Your participation is urgently needed to help ensure that her best interests are considered by Dallas decision-makers, and that she is allowed a swift retirement to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee rather than being left to languish at the Dallas Zoo.
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]]> SAN FRANCISCO - Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her longtime partner in June on the first day that California's same-sex couples gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
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]]> Eric Ruder argues that the antiwar movement needs to respond clearly to the growing focus of U.S. military might on Afghanistan.
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]]> Joe Allen is the author of Vietnam: The (Last) War the U.S. Lost and a Socialist Worker columnist. He answered our questions about what happened in Chicago and the impact it had on the struggle against war and oppression around the globe
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]]> A school for the poorest children of Pétion-Ville, Haiti is being threatened with closing by the town's mayor. The following report was published by the Haiti Information Project and is reprinted with permission.
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]]> By 2050, minorities will be the majority in America, and the number of residents older than 65 will more than double, according to projections released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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]]> So good you may need to make a double batch!
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]]> The Bay Area's nine-county smog board is now moving toward a June decision that's likely to limit wood-burning fireplaces to specific days, and prohibit construction of open-front hearths in new homes and remodels
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]]> Unlike soap, which can be all-natural, detergents are synthetic and most are petroleum-based. They contain surfactants that enable the product to penetrate stains and wash them away. Some common surfactants used in detergents are known to be toxic to the
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]]> AUTISM SPEAKS, IT'S TIME TO LISTEN.
If your child is diagnosed with autism, early intervention is critical to gain maximum benefit from existing therapies. Although parents may have concerns about labeling a toddler as “autistic”
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]]> Owners are seldom at a loss for words but when Marvin and Joel Cunningham were informed that their 2-year-old homebred filly Tiger Eyed had given birth they were speechless.
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]]> TODAY, JEFF WOOD will take his place beside my mentally ill brother, who is no. 26 on the home page of this prisoner genocide website: http://www.geocities.com/prisonmurder/. Today, Texas is poised to do the unthinkable: execute a mentally ill man . .
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]]> An abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized because it is in such poor condition, an environmental official said Thursday.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list as extinct two mussels that lived...
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]]> The campaign against science experiments on animals at the University of California continues to grow stronger, but not without opposition. Over the last several months, activists have been conducting frequent demonstrations outside the homes of UC anima
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]]> es on Prop 2 - Californians for Humane Farms, the proponents of an anti-cruelty ballot initiative that will provide basic protections to California farm animals, filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal district court against the U.S. Department of A
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]]> It's an amazing online game where you manage a virtual catchment and try balancing three basic factors: the health of the environment, the economy and population growth. catchmentdetox.net.au
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]]> Red Skelton's "Pledge of Allegiance" was first introduced on the Red Skelton Show on January 14, 1969. It has since been twice read into the congressional record of The United States and has received numerous awards.

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]]> The war in the Caucasus is a truly global crisis. Russia's action against the western-looking Georgia testifies to an extreme craving for recognition and is reminiscent of the Cold War. It reveals the reality of the chaotic new world order ,Bush failed..
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]]> A British man has been held by police in China after unfurling a pro-Tibet banner on a building in Beijing.


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]]> Playing in the mud, every child’s dream and every mother’s nightmare
came true this year in Westland, Michigan during the Mud Day celebrations.
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]]> As an American, my news is skewed to reflect my government's interests in this conflict. I don't know WTF their fighting about or who's more right than who. I only know that war is always wrong. The 'good' that violence does is always outlived by the bad.
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]]> New images from the Cassini spacecraft may help to explain the unusual geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Mission members are now checking to see if the images match the locations of known geyser vents.
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]]> The birds probably do it to show off to females - but is it a signal of strength from being able to sing on an empty stomach, or being tough enough to sing in the cold?
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]]> The project would recognize such people as Crispus Attucks, the first patriot killed in the Boston Massacre, and James Lafayette, a Virginia slave who risked his life to spy on the British and was granted freedom in return
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]]> 1. When you are looking for a car park, park at the first parking lot that you can get.  This will help you save tremendous amoun...
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]]> To create the "brain", the neural cortex from a rat fetus is surgically removed and disassociating enzymes applied to it to disconnect the neurons from each other. The neuroscientists hope to gain insights into how brains function.
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]]> A devastated New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has told how she battled to save the life of her close friend and mountain guide Gottlieb Braun-Elwert.
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]]> Tomkins, Australia's most successful rower, won Gold at Barcelona, Atlanta and Athens Olympics and Bronze at Sydney. He is highly respected by the younger members of the Australian team.
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]]> WNYC staffers Elaine Rivera and Corey Takahashi went to the Unity ’08 Journalists’ convention last week and weren’t they surprised when their neighbor at the next table turned out to be the CIA! Hear what convention-goers made of the Agency’s presence.
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]]> PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT FOR PRADA--WHAT YOU THINK OF THEM USING SLAUGHTERED BABY FOALS (THEY ARE KNOCKED IN THE HEAD AT BIRTH) FOR THEIR LEATHER PRODUCTS!
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]]> A Canadian woman was sentenced to five years in federal prison this week for smuggling elephant ivory from Africa to Northeast Ohio and other places in the United States.

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]]> Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table.Suddenly, police with guns drawn kicked in the door and stormed in, shooting to death the couple's two dogs and seiz
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]]> Norway's Fisheries minister Helga Pedersen denied lying but admitted sort of not telling the truth about the hazards (chemical and radioactive) posed by a ship which foundered on the rocks off a tiny Norwegian town more than a decade ago.

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]]> The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill (247-178) on July 31 that will strengthen enforcement and remedies for pay discrimination.The Paycheck Fairness Act will amend and improve the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits employers from paying
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]]> Please take a moment to sign the petition below thanking Henrico County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Wade Kizer for prosecuting this case.
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]]> Our solar system emerged in surprisingly good order from the violence of planetary creation, according to a new simulation.
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]]> A dog was left feeling down at the mouth after swallowing a two-foot stick.Hector, a Great Dane puppy, got the 62cm conifer branch lodged between his neck and his stomach while playing in the garden.But amazingly the paw pup still managed to woof down
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]]> Australian research: randomized, double-blind study involving 102 women of child-bearing age with schizophrenia. For 28 days, 56 women were randomly assigned to receive 100 micrograms of estradiol daily as well as their regular medication
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]]> The study found that people who ate broiled or baked tuna and other fish high in omega-3 fatty acids (called DHA and EPA) three times or more per week had a nearly 26 percent lower risk of having the silent brain lesions that can cause dementia and stroke
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]]> NBC has a lot at stake in the 2008 Olympic Games. That includes the reputation of the network's news division and its bottom line. Its position is complicated by the fact that NBC's role in the Olympics is one of observer and partner.
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