Low-life humanoid types, bow down low before the presence of the great Pooch Doggy Dog!
Wonder what is on the front page of the latest edition of the Jerusalem Post? Any "dog news"? Maybe the St Louis Post-Dispatch front page has some juicy news about the greatest professional baseball team to ever don uniform? 
A devout Christian has become the first driver to refuse to get behind the wheel of a bus bearing an atheist poster declaring God probably does not exist. Ron Heather, 62, walked out in protest after seeing the advert declaring: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."
An attractive 16-year-old Muslim teenager was stabbed to death 23 times by her elder brother "to protect the family's honour" after he tricked her in to meeting him at a McDonald's burger bar car park.
WESTON, Wis. — Kara Neumann, 11, had grown so weak that she could not walk or speak. Her parents, who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery but did not take her to a doctor.
Indonesia's top Islamic body meets at the weekend for what looks set to be a hot theological debate on a range of issues including whether Muslims should be allowed to smoke, abstain from voting or even do yoga.
A poster denouncing Scientology has gone up on a public kiosk outside the Scientology headquarters in Berlin. Local officials warn that Scientology may be "undemocratic" -- part of an ongoing battle between Berlin and the guardians of L. Ron Hubbard's belief system.
Some interesting stories about the books of Dr Seuss, and the background for their writings. 
Forests in the Pacific Northwest are dying twice as fast as they were 17 years ago, and scientists blame warming temperatures for the trend, according to a new study.
John Thain, the former CEO of Merrill Lynch, resigned Thursday from the company that bought Merrill out, Bank of America. As far as we can tell, his departure couldn't come soon enough.
The company that brought the world Beanie Babies is now selling dolls named Sweet Sasha and Marvelous Malia, but a spokeswoman insists that the dolls have nothing to do with President Obama's young daughters. (Pooch Dog just dropped a little pee out his ^&&!!~$ he was laughing so hard!) Although it would be a stretch to say the 12-inch-tall dolls bear a resemblance to the first family's Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, they appear to be the only African-American dolls in the 30-doll Ty Girlz collection.
President Obama affirmed his support for a woman's "right to choose" on Thursday, the 36th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that led to the legalization of abortion, as thousands of anti-abortion activists descended on the National Mall to challenge his position.
1906. "Georgetown football (junior)." Harris & Ewing glass neg.
July 30, 1923. Washington, D.C. "Big gun." National Photo Co.
May 1865. "City Point, Virginia. Gen. Rufus Ingalls and group." The group is back, slightly rearranged and expanded. Wet-plate glass negative.
October 1863. Bealeton, Virginia. "John Henry, servant, at headquarters, 3d Army Corps, Army of the Potomac." Wet-plate glass negative.
Washington, D.C., circa 1916. "Slaves reunion. Lewis Martin, age 100; Martha Elizabeth Banks, age 104; Amy Ware, age 103; Rev. Simon P. Drew, born free." Cosmopolitan Baptist Church, 921 N Street N.W.
"Inaugural Ball. March 4, 1925." And Calvin Coolidge could have danced all night. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Washington, D.C., circa 1925. "Girls' rifle team of Drexel Institute." National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Seven states and two organizations have sued the Bush administration in an attempt to block a federal regulation that would further protect health care workers who refuse to perform abortions or other medical procedures because of religious or moral reasons.
The top cleric in Saudia Arabia says it's OK for girls as young as 10 to marry...
President-elect Barack Obama is considering issuing an executive order to reverse a controversial Bush administration abortion policy in his first week in office, three Democratic sources said Monday.
The official White House website,
Read this "boring" article about Obama's literary sources during his Inaugural Address. Very interesting! 
The Clean Air Act of 1970 set nationwide air quality standards and motor-vehicle emissions standards for the first time, and the federal government and some states have continued to take steps to tackle air pollution.
Prairie Pooch Dog Hole visitors. Either the graphics in this picture will be entertaining and self-explanatory. Or, you weren't raised a Seventh-day Adventist! 
SCHAGEN, Netherlands — The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was thrown open Saturday — you could say it was the first time in 4,000 years — drawing a crowd of curious pilgrims and townsfolk to behold the wonder.
I just visited my new granddaughter. I like kids a lot. This tears me up...
WASHINGTON—George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States of America, passed away painlessly in his sleep Monday night, White House sources confirmed. The 62-year-old Bush was reportedly discovered lying unresponsive in his bed by first lady Laura Bush, a gentle smile still on his lips. "It was as though he knew it was his time to go," said longtime family physician Dr. Harold Ditmas, who pronounced the president dead of natural causes at 7:24 a.m. Plans for Bush's funeral have been postponed indefinitely following an unexpected incident in which the president's corpse was sucked through an Air Force One jet engine.
I am awarding this company the Keith Olberman "Worst Company In The Worlllld" award!
SCOTTSDALE, AZ—Weeks after being arrested for driving under the influence while seeking out companionship from a certain particularly skilled partner, NBA legend and basketball analyst Charles Barkley was finally able to drive across town, meet said partner under favorable circumstances, and visit quietly sharing old times, Barkley said yesterday. "Whew!" a visibly relieved Barkley told reporters in a press conference afterwards. "Oh, man. Oh, man! I mean, seriously, I needed that alone time. I needed that one bad, after what happened the first time. And I am so glad that is all over with so I can get it behind me and just move on."
The key to battling drug-tolerant superbugs could be keeping them awake. New research into how bacteria go dormant, allowing them to evade drugs, could lead to a method to keep them from hiding.
Washington circa 1918. The caption for this one is "no caption." Anybody here look familiar? Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
"1917. Camp Meade, Maryland. Winter views." At ease in the barracks with news from the folks. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative.
Arlington, Virginia, 1917. "Fort Myer officers' training camp mess." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress.
"William Phillips children, 1924." Their diplomat dad was Under Secretary of State in the Harding administration. National Photo Co.
A camera lens focuses the image on a flat photoreceptor, and Voila! We've got a problem. The focus is sharper in the center then at the corners. The eye fixes this problem by utilizing a curved receptor that keeps the focus sharp out to the ediges. Brilliant, Watson!
A researcher from the University of Leicester has identified what looks to be the oldest archaeological evidence for chemical warfare -- from Roman times.
In a macabre discovery fit for Indiana Jones, archaeologists in Spain unearthed a 14th century brick oven with a unique role — to bake bones. Scientists report that the animal bones were burnt in the oven and mixed with other materials to produce a protective coating to strengthen the grand medieval walls of what is today Granada, Spain. Scientists now describe how they found these materials thanks to a powerful new testing method.
Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer's disease (AD) later in life. This conclusion is made in a Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) Study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Volume 16:1).
The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said Thursday he would investigate software glitches at the VA that put patient safety at risk, calling the problems a sign of a "dangerous lack of accountability."
The collection of rocks that the Apollo astronauts brought back from the moon carried with it a riddle that has puzzled scientists since the early 1970s: What produced the magnetization found in many of those rocks?
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