the Chinese economy is slowing down...fast!
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]]> Tropical downpours are becoming more frequent and the trend seems worse than expected, bringing greater risks of flash floods, scientists said
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]]> 1 in 3 Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. "It is a staggering legacy for women to 'fully expect to be raped,' as one elder stated in the report, because they are Indian."


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]]> When you think of dangerous dog breeds, which animal do you picture: a pit bull or a wiener dog? Please vote in the poll!!!!
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]]> Welfare Undersecretary Francesca Martini on Tuesday launched a campaign to scrap Italy's blacklist of dangerous dogs, replacing it with a law making owners more responsible for their pet's training and behaviour.
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]]> Since the Bush administration stripped gray wolves of their endangered species protection in March, more than 100 have been gunned down outside Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Sign for wolves please!
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]]> GERLACH, Nev. — Five mustangs pounded across the high desert recently, their dark manes and tails giving shape to the wind. Pursued by a helicopter their dark manes and tails giving shape to the wind.
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]]> Angela Hunt has always been willing to go the extra mile in her duties as a Dallas City Council member.

Now she has gone about 3,000 extra miles.

But I have to believe she has gone about 3,000 miles off track.

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]]> About 100 people gathered on a ball field in the tiny town of Berwyn Heights last night to rally in support of the town's mayor and in memory of his two dogs who were shot and killed by law enforcement officers during a drug raid last week.
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]]> Jean Anderson, a 59-year-old janitor from Dairyville in Tehama County, says wild horses are smart and beautiful animals, symbols of the freedom and strength it took to build the United States. But, the federal government thinks otherwise.
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]]> "It was an awful situation that could have been handled better," Cynthia Mathews said. "I don't feel the dogs should have been left in there. If it was a regular person, it wouldn't have been allowed."
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]]> The Philadelphia Zoo's two remaining African elephants will get a new home soon in Fairhope, a sleepy farming community nestled between the Allegheny and Laurel Hill mountains, about 80 miles east of Pittsburgh. See the full story for concerns...
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]]> It was standing room only at the Dallas City Council's meeting room this morning as elephant activists hoped to present testimony explaining why Jenny, the Dallas Zoo's elephant, should be relocated to a sancutary in Tennessee.
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]]> Feral Mama Cat Burned Trying to Save Kittens From Fire
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]]> NO to commercialization of horsemeat for human consumption! Boycott IGA in USA and everywhere else abroad! Lets send a powerful message to the grocers of the world: Horses ARE NOT a food-animal!!
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]]> The unwanted babies
are byproducts and are usually immediately killed and discarded
"or otherwise" disposed of (usually clubbed in the head
right at the barns before they take their first breath! And their
hides sold to tanneries to be made into Guc
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]]> This is another dirty little secret of the Nurse Mares Foal industry.The sport horse industry is another reason abuse is so common in the horse world

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]]> Supporters of independent presidential hopeful Ralph Nader submitted about 2,000 signatures Friday seeking to place Nader on the state's November ballot.The secretary of state's office has 10 days to certify the signatures, at least 1,000 of which must b
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]]> The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported Sunday, acknowledging that their numbers have understated the level of the epidemic.The country had roughl
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]]> Zimbabweans dug out coins squirreled away years ago in jars and cupboards and headed for the shops, where lines built up as overburdened tellers more accustomed to counting mounds of hyper-inflated dollar notes instead were juggling silver.The central b
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]]> Doctors say a bear that attacked a woman in California last week ripped part of the victim's scalp, which was left hanging off to the side when she escaped.Dr. Kimberly Lee of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center said Monday the bear also left an inden
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]]> Snack lovers, rejoice: Munching on potato chips just got a little healthier.Four food manufacturers agreed to reduce levels of a cancer-causing chemical in their potato chips and french fries under a settlement announced Friday by the state attorney gene
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]]> This story’s a little silly, but what the hell — so am I. OK, so ya’ll know that Justin Timberlake is currently dating Hollywood hottie Jessica Biel. Well it turns out that Biel is a pretty awful cook and earlier this week, after Biel attempted to make a
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]]> A 37-year-old Port Richey woman was charged Friday with child abuse, drug possession and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit after she left two children in a car outside a grocery store.New Port Richey Police said Lisa Ann Rost of 6814 Sandra Dr
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]]> Dubai: Penalties for mistreating animals in the UAE will range from Dh5,000 to Dh20,000 once an animal welfare law is introduced, Gulf News has learnt.An initial draft of the law which was under review last year has been approved by the Ministry of Envir
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]]> Brenda Sumrall, 39, came to Tampa from Hattiesburg, Miss., looking for treasure.She was joined by her father, Rodney Zabreznik, 60, of Fredericksburg, Texas, in an auditorium at the Grand Hyatt of Tampa Bay on Saturday for the state's annual unclaimed-pr
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]]> ST. PETERSBURG, FL --Both presidential candidates are stumping in the Sunshine State, one of them came to the Tampa Bay area on Friday.Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama spoke and took questions during a town hall meeting at Gibbs High School i
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]]> TORONTO (AP) - A police officer at the scene of a fatal stabbing on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday.In the tape of radio trans
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]]> LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- The Health Department condemned a house after workers tipped off police about a strong odor coming from the two-family home.Inspectors found animal feces, extensive clutter, flooding, and at least ten cats.The responding officer desc
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]]> A rabbit rescue group and Virginia Beach Animal Control officers took 31 rabbits from a shed in the Beach on Thursday.John C. Doub, the founder of Virginia Rabbit Inc. in Chesapeake, said the property owner e-mailed his group asking it to come take the d
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]]> A dolphin described as the ugliest in the world has been shown off on television after a breakthrough discovery.The snub fin dolphin with an eye-catching bulbous head is the first new species of the creature to be found for 50 years.After being identifie
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]]> A naked sunbather suffered minor injuries when he became impaled on a rusty metal spike during a drinking session with friends.The 34-year-old man had been drinking with two friends and his girlfriend yesterday afternoon near Haslar Lake, Gosport, Hants,
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]]> A corrupt Chinese official has been condemned to death after a leaky toilet led to the discovery of his hoard of illicit cash.Yan Dabin, former director of transport for Wushan county, near Chongqing city, was sentenced for taking £1.7million in bribes
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]]> First they rid themselves of the capitalist yoke - now Cuba is claiming the world's largest egg.A Cuban chicken may have poached the record by laying an egg weighing 180g, or 6.34oz.One-year-old hen Titi should now win a place in the Guinness Book of Rec
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]]> The world's smallest snake has been found, just 10cm (4in) long and as thin as a strand of spaghetti.New species Leptotyphlops carlae, a type of threadsnake, was found under a rock in Barbados in the Caribbean.The non-venomous wriggler is thought to be a
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]]> A stunned student opened a letter from her doctor to find not only her own test results but confidential details about dozens of other patients.Instead of contacting the surgery which had sent out the information, conscientious Sandi Sidhu embarked on a
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]]> Jarvis the Jack Russell stunned his owners after getting lost on a day out miles from home – and finding his way back alone on a ferry.Owner Vivienne Oxley watched Jarvis disappear into bushes as she strolled around a Cornish country estate with her two-
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]]> Children as young as nine are ­being given anger management classes after complaints to police about their attitudes.The primary school pupils are the youngest to receive such counselling in Britain and are being taught how to react rationally and calmly
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]]> Authorities say a truck driver who spilled tons of dirt along a Seattle highway and backed up traffic for hours just really had to go to the bathroom.Police say the driver was trying to ease the rig to the side of U.S. Highway 2 on Friday morning. The wh
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]]> Tourism officials on the Caribbean island of Grenada say they are concerned about dog owners snatching starfish out of the sea and throwing them like flying discs for their dogs to catch.Russ Fielden is president of the local hotel and tourism associatio
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]]> When makers of one of the most anticipated video games of the year invited users to help design part of the game, the gamers jumped at the chance to create animated characters.But some took it upon themselves to create something entirely different: a new
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]]> Spring Hill, Florida— A 57-year-old Hernando County man is charged with murdering his mother in the family swimming pool after deputies report he beat her with a remote control and telephone.Kevin Hart Simmons is charged with first degree murder and is b
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]]> Tampa, Florida - Deputies arrested a Palm Harbor woman this morning for DUI after she crashed into the rear of a marked sheriff's cruiser at Hillsborough Avenue and Webb Road.Yvonna Szczeblewska hit the deputy's car at 3:42a.m. while the cruiser, driven
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]]> Safety Harbor, Florida -- Six-year-old Tydal Sugar was taken to Bayfront Medical Center with serious, but non-life threatening, injuries. Sugar was at a park on Salem Street Sunday afternoon with his mom, Rosemary Sugar, and their adopted pit bull.
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]]> Ellenton, Florida- Manatee Sheriff's office tells us a man entered the victim's home while she was sleeping. The victim's small dog began barking and woke the 56 year-old.The victim followed her dog to the door where she saw the suspect closing her porch
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]]> In the heat of summer, a bike ride may not sound that refreshing — unless you have no clothes on.Hundreds of mostly nude bicyclists and curious onlookers descended on Tower Grove Park in St. Louis last night for the 10-mile “World Naked Bike Ride.
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]]> FLAT ROCK, Mich. (AP) — Bounce, bounce, bounce ... for 24 hours.That was what eight boys in Michigan did this week in an effort to set a world record.The boys began the attempt Friday morning at the Bounce-a-Lot entertainment center southwest of Detroit
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