tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:26:04 +0000http://www.spot4news.com/blog/blog.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-4504174668721896815Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:33:00 +00002008-06-24T20:26:04.197-05:00Who says a dog can't be president of the United States? (For the record, not the U.S. Constitution. It only says that one must be 35 years old and born in the United States. I certainly qualify in dog years on the former, and on the latter, it goes without saying.) The first few days of his historic campaign have been breathtaking. Embedded in this blog entry is a video of my first campaign adhttp://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/06/canine-presidential-candidate-produces.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-748788713953301937Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:14:00 +00002008-06-19T20:32:53.368-05:00It's been a historic year in presidential politics. It's a year in which an African American has won the nomination of his party, narrowly defeating the first woman to make a truly concerted run for the White House. And now, it's about to get a whole lot more interesting. Get ready for the first quadruped to occupy the Oval Office. I'm here today to announce my formal candidacy for President of http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/06/quadriped-surprises-nation-announces.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-7912330628742906121Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:24:00 +00002008-06-02T06:30:51.268-05:00As the presidential campaign continues to grind along, we wait for one of the candidates to address the key issue that faces our country in the next couple of decades or more. But neither Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama nor John McCain has stepped forward with a plan to reduce America's dependence on oil -- specifically, foreign oil -- not a real plan, anyway. In his short but eventful term, http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/06/us-needs-true-leader-to-drive-reduction.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-5663738414412099712Wed, 28 May 2008 17:49:00 +00002008-05-28T13:47:46.975-05:00Remember the classic TV comedy "Happy Days?" It was very highly rated in the 1970s, and generated its share of popular lexicon of the day: "Ayyyyyyyyee," courtesy of "The Fonz," "Sit on it," courtesy of Potsie Weber, and "Pinky Tuscadero" (one of the Fonz's many girls). But there's one that lives on today and has outlasted the rest: "jumping the shark." According to jumptheshark.com, it means: "http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/05/just-throw-thumb.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-1597818040694207683Sun, 04 May 2008 19:01:00 +00002008-05-04T14:48:36.100-05:00News 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 http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/05/why-gas-will-never-hit-10-per-gallon-in.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-1972752983798937859Fri, 02 May 2008 01:39:00 +00002008-05-01T21:12:14.462-05:00Meet 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. http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/05/patches-miracle-dog-survives-100-foot.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-6663192657304291056Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:46:00 +00002008-04-26T18:56:21.430-05:00The 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 receiverhttp://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/04/chad-johnson-meet-jerome-simpson.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-8123795743524073972Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:16:00 +00002008-04-26T15:32:41.183-05:00 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, http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/04/keith-rivers-joins-questionable-bengals.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-2802636627095308100Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:01:00 +00002008-04-26T15:06:50.400-05:00The 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?http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/04/bengals-ok-so-now-what.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-7318918581063037487Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:17:00 +00002008-04-26T14:02:18.917-05:00 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 http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2008/04/in-chad-johnson-be-careful-what-you.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-7728150173971054788Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:15:00 +00002007-07-29T15:39:18.285-05:00 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?) :) http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2007/07/quit-paying-twice-for-water.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-2382727628976015084Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:30:00 +00002007-07-25T17:51:16.235-05:00 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 http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2007/07/just-call-him-life-saver-not.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-3308444030014869002Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:38:00 +00002007-07-22T17:57:06.385-05:00 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 http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2007/07/this-little-piggy-went-to-mall.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-115706963488857627Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:05:00 +00002006-09-07T11:35:22.930-05:00It'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 http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2006/08/tips-for-cutting-self-employed-health.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-115271697934407244Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:07:00 +00002006-07-12T11:02:22.113-05:00Cincinnati 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 http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2006/07/cincinnati-bengals-football-tickets.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29627484.post-115016617955095692Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:34:00 +00002006-07-12T10:20:22.026-05:00You have arrived at the new spot4news.com blog. I'm your host, Spot the news hound. (You can check out my snappy photo at the upper right corner of this page.) This blog is the home of stories that my assistant and I find and post at our new news search engine, spot4news.com. Now, I know what you must be thinking--"Why would I need to frequent a news search engine headed by a Jack Russell http://www.spot4news.com/blog/2006/06/welcome-to-spot4newscom-blog.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Spot the news hound)