The World's Ugliest Dog For 2009...

...and you're looking at him!

Meet Pabst, the ugly (wonder) dog! I don't think he's that ugly, considering how his owners love him to dearly. I think rescued dogs are always so sweet.

Anyhoo...

Yahoo lets us in on some details:

"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."

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How about you? Will you take care of a scruffy like this? I know I would :)

Image and parts of article courtesy of Associated Press and Yahoo, respectively.

Gone Too Soon

Today two entertainment icons have passed away, leaving grieving fans behind. Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 after suffering from a cardiac arrest, and Farah Fawcett succumbed to her battle against cancer. She was 62. And so I pay homage to these two wonderful artists that have graced the music and film industry in their lifetime.

Charlie's Angel Farah Fawcett and King of Pop Michael Jackson, you will both be missed.

To read the news about Farah's death, click here.

To read the news about Michael's death, click here.

Dying Girl Gets Last Wish

This is a real tear-jerker: Yahoo Buzz has monitored search results generated by people who were looking for news or info about a certain California girl named Colby Curtin (photo below) who was dying of cancer and had one little final wish--to see Pixar/Disney's new animated movie "Up". Pixar has been notified of the girl's conditions and her final request. But because "Up" wasn't slated yet to be shown in cinemas, Pixar sent in a representative to give a DVD copy of the movie so the girl can watch it inside her room where she has been confined. Reports later say that the little girl passed away a few hours after watching the movie.

*Sniff, sniff*

At least her last wish came true. My sincerest condolences to the Curtin family.

To read the rest of the Yahoo article, click here.

Image courtesy of Yahoo.com/Associated Press.

Lucky Misses

I believe these people are feelin' million-dollars right now. They should be, having missed their flight schedules with the ill-fated Air France Flight 447.

Yahoo News lets us in on the details:

"A reservation mix-up, an overbooking and a Brazilian cabbie's passion for soccer are all that saved some would-be passengers on Air France flight 447 from the fate of 228 others who lost their lives in the mid-Atlantic.

The survivors say their relief is overshadowed by the immense sense of loss they feel for those who didn't make it.

"It feels miraculous and sad at the same time," said Amina Benouargha-Jaffiol, who tried to get on the flight Sunday night, even enlisting a diplomat friend to try to pressure Air France to let her and her husband on.

"Of course, at some level we feel lucky, but we also feel an enormous sadness for all those who perished," she said.

For some it was a simple matter of arriving at Rio's airport late..."

Click here to read the rest of the article.

Isn't this the best time to sing Kylie Minogue's song?

"I should be so lucky
Lucky lucky lucky..."

Parts of the article aggregated from Yahoo.com and is copyright by its respective author.

Online Beatboxing Champ Lady

Online Beatboxing Champion @ Yahoo! Video

Gosh...she's unbelievably amazing. I have seen a handful of guys who have motor mouths, but I've never seen a girl beatbox this way. Woohoo!

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Island Wipe-out

Yahoo Travel featured a very interesting (and highly alarming) article today about the big, BIG possibility of some islands disappearing on the face of the Earth due to global warming.


Excerpts from the article:



Maldive IslandsCountry: Republic of Maldives

At stake: $490 million

On the Ground: This chain of islands in the Indian Ocean is about three feet above sea level, and scientists fear it could be submerged by 2050. A $63 million buffer built in the 1990s hasn’t solved the problem, so the government is in talks to relocate all 386,000 of its residents to either Sri Lanka, Australia, or India. That would end the Maldives’ tourism industry—more than 600,000 people visit annually—which accounts for 30 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.



To read the full article, click here.


Please take some time to read the article, it's very relevant. We do want to save our islands, don't we?


Article excerpt aggregated from Yahoo.com