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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...staged the largest raid in history against the underground dogfighting racket. Twenty-six people were arrested (five of whom are scheduled to be sentenced to as much as five years in prison on Dec. 8 in St. Louis, Mo.), and more than 500 dogs were rescued, most of them pit bull terriers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Attack Dogs Be Rehabilitated? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...swelled as pregnant females delivered more than 100 puppies. The exact location of this St. Louis - area haven remained a well-guarded secret, however, because some of those puppies and dogs can be worth more than $5,000 each on the black market. (See a video of the rescued pit bulls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Attack Dogs Be Rehabilitated? | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

With its charming cafés and restaurants, Altdorf makes a natural pit stop. Be sure to visit the statue of Tell and his son, which marks the spot where the apple-shooting incident supposedly took place. "We can't say for sure that Tell ever existed but we don't care," says Ralph Aschwanden, a local journalist and historian. "Man or myth, he is important to us as a symbol of our national identity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swiss Pleasure Path | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

Mark Kennedy, Associated Press: The book "is less the revealing autobiography of a straight-shooting maverick and more a lengthy campaign speech - more lipstick, less pit bull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: The Early Reviews Are In | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

...students, taking pictures of every irrelevant detail possible, and saying things like “Wow, this is just like a movie set.” Recently though, this has become a literal reality as large film productions roll into Boston and Cambridge. Ben Affleck has graced the grimy pit of the Harvard T station, John Hamm has been spotted outside burrito joints, and Katie Holmes has been mobbed while eating cupcakes with her daughter Suri. Perhaps it’s just my Boston-is-always-cold-and-dark pre-winter bias kicking in, but I find myself slightly skeptical...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly | Title: It Ain’t Always Sunny in Boston: Films Lie About City | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

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