Even without the new sires, the Barbet breed should hit the 100-dog mark by the end of 2012.

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And then to have this shabby, dog-whipped airline coming in at the end and tarnishing the whole Super Bowl experience and Phoenix brand.

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Think of what smaller or no bonuses will mean to the dog-walkers, toenail painters, personal trainers and high-end travel and real estate agents of Manhattan.

FORBES: Stop The Bonuses

Having completed a well-received stint in West End comedy The Little Dog Laughed this spring, she will appear in three films over the summer blockbuster season - Tamara Drewe, Prince Of Persia and low-budget thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed.

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They can sniff out dozens of explosives, and even as troops draw down there, many in the military-dog world expect the canine teams to deploy steadily to the end of U.S. involvement.

WSJ: Letting Slip the Real Dogs of War

What if the condo management put money in a community fund to pay for a droppings-cleaner, as needed, and used whatever was left at the end of the month for a get-together for all dog owners and their dogs?

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"We fully support the police using technology to combat crime and terrorism, but law-abiding New Yorkers should not end up in a police database every time they walk their dog, go to the doctor, or drive around Manhattan, " Christopher Dunn, associate legal director at the New York Civil Liberty Union, said.

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At the Apollo Theatre is the restaged West End transfer of the National Theatre's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, " adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon's award-winning novel (until Jan. 4).

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