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PETA wishes Beyonce had not worn leather at the Super Bowl
At Sunday's Super Bowl, Beyonce wore costumes that incorporated leather and exotic iguana and snakeskin. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wishes she hadn't. And that she hadn't worn a fur coat to President Obama's inauguration in January,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Marc Jacobs, Fashion Shows, Cynthia Rowley, Grammy Awards
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Oh, for a simpler Super Bowl, with gerbils shot from cannons
Do you ever wish for the simple Super Bowl days, the Super Bowls involving gerbils? I'm talking only a few years ago, when the game had nothing to do with deer antler spray and the TV spots didn't involve white Jamaican racial politics and German...
Tags: Alistair Cooke, U.S. Embassy, CNN (tv network), Bob Marley, Football
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The perfect Super gathering
"Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning." — Wicked Witch of the West, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum The Wicked Witch never invites me to her parties. When you can't get an invitation from...
Tags: Atlanta Falcons, Super Bowl XLVII, Dwight Howard, Indianapolis Colts, John Harbaugh
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AFD Awarded for Rescuing Animals from Govt. Hill Fire
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage Fire Department was awarded the "Compassionate Fire Department Award" by the organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after saving the lives of 10 pets from an apartment fire on Government Hill, January 10. The fire...Tags: Pets
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Anchorage, the village
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — "Ook na how tuk," Verna Dommek cheerily said in Inupiaq, the language of the Inupiat people, who live north of the Arctic Circle, scattered across Alaska's barren permafrost. Dommek, an Inupiat, then explained in English that...
Tags: Scientific Exploration, Hunting, Hospitals and Clinics, Washington, DC, Museums
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Remarkable Woman: Gail Vacca
Gail Vacca can pinpoint exactly when her love for horses began. She was 4, on a family vacation in New Jersey, and her horse-loving grandfather asked her if she wanted a pony ride. "I still remember it," says Vacca, founder and president of the...
Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Barbra Streisand, Kentucky Derby, Elton John, Christina Aguilera
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Beloved loons landed, got stranded because of ice, lights
Before we get to a discussion of loons, which are worthwhile animals, it is necessary to again mention another category. That is because on Sunday, while discussing the traumatic (to humans and other innocent creatures) dining habits of pit bulls, I...
Tags: Henry Fonda, Entertainment Events, Lobbying, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Carbon County
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Letters: Data on drones
Re "The case for drone strikes," Opinion, Feb. 5 Michael Lewis presents a distorted picture of the methodology and conclusions of a report I coauthored, "Living Under Drones: Death, Injury, and Trauma to Civilians from U.S. Drone Practices in Pakistan."...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Congress, John Brennan, Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan
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Letters: PETA and 'no-kill' shelters
Re "Woof, bark, bowwow," Opinion, Feb. 10 As John Homans points out, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals won't shy away from reminding everyone that Westminster, and the breeding industry it props up, contribute to the need for shelters to... -
Letters: About that Tesla
Re "Electric performance," Business, Feb. 9 The new Tesla Model S sounds like a brilliant blend of design and technology. As reviewer David Undercoffler writes: "You can view the Google Maps-based navigation on one half of the screen while fiddling with...Tags: Google Inc.
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Letters: Fired cops and their guns
Re "Take guns from fired cops," Column, Feb. 11 George Skelton's argument is illogical. The ex-cop Christopher Dorner was fired for making false reports, which doesn't necessarily indicate a predisposition toward violence that would require his gun-... -
Monkey welcomed back to Iran, but U.S. not thrilled by space shot
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT — U.S. officials are not exactly welcoming Iran’s revelation this week that the Islamic Republic has sent a monkey into space and brought the creature back to Earth safely. The report by Iranian media recalled for many the early...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Beirut (Lebanon), Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of State, Satellite Technology
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