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Under-bite, scrunched face help boxer-mix Pabst win the World’s Ugliest Dog contest

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Ahhh a face only a mother could love.   An underbite, a scowl and you’re a winner it appears!   And the name, how fitting, Pabst.

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Pabst competes in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair on Friday, June 26, 2009, in Petaluma, Calif. The toothy 4-year-old Boxer mix won top honors. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — A prominent under-bite, scrunched face and floppy ears are the hallmarks of a winner.

The winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest, that is.

Pabst, a boxer-mix rescued from a shelter by Miles Egstad of Citrus Heights, Calif., won the annual contest on Friday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California.

It was an upset victory for Pabst, who beat former champion Rascal, a pedigree Chinese Crested.

Pabst’s owner took home $1,600 in prize money, pet supplies and a modeling contract with House of Dog.

Miss Ellie, a blind 15-year-old Chinese Crested Hairless, won the pedigree category.

On the Net:

http://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/uglydogcontest.shtml

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Ark. court rejects custody after mom shows up for psychological evaluation after 13 beers

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

After 13 beers the fact that she made it to the psychological evaluation, let alone failed it.  I guess she was using the beer to bolster her courage.  OOOPs, it backfired!

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A mother who drank 13 beers before a psychological evaluation failed to recover custody of her three young children despite claiming she wasn’t drunk because she “can drink like a fish.” The woman wanted to get the children back from her husband’s stepmother.

The Arkansas Court of Appeals rejected her Wednesday, citing addictions, frequent absences and criminal activity to support her habits. It said the woman made no meaningful efforts to restructure her life.

The children are ages 6, 4 and 4. The state took custody in 2007 when the woman’s mother said she could no longer care for the children. Human Services workers later won an order declaring the children’s mother unfit and want to see the children adopted.

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Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturns in Vermont, closing highway for several hours

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Where’s the Beer?  I’ll tell you where the beer is, it’s in Vermont with a little bit of road rash.  The good news there was a nice Vermont cheese shop so a good time was had by everyone!

beer Truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturns in Vermont, closing highway for several hoursSWANTON, Vt. (AP) — Police say a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer overturned in Vermont and closed a highway for several hours.

The truck went off the road Monday morning on Route 78 in Swanton. It rolled over and landed in a swamp on a wildlife refuge. The crash also knocked down some power lines.

Travis Greeno, assistant chief of the Swanton Fire Department, says the truck had to be offloaded before it was pulled out of the ditch. He said it was “going to be a long day.”

The highway was closed for several hours.

The truck driver was not hurt. It is unclear why he went off the road.

No beer spilled into the swamp.

Information from: WCAX-TV, http://www.wcax.com

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