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Rabid skunk reported in Shelby
On September 2, Cleveland County Animal Control received a complaint at the 150 block of Buffalo Church Road, Shelby, in reference to a skunk on the property displaying abnormal behavior. The Cleveland County Health Department was notified September...
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In an emergency, what happens to our pets?
When an ice storm knocks out power for days and Ridgefielders need to take shelter, where does Fido go, and is it safe to take the kids’ iguana with you to the local emergency shelter?
www.acorn-online.com
Terence Blacker: Hague has merely prolonged the agony
It has taken a non-scandal to reveal the extent to which gossip and cruelty now influence our politics. Normally when a story breaks about the private life of a politician – Prescott and the secretary, Oaten and the rent-boy, Laws and the tenant – there is a spasm of public excitement, followed by some sort of resolution.
www.independent.co.uk
Neighborhood council committee weighs in on proposed LAX north runway reconfiguration
At its meeting last month, the Neighborhood Council of Westchester-Playa’s Airport Relations Committee addressed the reconfiguration of Los Angeles International Airport’s northernmost runway hundreds of feet closer to Westchester and Playa del Rey as proposed by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) officials.
www.argonautnewspaper.com
Conservation and compassion: First do no harm
In putting conservation into practice, we often cause great suffering to animals. Marc Bekoff argues that we need a new ethical perspective
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NEWS SCAN: E coli beef recall, AAP flu vaccine guidance, Tamiflu-resistant H1N1, DoD budget cuts, vaccine-autism ruling
E coli illness cluster prompts ground beef recall A Pennsylvania ground beef producer, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., on Aug 28 recalled 8,500 pounds of ground beef after Maine and New York officials linked the meat to an Escherichia coli O26 illness cluster, according to a recall notice from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). So far officials have identified two case-patients from Maine ...
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In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - August 2010, Pt.2
['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time -- an analytical look at the latest video game magazines released in the last couple of weeks.] Interesting things are afoot in the magazine world -- John Davison leaving GamePro after less than a year, for example -- but ...
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Dispatches, Aug. 25, 2010
The renowned jam band Phish will perform Oct. 19 at the Augusta Civic Center as part of its fall U.S. tour.
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YOU DON'T SAY: Things that go bump in our garage
Steve Crump
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NEWS SCAN: Second Iowa farm recalls eggs, Salmonella Typhi update, dengue in the US, MVA-based flu vaccines, high ...
Second Iowa producer recalls eggs in Salmonella outbreak Another Iowa egg producer, Hillandale Farms of Iowa, located in North Hampton, has recalled certain production dates of its eggs, including three brands of carton eggs—Hillandale Farms, Sunny Farms, and Sunny Meadow—after lab-confirmed Salmonella Enteritidis infections were linked to its eggs.
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