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APhoto Of The Day — 3/24/09

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A canine named "Tactix," wearing swim trunks, launches off the dock to a 23-foot leap into the pool during the Big Air Dog Jump, where dogs jumping distance is measured after a 40 foot take off from the end of a dock into a pool as part of the Purina All Star Dog Show in Toronto on Sunday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Toronto Star, Steve Russell)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Pooling all of his talent while leaping to the conclusion that things will go swimmingly, Tactix' short-circuited leap gives him paws for concern -- JohnA.
  • 2. One shorts creep for dog, One giant leap for canine -- Aliasjax.
  • 3. “Humming 'I believe I can fly' to himself, Tactix came crashing down to earth when his make-shift parachute failed” -- Token.
  • HM: Cabbage Boy


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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