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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
FIRST PALS: President Bush holds first dog Barney as they leave for Texas in November 2002.
First dog Barney bowwows out
January 11, 2009
The dog days of the Bush presidency have arrived, but first dog Barney is not ...
In this photograph provided by ABC News, President-elect Barack Obama is interviewed by George Stephanopoulos (left) during the taping of "This Week With George Stephanopoulos" on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/"This Week," Lauren Victoria Burke, ABC News)
Obama: First dog will be Labradoodle or hound
January 11, 2009
The first family is inching closer to finding the first dog.

Partnership stops crime

Since 2005, Richmond, Virginia, has put into effect a zero-tolerance program, a unique crime-fighting initiative, enforced by a handful of agencies ca...

President-elect Barack Obama was pushing Congress to act on the stimulus package or risk a long recession that threatens America's "strength and standing in the world." Do you agree with his assessment?