Labs retrieve top spot again 

They’ve been No. 1 for 16 years straight, so it’s probably no wonder that Monday’s news was received with a yawn. Then Chance, a slightly overweight Chocolate Lab, got up and trotted nonchalantly across the playroom of Salt Lake City’s dogs R Us dog day care.
Source: deseretnews.com

Roll call of notables who died in 2006 
Gerald Ford ended “our long national nightmare.” Saddam Hussein was the United States’ adversary in two wars. So different, these men both died in the waning days of 2006, and the world paused to note their passing.
Source: www.boston.com