Ben Jones rides Bar Code during The Professional Bull Riders Chicago Invitational Sunday at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. Riders from around the world competed in the arena riding 2,000 pound bulls.

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One of the Golden Retrievers from Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Ministry takes a well-deserved nap Wednesday after returning home from a long stay in Newtown, Conn., helping people cope with the deadly elementary school shootings. The dogs will return to the town Jan. 1 to help the children when they return to school

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The comfort dogs from Lutheran Church Charities' K-9 Comfort Ministry surround ABC 7 reporter Diane Pathieu after arriving home Wednesday in Chicago. They were in Newtown, Conn., after the deadly school shooting there.

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