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Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs debate
From the Associated PressAnimal rights activists and ranchers are split over federal officials' proposal to euthanize wild horses to deal with surplus numbers on the range and in holding facilities. Horse advocates will mount a campaign against the proposal announced last week...Tags: Health Treatments, Nature, National Government, Government
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Focus on elk as disease persists near Yellowstone
Associated Press WriterFederal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area. Government agencies have killed more than 6,...Tags: Agriculture, Epidemics and Plagues, Nature, Matt Joyce, Medical Research
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Worker in garden center in Pines bitten by pygmy rattler
South Florida Sun-SentinelA 42-year-old man working in a garden center at a Wal-Mart Supercenter was bitten Sunday by a pygmy rattlesnake, officials said. The victim was taken to Memorial Hospital Miramar, where he received antivenin for the bite, said Miami-Dade Fire Capt. Ernie... -
Technology takes cue from humpback
McClatchy-TribuneA West Chester University professor has developed a wind turbine that draws inspiration from a blubbery source: the flippers of a humpback whale. Those knobby flippers were long considered one of the oddities of the sea, found on no other earthly...Tags: Renewable Energy, Zoology, Fencing, Natural Science, Orville; Wright| Wilbur Wright
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Organization supports kids
Children at Laurel Woods Elementary School, Murray Hill Middle School and Patuxent Valley Middle School will benefit from extracurricular activities and support that are to be available through a new partnership with the Southeastern Howard/Laurel Chapter...Tags: Society, Ceremonies, Middle Schools, Nature, Montpelier
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Relocated Navajos ponder 'New Lands'
Associated PressUnlike most of the vast, impoverished Navajo Nation, in this town all the roads are paved, schools and clinics are a short drive away, and everyone has electricity and running water in their homes. Those modern conveniences are what lured hundreds of...Tags: Agriculture, Environmental Pollution, Regional Authority, Economic Policy, National Government
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Van driver dropped dog, officials say
A man is facing an animal cruelty charge after authorities say he dangled a dog out the window of his van and dropped it onto a street near Tampa. The dog survived with scrapes and scratches. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says 53-year-old Jack Q....Tags: Tampa, Vehicles
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News, tips and trends for parents
The company long behind fun stuffed animals and other goodies, RUSS, has a new line for baby called Bright Beginnings. The line includes: Play sets of soft-sided carriers with stuffed friends, such as a castle with dragon, princess and prince or barn... -
For-profit fundraisers collect loads, but nonprofits see a sliver
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFor 24 years, Citizens Against Government Waste has exposed pork-barrel spenders and rallied tax critics. Its "Pig Book" and "porker" awards, meant to shame congressional leaders who exploit the public purse, have made the group a media darling and a...Tags: Social Services, Health and Safety at School, National Government, Veterans Affairs, Georgetown
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Dogs, cats from flood-ravaged Midwest find new homes
Chicago Tribune reporterLast month in flood-ravaged towns like Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Quincy, Ill., they were left behind, found floating down swollen waterways or tied to posts on abandoned front porches. But on Saturday, Wags the beagle and the trio of Shih Tzus named Larry,...Tags: Pets and Pet Supplies, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters, Floods, Dogs
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