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On June 25th, Yoda a Chinese-crested Chihuahua mix, beat out 29 contestants to win the coveted 'World's Ugliest Dog' title. The 14-year old who hails from Hanford,Califor...

It has been on 39 missions, completed 5,830 orbits, flown 148 million miles and spent 395 days in Space - Now NASA's flagship Space Shuttle Discovery, is getting ready fo...

While there are some pretty wacky races out there, the Knaresborough Bed Race, which entails contestants, to not only dress themselves, but also, their beds in costumes,...

A 10-month old Emperor Penguin is making headlines after it suddenly showed up on the shores of New Zealand some 2,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the Antarcti...

The sport of fishing requires a lot of patience and time. That's because once the line is thrown in, there is very little a fisherman can do, but wait and hope that a suc...

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, it may feel like the day is just not ending - And you are not far off. That's because June 21st, which also marks the first day of...

With the school year finally coming to an end (at least in North America), the DOGONews Team wants to wish all of you a happy happy summer and also let you know that we w...

The mundane act of getting a soda from a vending machine is about to get a lot more interesting thanks to PepsiCo, the makers of popular beverages like Pepsi, Gatorade an...

Junrey Balawing is a happy young man - Because today June 12th, is his 18th birthday and also, the day when the 23.6 inches tall lad receives the title of the world's sho...

In 2007, an eight-year old Maltese dog named Trouble made headlines all over the world, after it was revealed that its owner, New York billionaire Leona Helmsley, had beq...

On Saturday, June 4th, a nine year old Albuquerque boy navigated a 26-minute hot-air balloon flight solo, earning himself the title of the world's youngest hot air balloo...

A team of conservationists led by the staff at the Russian branch of Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and Birds (WWT), has just launched a last-minute attempt to save one of t...

How often have we heard of statistics like 20% of the world's population lives below the poverty level or 14% are illiterate? While profound, for most of us, it is hard t...

On Saturday June 4th, over 50 dogs showed up at San Diego's Imperial Beach to participate in the annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surfing Competition. Now in its sixth ye...

Before the ash from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano has even had a chance to settle down, another spectacular eruption is making headlines. This time around, it is not in Ice...

Ever since the Rubik's cube was introduced in 1974, people have been challenging themselves to solve the 3x3x3 cube as fast as they can. Now, Ruby a robot invented at Mel...

Think tightrope walking is tough? Then you haven't seen slacklining, the latest extreme sport in which athletes walk across two points, balancing on a nylon webbing that...

If you have never heard of 'Cymotrichous', you are not the only one. The word, which means having wavy hair, is not even listed in most dictionaries. However, it seemed t...

Who would have thought that the humble potato would make the list of the world's most expensive foods right alongside exotic eats like caviar and truffle. But then, we ar...

Every young soccer player dreams of being part of a world class soccer team - In April, 11-year old resident, Ben Lederman came one step closer to fulfilling his, by beco...

Solar eclipses, which occur when the moon comes in between the earth and the sun, are always fun to watch - So you can only imagine how cool it must have been to watch on...

In the past, archeological artifacts have been discovered either through big digs based on earlier finds or accidentally - during a road or building construction project....

54-Year old Taiwanese hairdresser Shiou-ying Tsai has always been good at her craft - Her creative haircuts and decorative hair extensions have won many accolades. Now, s...

On December 8th 2010, the officials at Sausalito's Marine Mammal Center received a call about a distressed sea lion beached at the city's waterfront. When the rescuers ar...