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The Revolution Will Be Judged

Dog shows might not technically be a sport but with our intense and somewhat obsessive interest in the Iditarod dog sled race it seems only appropriate to mention that a dog owned by Patty Hearst won an award at the Westminster Kennel Club show yesterday.

The French bulldog named Diva was named Best of Opposite Sex at Madison Square Garden, signifying the pooch at the best female in the breed. A male dog was named best in breed.

Hearst, now Patty Hearst Shaw, is of course the heiress and granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst who was kidnapped and brainwashed in 1974 by the Simbionese Liberation Army and later took part in some of the bank heists. She was photographed with an assault rifle holding up a bank and later arrested, serving nearly two years for armed robbery.

So from gun-toting revolutionary to genteel champion dog breeder? Only in America.

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