followed that advice Saturday.

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush's dog Spot, the 15-year-old English springer spaniel who had remained eager to please despite increasing health troubles, died on Saturday.</p> <p>Bush and his wife, Laura, went along with a veterinarian's recommendation to put Spotty, as the longtime Bush family pet was known, to sleep, according to White House spokesman Allen Abney. She had suffered a series of strokes recently, including one this week, he said.</p>

WASHINGTON - President Bush's dog Spot, the 15-year-old English springer spaniel who had remained eager to please despite increasing health troubles, died on Saturday. Bush and his wife, Laura, went along with a veterinarian's recommendation to put Spotty, as the longtime Bush family pet was known, to sleep, according to White House spokesman Allen Abney. She had suffered a series of strokes recently, including one this week, he said. "The president and Mrs. Bush and the entire Bush family are deeply saddened by the passing of Spot," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Saturday in a statement. "A loyal...

Statement by the Press Secretary February 21, 2004 STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY The President and Mrs. Bush and the entire Bush family are deeply saddened by the passing of Spot. A loyal and loving companion, Spot was a beloved member of the Bush family for nearly 15 years. She will be missed.

Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2003 November 2 A Giant Starspot on HD 12545 Credit & Copyright: K. Strassmeier (U. Wien), Coude Feed Telescope, AURA, NOAO, NSF Explanation: What could cause a star to have such a large spot? Our Sun itself frequently has sunspots, relatively cool dark magnetic depressions that move across its surface. HD 12545, however, exhibits the largest starspots yet observed. Doppler imaging - the use of slight changes in...

CINCINNATI, Posted 6:33 p.m. EDT July 14, 2003 -- In the movie "The Sixth Sense," a young boy said he saw dead people. In Cincinnati, a boy said he could see angels. NewsChannel5 reported that the boy, Ryan Reynolds, died in April from a brain tumor. Before he died, he told his mother he had a great time at a family picnic because he was surrounded by his guardian angels. "My parents died way before he was ever born, and he said, 'Mommy, your mommy and daddy,'" said Shirley Reynolds, Ryan's mother. "I said, 'Yeah, what about them?' He said,...

Aotearoa tradition spot on 25.01.2003 By SIMON COLLINS New scientific findings have backed traditional Maori accounts that New Zealand was settled about 30 generations ago. An international team led by Associate Professor David Lowe of Waikato University has pinned down the timing of the country's biggest volcanic eruption in 1000 years, at Mt Tarawera, to the winter of 1314, give or take a dozen years. The eruption spread a layer of ash from Northland to Hawkes Bay. There are signs that people may have begun to burn forests just before the eruption, but no human artefacts have been found below...

President George W. Bush calls for his pet dog, Spot, while holding his other dog, Barney, before departing on Air Force One to Washington from Waco, Texas, September 30, 2002. Bush had spent the weekend on his central Texas ranch in Crawford. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

President Bush greets his dog Spot, Friday, Sept. 13, 2002, on the South Lawn of the White House after returning from New York. Bush, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, called on world leaders to get Saddam Hussein and Iraq to disarm. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)