Sam, the above-pictured canine, is a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested owned by Susie Lockheed of Santa Barbara, California. Last month, Sam won the "World's Ugliest Dog" title at the Sonoma-Marin Fair contest for the third consecutive year.
The Associated Press described Sam thusly:
"The tiny dog has no hair, if you don't count the yellowish-white tuft erupting from his head. His wrinkled brown skin is covered with splotches, a line of warts marches down his snout, his blind eyes are an alien, milky white, and a fleshy flap of skin hangs from his withered neck. And then there are the Austin Powers teeth that jut at odd angles.
"He's so ugly that even the judges recoiled when he was placed on the judging table. ..."
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He has the nudist vote sewed up
Less than a year after he was found passed out and nearly naked in a neighbor's driveway, Tom Coyne has decided to run again for mayor of the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park. Coyne said Wednesday he has begun collecting signatures for a Nov. 8 run as an independent. The 55-year-old Coyne previously served for 20 years as Brook Park mayor. Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairman Jimmy Dimora said he will campaign for incumbent Mark Elliott.
Source: www.newsnet5.com
Probably beats a cold shower
Police in India's eastern state of Orissa rounded up about 200 people watching a porn movie in a cinema hall and made them do 10 sit-ups in public as punishment, a report said.
Parents of teenagers under 17 caught in the net were ordered to come watch the punishment, while all the culprits were made to take a public vow never to watch a sleazy movie again, the Hindustan Times daily said.
Sanjeev Panda, police chief in the Balasore district where the movie was being shown, said he was trying a new approach in a bid to stop the screening of pornography, which is illegal in India.
Four reels of film were seized and three staff members taken into custody.
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After the sit-ups and public pledge they were let off.
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Today's best bet
Native Americans Arts Show and Sell, Daughters Of The Earth invites American Indian artists to participate in the fundraiser, 1 to 6 p.m. Walmart, Dilworth
