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The heartbreaking stories behind 5 adorable bionic dogs
Someone give Lauren Hansen a Pulitzer.
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Dogs love us. (Thanks Brooke Wiseman for sending this!)
If you want to send us photos of your pets (or babies, or yourself) drooling on the magazine, we’re @TheWeek on Twitter!
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According to the yearly roundup of popular pet names in the database of Veterinary Pet Insurance, the 10 most popular dog names for 2012 were Bella, Bailey, Max, Lucy, Molly, Buddy, Daisy, Maggie, Charlie, and Sophie. It was the third straight year Bella came in at number 1, after unseating Max in 2009. A company spokesman thought the ascendancy of Bella might have had to do with “the name of the heroine in a certain vampire book/film series that’s pretty popular these days.”
In medieval times, dogs had names like Blawnche, Nosewise, Smylfeste, Bragge, Holdfast, Zaphyro, Zalbot, Mopsus and Mopsulus.
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12 behind-the-scenes photos from the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show
Photos: REUTERS/Mike Segar and Keith Bedford
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- A pug competes in a race during the third international pug dog meeting in Berlin on July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz)
- Pigs race at the Los Angeles County Fair, the largest in the country, in Pomona, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Just because: 11 exhilarating images of animals in mid-race
- A pug competes in a race during the third international pug dog meeting in Berlin on July 14, 2012. (REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz)
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Huskies look pretty pumped to be taking part in a training session at Feshiebridge, in Aviemore, Scotland. The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain will hold its annual sled dog rally this weekend. PHOTO: REUTERS/David Moir
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“I’ve always wanted to be a PlayBo Bunny… ” — Submitted by Bobbie Liegus via Facebook.
Check out all of this week’s caption contest winners
Photo: CC BY: The White House
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(Photo: CC BY: The White House)
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Bo Obama inspects the White House for the holidays
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America has a pet obsession
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Hey guys, we’re on Instagram. Our first post was a photo of the wall in our office dedicated entirely to cute animals.
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Starbucks didn’t build its coffee empire by being nice, and Andrea McCarthy-Grzybek is learning that the hard way. The proprietor of the Starbarks Dog Daycare center in Algonquin, Ill., was recently hit with a cease-and-desist letter from the corporate behemoth, which is demanding that McCarthy-Grzybek change her company’s name, logo, and website.
Starbucks tells The Chicago Sun-Times that it has a “legal obligation to protect our intellectual property,” but local fans of Starbarks are calling foul. “Can Starbucks seriously be more petty?!” one supporter wrote on Starbarks’ Facebook page. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that a little guy has been targeted for coming too close to an exclusive copyright.
Starbucks vs. Starbarks and 5 other petty copyright infringement claims
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A new study suggest looking at pictures of cute things (puppies, for example) may improve concentration. The study’s authors think incorporating cute imagery into our everyday professional routines could make people more careful and deliberate in their work.
