Sassafras has her own documentary, “The Search for Sassafras.” Sassafras has her own Web site, with her own set of Frequently Asked Questions (“Is it really Sassafras?”). Sassafras’s picture is prominently placed on about 6,000 fliers that have been distributed everywhere from Chevy Chase to Columbia Heights. Sassafras is a beagle. She has been missing since April , when she got loose from a dog walker near the National Zoo. She has been spotted several times since: On FindSassafras.net , visitors can track her path as it dips in and out of the neighborhoods of Northwest Washington. Read full article > >

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Sassafras the beagle still missing, after Md. owners’ massive search effort

JOPLIN, Mo. — The survivors of the monster tornado that ravaged this small city gathered to grieve their losses, as President Obama called on them to remember the stories of “strength and courage” that emerged from the storm. Exactly one week ago, a deadly twister of historic proportions ravaged Joplin, leaving only walls at the high school, stripping pews out of a Baptist church and tossing homes out of their neighborhoods. More than 130 people died, many are still missing and hundreds are homeless. Read full article > >

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As Tunisian officials scrambled to form new leadership, residents armed with sticks and knives stopped suspicious cars to guard their neighborhoods.

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