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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food
Health
- May 15, 2008
70 people, many of them young children, were sickened after handling the food, CDC says
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Carnival: Money Tips on Spouses and Pets
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- April 7, 2008
This week's personal finance roundup highlights intimate relationships.
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The Truth About Cats & Dogs, à la Washington
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- March 27, 2008
There are few families who understand Harry S. Truman's adage that if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog better than the politically quarrelsome couple of Mary Matalin and James Carville.
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At 18, Socks the Cat Is Still Purring
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- March 27, 2008
Socks lives! Really.
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Your Dog is Fat. And You Know What to Do
By Katherine Hobson -
On Fitness
- March 20, 2008
A pet weight-loss plan, like a human plan, requires some strategizing.
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My Dog May Be Good for My Health
By January W. Payne -
On Medicine
- March 7, 2008
Research on the benefits of owning a pet keeps piling up.
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First Pet Plays Secret Agent Man
Washington Whispers
- October 5, 2007
News on the presidential pets.
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Animal Cruelty Laws Aren't Uniform
By Bonnie Erbe -
To the Contrary
- September 4, 2007
States need to toughen up prohibitions to prevent Vick-like incidents.
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Turtles Headed to a Nearby Petsmart Soon
Washington Whispers
- May 9, 2007
You read it here first: The Senate was up to passing an amendment to lift the 1975 ban on those little pet turtles baby boomers had growing up. And today they did it.
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Cowabunga: Turtle Power Returning
Washington Whispers
- May 6, 2007
Just like the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after a 14-year absence from the silver screen, real live pet turtles might soon be making a comeback after an even longer 32-year wait. What, you didn't know that those small turtles you kept in a plastic aquarium as a kid are banned by the Food and Drug Administration? The threat of salmonella did it in 1975.
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