Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Tori. Today is Thursday, February 13, 2020.

And we begin with a new top dog in the books, the 144th Westminster dog show known as the Super Bowl for man's best friend has crowned its champion

a standard poodle named Ceba. The elaborately quaffed, all black pooch

wowed the judges with her poise, confident strut,

and striking appearance.

Ceba is only the fifth standard poodle

to ever win Best in Show. That honor usually goes to a terrier. In fact, the defending

champion was a terrier by the name of King, and word is he slipped out of Madison Square

Garden in New York City without comment.

Ceba's handler meantime says the three-year-old pup will celebrate with chicken,

a nap on the couch, a trophy, and surprisingly not much else.

Even though dog owners can spend up to a quarter million surprisingly not

surprisingly,

include any money.

the top prize does not include any money. He once called his presidential campaign, a hail Mary from two stadiums over.

Now, three months after getting in, Duval Patrick is out of the 2020 race, the Democrat who made history as the first black governor of

neighboring Massachusetts failed to reach 1% in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary,

originally citing the cruelty of the election's process as a reason not to run, he nevertheless campaigned

with gusto, even embarking two weeks ago on a six-day 1,000-mile bus tour across the granite state.

Patrick is the third Democrat this week to leave the once crowded field.

Only eight candidates remain.

Yesterday it looked like the number of coronavirus cases might be leveling off, not anymore.

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