Affenpinscher 'Banana Joe' is America's Top Dog: VIDEO

'Best in Show' at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show last night was Banana Joe, a monkey-faced Affenpinscher who beat out a Portuguese water dog, a Sheepdog, a Bichon Frise, an American foxhound, a fox terrier, and a wirehaired Pointer.

Last night's win was his first at Westminster, though he has won 86 other shows. He's now retiring, the NYT reports.

Watch ABC News' report on the win as well as his appearance on Anderson Live,
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Saudi heir dies in New York.

Generation X is sick of Generation Y's grousing:

... Generation X is tired of your sense of entitlement. Generation X also graduated during a recession. It had even sh**tier jobs, and actually had to pay for its own music. (At least, when music mattered most to it.) Generation X is used to being f***ed over. It lost its meager savings in the dot-com bust. Then came George Bush, and 9/11, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Generation X bore the brunt of all that. And then came the housing crisis.

Generation X wasn't surprised. Generation X kind of expected it.

Single-celled organisms measuring 4 inches in length! They're the biggest cells on earth, and they're poisonous.

Rihanna departs hotel clutching an "X-rated lesbian bondage manual" ...

... after she dropps over £1,000 in a Parisian S&M shop.

This dog has a seeing eye dog. They both need a home.

Australian justice: Lady has drunken sex with a 16-year-old, two 14-year-olds, and one 12-year-old. She doesn't go to jail.

Australian progress: Acting Premier Andrew Fraser discusses the future of marriage equality in Queensland.

Baby meerkats, courtesy of BuzzFeed. Just 'cuz.

 The sex lives of gay guys are pretty normal.

Irish lesbian wedding, deferred by impenetrable legalese.

Rosie O'Donnell isn't worried about horrible ratings.

Uganda's losing ground in the battle with AIDS.

Attorneys! Please refrain from bringing meth to court! Thanks!

Some American Idols top charts.

Some American Idols lose their record labels.

Hitchens: Qaddafi should have lived.

Watch: Scottish Deerhound 'Hickory' Wins Best in Show

Hey, dog lovers! Hickory, a Scottish Deerhound, won Best in Show last night at the 135th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. It is the first time this breed has ever won.

Watch the crowd go wild, AFTER THE JUMP...

Call Cesar Millan, Bush's Dog Barney Bit a Reporter

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Uno Becomes America's First Top Beagle

Uno the Beagle took Best in Show last night at the 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night. It was the first time in the history of the show that a Beagle won the competition.

You Can Have Jake Gyllenhaal's Bone

And I know how many of you want it. But, unfortunately, it's not that bone.

Jake is one of 40 celebs who have signed (along with their dogs) wooden bones to raise money for the Mississippi Animal Rescue League. The bones will be auctioned off at the Society's annual "Fur Ball" event (I'm not even gonna go there) tonight in Jackson, Mississippi.

Other notable bone-signers are Oprah Winfrey, Donald Trump, John Travolta, Morgan Freeman, Mariah Carey, Matthew McConaughey, James Caan, Brad Paisley, Leann Rimes, Betty White, Dr. Phil McGraw, Eric McCormack and "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Milan.

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