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Beware scam gift card offers, sheriff warns
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti warns that a new email scam offering discount gift cards is making the rounds of residents?????in-boxes. ???What they???re doing is they send you an email and they???ll say, ???If you want, you can get a $100 gift card for...Tags: Computer Crime, Justice System, Fraud, FBI, Email
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Ways for veterans to avoid financial fraudsters
Crime and Safety - Sun-Sentinel?? Veterans give a lot??for this country. They shouldn't also be vulnerable??to scammers that target them, the Better Business Bureau says, and offers the following tips: Beware??firms that??charge??for products and services that are available??receive...Tags: Rentals, Fraud, FBI, West Palm Beach, Media Industry
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Obama: Hurricane Katrina's lessons
The Swampby Mark Silva Four years after Hurricane Katrina, President Barack Obama says that 11 members of his Cabinet have gone to New Orleans and he plans his own journey later this year. "To complete a complex recovery that addresses nearly......Tags: National Government, Local Government, Heavy Engineering, Health and Safety at School, Renovation
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Fraud report highlights need to stay vigilant
Pennsylvania ranks high in a new report on fraud, and the common scams highlighted in the report continue to dog victims in the Lehigh Valley. A Lower Macungie Township man was conned out of $300 this month in one of those swindles. He was duped into...Tags: Computer Crime, Justice System, Allentown, FBI, FedEx Corporation
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Veterinarians have many jobs, even helping endangered mountain gorillas
My Pet WorldRWANDA, AFRICA -- Veterinarians have all kinds of jobs aside from helping pets. Some work in agriculture, others in academia, for zoos, or in far-flung places in the field. Few go as deep into the field as veterinarians for the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary...Tags: Wildlife, Uganda, Rwanda, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Tourism and Leisure
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Next step for feminism: Go global
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique," which revealed the mind-numbing ennui of the mid-20th century American housewife, and a great deal of ink has been spilled describing how far we still...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, HIV, Lacrosse, Feminism
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Injury, illness and in need of Derrick Rose
Yes, people, Game 7 of Bulls-Nets would be a great time for Derrick Rose to return, but the Bulls say they are comfortable with everything that Rose absolutely refuses to do. Until Rose says his brother won’t let him play this season -- oops, I...
Tags: Plantar Fasciitis, Chicago Bulls, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah, Nate Robinson
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Una visita a la tierra de Mahatma Gandhi
Ah, la India. Me lo habían advertido muchos, especialmente mi padre, quien me inoculó el virus de viajar por el mundo. "Es lo más particular de todo lo que vas a ver". Y así fue. Acabo de volver de ese país, al que hay que analizar desde su historia y...Tags: India
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Medication can, indeed, help fearful dogs much as it helps fearful people. You could look it up!
My Pet WorldI enjoy hearing your views -- and you're certainly not hesitant about expressing them! Here are some recent reader emails: COMMENT: Please, medicating a dog to deal with fears, really? Dogs are not people! -- A.P., Cyberspace STEVE DALE: Of course...Tags: Colon Cancer, Anxiety, Netherlands, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Abdominal Pain
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Sci-fi worthy of Malthus
In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...
Tags: The Matrix (movie), Avatar (movie), Microsoft Corporation, Tom Cruise, Conservation
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Goldberg: Sci-fi worthy of Malthus
In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...
Tags: The Matrix (movie), Avatar (movie), Microsoft Corporation, Tom Cruise, Conservation
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Ticked off! @ awful thieves
I'm ticked off at the number of young people who bring babies into this world with no thought on how they'll afford them. I'm ticked off at incompetent people. Incompetent people cause problems for everyone but themselves. I'm ticked off at the...Tags: Winter Springs
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