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Dog found after escaping Va. animal hospital (Video)

By Teta Alim
Editor's note: A previous version of this story had wrongly stated that General was found near his home. According to the animal hospital, he was found nearby the hospital.

WASHINGTON — The search has ended for a dog that made it out the back door of a Stafford County animal hospital early Monday.

General, a Great Pyrenees, broke free after opening multiple doors at the Aquia-Garrisonville Animal Hospital in Stafford around 4 a.m. Surveillance video captures the escape artist nudging doors open, grabbing a door handle with his mouth and walking across an empty parking lot.

See how the Great Pyrenees made his great escape.

According to the animal hospital, the dog was found nearby. An animal control officer returned General back to the animal hospital.

Amid controversy over memorials, group vows more Confederate battle flags along Va. highways

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — A Virginia group that puts up oversized Confederate battle flags on private property along highways across the state said it plans to install even more of them in response to an effort in Stafford County to get the flags that opponents call racist taken down. “The Va. Flaggers have no plans to remove any of our 26 Roadside Memorial Battle Flags across the Commonwealth, including the Fredericksburg Memorial Battle Flag on I-95 in Stafford County,” the Virginia Flaggers' spokesman Barry Isenhour said in a email statement provided to WTOP. “In fact, in light of the recent attempts by the Governor and a few local politicians to encourage the destruction of Confederate Memorials, we intend to fast track the installation of several new projects in the next few months.”
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