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Man’s best friend saves the day and retrieves a boy’s first buck.
By Michael T. Bible
Posted on Jan 30, 2009 8:44 PM EST
Man’s best friend saves the day and retrieves a boy’s first buck.
By STORY BY MARK T. SULLIVAN
By Ray Eye, as told to Michael Pearce