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News item: Gas Prices in the United States May Someday Hit $10 Per Gallon. Spot sez: You'll never see it happen, and here's why. The day when this blog entry was published, May 4, 2008, gas prices in the U.S. were hovering at around $3.50 per gallon. Everyone who drives a car is feeling the impact, but some more than others. Over-the-road truckers are paying several hundred dollars more per

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-19727529837989378592008-05-01T20:39:00.002-05:002008-05-01T21:12:14.462-05:00

Meet Patches the Miracle Dog. In Smith County, Texas, this pooch slipped and fell down a 100-foot well at his owners' home. The amazing part? After a death-defying plunge, Patches was apparently none the worse for wear. Let's put 100 feet into some context. In Major League Baseball, it's the distance from home plate to first base, plus 10 more feet. It's 40 to 50 normal human walking steps.

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-66631926573042910562008-04-26T18:46:00.002-05:002008-04-26T18:56:21.430-05:00

The Cincinnati Bengals are making it crystal clear that they are ready to move on without Chad Johnson. In a year when they have many needs on defense, they used the 46th pick in the NFL draft on wide received Jerome Simpson from Coastal Carolina University. Losing Chris Henry, the team's top longball threat, was a problem, but the loss of Chad would decimate a formerly outstanding wide receiver

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-81237957435240739722008-04-26T15:16:00.003-05:002008-04-26T15:32:41.183-05:00

So, it was a linebacker -- Keith Rivers from USC. Hard to argue with any blue-chip caliber pick who can help the front seven on defense. He goes into camp competing for playing time against these other linebackers on the Bengals roster: Darryl Blackstock (free agent from Arizona), Ahmad Brooks, Eric Henderson, Rashad Jeanty, Brandon Johnson, Dhani Jones, Roy Manning, Jim Maxwell, Corey Mays,

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-28026366270953081002008-04-26T15:01:00.002-05:002008-04-26T15:06:50.400-05:00

The Cincinnati Bengals are on the clock at number 9, and they have watched the defensive down linemen they coveted -- Glenn Dorsey, Sedric Ellis and Derrick Harvey -- go in the picks immediately ahead of them. How about running back?

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-73189185810630374872008-04-26T13:17:00.005-05:002008-04-26T14:02:18.917-05:00

It's National Football League draft day, which means Spot has found a spot near the television to follow all of the "action." This year, my assistant will get a lot less sleep between first-round picks because each team has only 10 minutes to decide. Drafts have lost a lot of their pace in recent years because the first rounds have lasted longer than the Pleistocene epoch. Several teams have

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We never could have seen this one coming, could we? Hold on to your bottled water, but ... Aquafina is actually tap water! And guess what? Because people are sufficiently hooked on bottled water and conditioned to purchasing it, nobody will really care much. This "revelation" brings to mind one of Spot's primary pet peeves. (Betcha didn't know that a pet could have a pet peeve, did you?) :)

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-23827276289760150842007-07-25T17:30:00.000-05:002007-07-25T17:51:16.235-05:00

I just love it whenever I hear about a pooch who has gone above and beyond the call of duty. Is there a better one than the story about Zoey, who saved a 1-year-old from being bitten by a rattlesnake by jumping in front of the lunging serpent and taking the bites? There's no doubt that they should rename this rover Life Saver, and not because he tastes like roll candy. And while we all love

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-33084440300148690022007-07-22T17:38:00.000-05:002007-07-22T17:57:06.385-05:00

Well, wouldn't you know it? A small porker, not meaning any harm to anyone, takes an afternoon outing to a major shopping mall, and what happens? The police go gonzo, respond with shotguns ready to blaze. This wasn't exactly Osama bin Piggy that they were trying to track down. It was just a harmless little oinker probably looking for something dirty to wallow in -- perhaps the latest from

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-1157069634888576272006-08-31T19:05:00.000-05:002006-09-07T11:35:22.930-05:00

It's no secret that rising health care costs are handcuffing small-business owners and their employees in this country, forcing many to forego health coverage just to keep their businesses viable. In 2005, premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose to an average of $10,880 annually for family coverage ($907 per month) and $4,024 ($335 per month) for individual coverage. The National

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-1152716979344072442006-07-12T10:07:00.000-05:002006-07-12T11:02:22.113-05:00

Cincinnati Bengals tickets are now available through sources other than the team's box office or ticket brokers. StubHub, the fans' ticket marketplace, has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal to become the team's exclusive secondary ticketing partner for Bengals tickets. The addition of the Bengals expands StubHub's depth chart of official NFL team partners to seven that already includes the

Spot the news houndtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-1150166179550956922006-06-12T21:34:00.000-05:002006-07-12T10:20:22.026-05:00

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