<![CDATA[Care2 News Network - Brain Food found by Linda H.]]> <![CDATA[BAD COPS NEWS STORY – ANOTHER CITIZEN DEAD]]> Memphis, TN - A Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy was suspended Monday. Investigators said the deputy told one story about how a suspect died over the weekend, but apparently the deputy’s dash cam video showed something different. Now a witness is talking.
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]]> <![CDATA[Bertha could be season’s first hurricane]]> PINELLAS COUNTY – The latest forecast from the National Weather Center says that Tropical Storm Bertha could strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2008 season as early as Tuesday afternoon Bertha formed July 3 in the far eastern Atlantic near the
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]]> <![CDATA[Study suggests serotonin plays a role in SIDS]]> Mice genetically engineered to overproduce the brain chemical serotonin died at an early age after developing symptoms similar to those of sudden infant death syndrome, suggesting improper regulation of serotonin may cause SIDS in humans
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]]> <![CDATA[ Fake priest infiltrates St. Peter's]]> ROME, Italy (AP) -- A fake priest was caught trying to hear confessions in St. Peter's Basilica and was tried by a Vatican tribunal, a Vatican judge said in an interview published Saturday.
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]]> <![CDATA[ Bush lowers expectations for his final G-8 summit]]> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush heads to Japan on Saturday for his final G-8 summit of world leaders as the global economy slumps, energy prices soar and food shortages loom in the developing world.
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]]> <![CDATA[ 91-year-old pinned under car for two days]]> GREENDALE, Wisconsin (AP) -- A 91-year-old woman who had crawled under her car to look for her keys ended up stuck beneath an axle for two days until her mail carrier noticed letters piling up, police said.Betty Borowski, of the Milwaukee suburb of Green
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]]> <![CDATA[Pets perish in tragic house fire]]>

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]]> <![CDATA[Man in balloon chair floats to Idaho]]> Kent Couch is getting the last laugh. He's shown-up all those people — including his wife — who thought he was crazy to tie helium balloons to a lawn chair in hopes of floating from central Oregon to Idaho. Couch has touched down in a
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]]> <![CDATA[Man accused of faking heart attacks to avoid bills]]> A 52-year-old Milwaukee-area man has been accused of faking heart attacks to avoid paying restaurant bills and cab fares. Police say the Waukesha man took a cab to a mall Monday and pretended to have a heart attack.
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]]> <![CDATA[Woman and dog bitten during morning jog]]> Police said the 49-year-old woman was jogging through the park with her english pointer just before noon on Saturday.
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]]> <![CDATA[Weak dollar not producing gains in foreign travelers]]> Submitted by Tom Twitter to Business  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[SANTA CRUZ: MISSING PUPPY FOUND NEAR DUMPSTER, RETURNED IN 'GOOD CONDITION']]>

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]]> <![CDATA[Elliott the Otter (Slideshow)]]> After a full bottle, Elliott the Otter lets Larry Elliott rub his belly and calm him before another walk at Brookgreen Gardens
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]]> <![CDATA[Delhi Police Bust Animal Skin Traders Gang]]> Submitted by Kathy W. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[80 women and children victims of Myanmar cyclone rescued from human traffickers]]> YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - More than 80 women and child victims of Myanmar's recent cyclone have been rescued from human traffickers who were scheming to smuggle them to neighboring countries, a media report said Thursday.
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]]> <![CDATA[ Panel urges stricter diabetes drug testing]]> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diabetes drugs would be subject to more stringent safety standards that could cost manufacturers millions of dollars, under recommendations made Wednesday by a government panel.Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14-2
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]]> <![CDATA[Kenya: Jumbo Wars Come to Country (Page 1 of 3)]]>

AS THE LARGEST LAND-Based animal, the elephant has the ability to excite strong emotions - emotions that now pit different African countries against each other over whether the beast has more value alive or dead.


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]]> <![CDATA[A settlement has been reached between the Seattle SuperSonics and the City of Seattle]]> Yeahhhhhhhhh we wont be considerd a backwards butt city anymore...WE have a NBA team now..Woo-Hoo!!!

Gorilly...

Citing a City Hall source, the Seattle Times reports the SuperSonics will leave Seattle as part of the settlement.
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]]> <![CDATA[Namibia: Rare Game on Sale at Auction (Page 1 of 1)]]> WHATTTTTTTTT?????

THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has started catching game in Waterberg Plateau Park and Etosha National Park to be put on auction this month!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!
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]]> <![CDATA[PLZ SEND EASY MESSAGE TO : "NEVADA" U.S. SENATOR-HARRY REID-TO PROTECT THE WILD HORSES!]]> EASY ON SITE: POST COMMENT-Senator Reid: This form is set up for you to express your views on issues that are important to you.
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]]> <![CDATA[Baby penguin takes to 'people parents']]> July 5: At the New England Aquarium, a baby Little Blue penguin who was not recognized by his mother gets special care from biologist Caitlin Hume. NBC's Clare Duffy reports.
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]]> <![CDATA[Public tipsters help catch suspect in killings]]> Exhaustive search for man wanted in 8 deaths ends outside a bar- The television image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind as she ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning
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]]> <![CDATA[Secret U.S. mission hauls uranium from Iraq]]> The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two-week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing
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]]> <![CDATA[Memory Boot Camp]]> Learning new skills to improve memory from Gary Small's book, The Memory Prescription. My problems are typical: misplaced keys, forgetting a task while in the middle of it and, of course, name amnesia. But I also have brain lapses that w
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]]> <![CDATA[ Corporate UNPATRIOTIC BEHAVIOR by Ralph Nader (’02)READ UP ON CORPORATE!]]> During this 4th of July weekend, why not assess the behavior of giant U.S. chartered multinational corporations by the yardsticks of patriotism to the supportive country of their birth? These standards for the corporate entities themselves are important
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]]> <![CDATA[AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL APPLAUDED FOR RODEO BAN - A NEW ZEALAND FIRST!]]> Rodeos are no longer welcome in New Zealand’s largest city. Auckland City Council resolved last week that as a matter of policy no rodeos would be permitted on council land because of animal welfare concerns. The decision,

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]]> <![CDATA[US planned to poison Aussie troops with Sarin]]> Submitted by Pete M. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Vegan Fast Food Taco]]> Submitted by Vasiliki B. to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Where is the Ture Ethanol Advertising?]]> Increasing the fuel economy of our nation’s vehicles is vital to addressing rising gas prices and the health and environmental risks of unchecked global warming. But for transportation to truly become a climate solution, we must also reduce the heat-trapp
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]]> <![CDATA[URGENT APPEAL FOR WELSH BADGERS]]> WELSH ASSEMBLY PLAN MASS CULL OF BADGERS. http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/badgers/action.htm

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]]> <![CDATA[US wanted tests kept secret because they would have been illegal]]> Submitted by Pete M. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[Music Video made about Topsy the Elephant who was purposely electrocuted to death]]> Award winning Australian animator makes a music video about the tragic story of Topsy The Circus Elephant who was deliberately electrocuted in 1903. The music video 'Persist' was made for acclaimed Australian band All India Radio who have
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]]> <![CDATA[ASPCA Offers Forensics Expertise in Record-Breaking Puppy Mill Raid]]> The ASPCA is assisting in Tennessee's largest-ever puppy mill raid, lending our special cruelty investigation team that includes two forensic veterinarians and our Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit

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]]> <![CDATA[Why and how should religion be concerned about the environment?]]> There is a great similarity between human beings, creatures of the Earth, flowers, a tree or any other living thing. We are all an expression of life and have come forth from the Earth...
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]]> <![CDATA[Fantastic Fireworks Photography!]]> Submitted by One Greenthumb to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
]]> <![CDATA[PLZ: Send MONTANA Governor Brian Schweitzer a comment: SAVE CLOUD & THE WILD HORSES]]> PLZ POST COMMENT (VISIT SITE) AND ASK THE GOVERNOR TO HELP SAVE CLOUD & ALL THE WILD HORSES IN HIS STATE OF MONTANA!
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]]> <![CDATA[A Ban on Cockfighting, but Tradition Lives On]]> CHAPARRAL, N.M. — After two weeks of preparation, 150 officers, backed up by a helicopter, slipped into this sleepy desert town. Their focus was not illegal immigration or drug smuggling, but a less pressing crime: cockfighting.But when they raided what
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]]> <![CDATA[Can mayonnaise Increase Risk of Food Poisoning?]]> This is the time of year when food poisoning typically spikes, and one popular picnic ingredient that always attracts suspicion is mayonnaise.


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]]> <![CDATA[Stardust Circus Trainer killed by elephant]]> * Trainer worked with Arna three years * Heart complaint did not contribute to death * Injuries from 'severe blunt trauma' ARNA the circus elephant is a killer with forensic evidence showing she crushed a worker to death.


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]]> <![CDATA[Barack Obama backs late mental -health abortion???]]> Sen. Barack Obama clarified his position today on mental-health exceptions to late-term abortions, saying he supports such exceptions and that comments he made during a recent magazine interview shouldn't be interpreted as opposing them.
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]]> <![CDATA[Selling Us Out Piece by Piece - Investors Beware!]]> The Securities & Exchange Commission is about to propose changes that they say will attract foreign investment and enhance the investing opportunities of Americans. Oh yeah? Try this view: We'll be getting screwed by the government - again!
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]]> <![CDATA[Filling Up the Open Spaces: Bush Adminstration Set to Okay Development in Montana Forestland]]> A closed-door deal between Plum Creek Timber Company (the largest private land owner in the US), and the US Forest Service would open hundreds of thousands of acres of Montana forest to real estate development. Oh beautiful for spacious skies...where?
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]]> <![CDATA[So how dumb are we?Duh! Younger Americans stumped in knowledge tests in our visually driven global info age]]> NEW YORK—Who hasn't snickered at "Jaywalking," a "Tonight Show" segment in which host Jay Leno flummoxes unsuspecting young people on the street with such tricky questions as: In what country is Paris located?
Or cringed to see Miss America 2007 humil
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]]> <![CDATA[For foreign models, beauty and loneliness]]> Eastern European models are increasingly in demand far from home. The despair that led to a stunning Kazakh beauty's suicide, fashion insiders say, is less about pressures and more about isolation.
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]]> <![CDATA[Happiness: Is it as easy as a smile?]]> When I hear the phrase "the pursuit of happiness"—that inalienable right we celebrate on the 4th of July—I think instantly of one thing.Sleep.A good night's sleep—no weird dreams, no noise, no reason to get out of bed until the bloom of dawn—is the key
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]]> <![CDATA[Everglades Hawk Getting Closer To Extinction]]> Experts said the number of Everglades snail kites are falling fast because of droughts and a water management scheme intended to help another at-risk bird.Biologists are still finishing their annual count, but they said the snail kite will likely drop
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]]> <![CDATA[Employers use federal law to deny benefits]]> Workers -- and some judges -- frustrated in legal fights over benefits with large employers
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]]> <![CDATA[Kelly Overton: Animal Rights and Obama]]> "...the most critical challenge facing our country is improving how we treat animals....Recent food shortages from Pakistan to Nicaragua were caused by rodent infestation due to a staggering decline in predator populations related to habitat loss..."
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]]> <![CDATA[Crikey! 'Crocodile Hunter' daughter gets own doll]]> CLEVELAND (Map, News) - The Emmy-winning daughter of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is getting her own doll.The 10-inch Bindi Irwin doll sports khakis, puffy pigtails and hiking boots, and comes with binoculars, a camera and other outback gear
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]]> <![CDATA[Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot]]> TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. (Map, News) - The knock on Brian Hart's door came at 6 a.m. An Army colonel, a priest and a police officer had come to tell Hart and his wife that their 20-year-old son had been killed when his military vehicle was ambushed in Iraq
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