Morning Edition Returns: Send the K-9 Unit

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Published December 12, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

A shopper at an Oklahoma City mall makes a costly decision to save her beloved pooch from a mugger. But she has no regrets, and neither does Bailey the Yorkie.

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