Normally the council-run 'blue bus' had burgers and hot dogs on the menu.

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Most mammals -- dogs, cats, raccoons -- walk and run around on the balls of their feet, the study says.

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To that end, she now fixed herself a viscous muddy sludge in the blender, consumed it, and then pulled on her gear, gathered the dogs and their leashes, and took herself for her morning run, all before Dr. Shock, her husband, the emeritus, rolled out of bed.

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Pools also take up a lot of the yard, and many people would rather have grass that their dogs or kids can run around on.

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On China's Internet, blogs, bulletin boards and news sites carry photos of automobiles jerry-rigged to run on railroad tracks ("shanzhai trains"), fluffy dogs trimmed and dyed to look like the national mascot ("shanzhai pandas") and models of the Beijing Olympic Games' National Stadium made out of sticks ("shanzhai Bird's Nest").

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