Photograph of Uno, a 15-inch beagle who won the Best in Group, by Seth Wenig/AP It's that time of year again - the Westminster Kennel Club will be naming the Best in Show dog tonight. Today is day two (of two) of the Westminster Kennel Club's 132nd Dog show, and the best in group for the sporting, working and toy groups will be determined. Those dogs will face off against the winners of the......

Purebred dogs from across the country are rocking out at Madison Square Garden for the Westminster Kennel Club's 131 Westminster Dog Show. Over 2,600 dogs are competing today and tomorrow for Best in Breed and Best in Show prizes. Many dogs and their owners stay at the Hotel Pennsylvania across the street from MSG, where dogs meet each other and their owners sniff out the competition. You can see the results of today's winners......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: car vs. building on 39th and Madison, pedestrian struck by car on 7th and W17th, and a jumper down on 14th Street. There was a crazy police shootout this morning in Park Slope-- an officer was shot in the neck, but is expected to recover. In a strange twist, the husband of another officer was detained as a suspect-- stay tuned for more info. In the last week, there......

Some of Gothamist's favorite stories in the city were about the animals of New York City. Here's how animals ruled the Big Apple in 2006: - A whippet went missing at JFK Airport after appearing at the Westminster Dog Show; a loyal group people have still been looking for Vivi since February. - A star was born when Fred the cat helped nabbed a bogus vet. He was made a (honorary) detective by Brooklyn......

Yesterday, someone wrote on Gothamist Contribute, "One of the winners at the cat show today freaked out and took off. By show's end, it still had not been found. Poor thing. Maybe expecting cats to stay put like dogs is just a bad idea." Ack! Luckily, Russian Blue "Evgeny Pushenko" was found this morning at 9:20AM. Evgeny, who was present for the “best of show” segment, slipped away from a judge and sent everyone......

Queens residents and people headed to JFK, be on the watch for a skinny, most likely hyper dog that responds to the name "Vivy." Her real name is Ch. Bohem C'est La Vie, and the three-year old whippet had just won an Award of Merit at the Westminster Dog Show, when she apparently went missing at JFK Airport yesterday. Authorities aren't sure how Vivy got out of her cage, the cage apparently was keyless. Delta......

- A watchdog groups says the new Yankee Stadium will cost taxpayers $500 million, or the amount of money George Steinbrenner sleeps with - When you try to kill your lawyer and cause a mistrial, your judge probably doesn't want to deal with your crap - Kids like to choke themselves for a high? Kids are so weird! - Lower East Side synagogue may be rebuilding its roof - The "outing" of who JT......

Woops! Why didn't somebody tell us that the third annual Cat Championship at Madison Square Garden was this weekend? Not to be confused with the Westminster Dog Show the Cat competition... Actually you should feel free to confuse the two, as they seem to be basically the same thing (show, shops and adoption tables set up in the Garden being the main features). One just has prestige and the other has cats. Anywho, the......

- The Bowery Residents' Committee refuses to renew CBGB's lease! The BRC says it "believes it is in the best interest of our clients — the homeless and neediest New Yorkers — to sever this relationship" - The Museum of African American Cinema is $5 million away from being a reality, and when it does, it will be in Harlem - Weiner and Ferrer mocked each other's baseball teams (Weiner is a Mets fan and......

Our friend Phillip Torrone's photo moblog has not only himself posting pictures but his Aibo posting pictures as well! Phillip tells us he uses a P900 Sony Ericsson phone to post, but the robot dog, Whuffie, posts "every few hours automatically using its built in camera, his built in WiFi emails it to the site." That's brilliant. Gothamist would like Phillip's real cat to post as well, but that would require PT to implant......

Ch. Darbydale's All Rise, better known as Josh, a 155-pound, boisterous Newfoundland, won the Westminster Dog Show last night. During the exciting and tense final best in show round, judge Burton Yamada chose Josh other a number of other amazing dogs: Coco the Norfolk terrier, a tiny Pekingese, a Sussex spaniel named Stump, Ibizan hound "Bunny" (named so because of her markings, not her pointy ears), Kevin the Pembroke Welsh corgi and a standard poodle......

For the past 128 years, the Westminster Kennel Club has been holding The Westminster Dog Show, where dogs are trotted around for judges to judge, examine, and molest. It took only an hour for the 2,500 entries to be filled by eager dog owners and breeders. New York has 246 entries, New Jersey has 178 and Connecticut 108. And did you know that there's a "Junior Showmanship" competition, where 10-18 year olds compete on......

It's that time of the year again: The 127th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! The official Westminster Kennel Club site links to judges of all breeds. And I can't talk about the Westminster Dog Show without mentioning the wonderful Christopher Guest film, Best in Show. An interview with Christopher Guest pre-Best in Show, but with insight in his mind. The only thing I'll look forward to with the end of the Westminster Dog Show......