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Perez Hilton's ''Get The Muppets On The Oscars!'' Petition PLEASE TAKE ACTION !!!
Offbeat  (tags: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Oscar the Grouch, denied, singing, ''Man or Muppet'' )

BarbCat
- 6 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
Since The Muppets have brought so much joy to the hearts of cinema enthusiasts everywhere for decades, we are OUTRAGED they won't have their chance to perform "Man or Muppet!"
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Amazing 9 Year Old Banjo Player and His Band
Offbeat  (tags: music, banjo, children, kids, violin, guitar, performance, interesting, goodnews )

Lindsey
- 11 hours ago - cbsnews.com
Just watch this video, the kid playing the banjo is only 9! The violin player and the guitar player are a little older but this is a very talented young group. Thought you should check it out. :)
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A Matchmaking Site That Pairs Humans With Stray Pets
Offbeat  (tags: pets, matchmaking, website, pairs, humans, animals, goodnews, interesting, odd, off-beat, pets, photos, news, unusual )

Lindsey
- 11 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com
Move over, eHarmony and Match.com, and head to your local animal shelter to Meet Your Match. The color-coded program evaluates shelter pets and the people looking to adopt them in an effort to match personalities, energy levels and needs.
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Puppy Rescued From Drain Pipe VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: puppy, dog, stick, pipe, good news, happy, saved, rescued, animals, interesting, news, odd, off-beat, pets, photos, protection, unusual )

Lindsey
- 13 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com
A precocious puppy in Detroit that found itself stuck in a drain pipe for more than 12 hours was liberated Thursday thanks to the efforts of hard-working rescue crews, United Press International reports.
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Share Your Message Through USO - PLEASE TAKE ACTION !!!
Offbeat  (tags: military, men, women, thank you, uso )

BarbCat
- 15 hours ago - whitehouse.gov
Please consider filling out the form to thank our men and women for their services.
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Hearts in Nature
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, pictures, wildlife )

Cher
- 20 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
Here is a selection of photographs showing that Nature has a heart, too
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Purple Squirrel Released Back Into The Wild
Offbeat  (tags: squirrel, purple, released, wild, animals, bizarre, unusual, wildlife, odd, off-beat, interesting )

Lindsey
- 22 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com
A purple squirrel captured on Sunday by a couple from Jersey Shore, Pa., has been released back into the wild, AccuWeather.com reports.
27 comments
Animal Photos of the Week
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, wildlife, pictures )

Cher
- 23 hours ago - telegraph.co.uk
All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery
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Evolution of the Sitcom
Offbeat  (tags: entertainment, television, evolution )

Shaw
- 1 day ago - direct.tv
Even though sitcoms have been around for decades, they still do their part in making audiences laugh. They've undergone a lot of transformation since the 1950s, and the evolution in how plotlines, filming styles, and genres have changed gave us what we ha
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The Week in Wildlife - in Pictures
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, pictures, wildlife )

Cher
- 1 day ago - guardian.co.uk
Europe's animals in the 'big freeze', artistic hermit crabs and prize-winning nature photographs are among the pick of this week's images from the natural world
25 comments
Test Driver Has VERY Close Call With Deer (VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: car, test track, deer, close call, video, animals, interesting, odd, off-beat, unusual )

Lindsey
- 1 day ago - news.yahoo.com
In this exclusive video to Yahoo News, professional formula driver Ken Gushi has an extremely close call with a wild deer who runs across the road directly into Gushi's path.Gushi was test driving the forthcoming Toyota Scion FR-S in northern California.
23 comments
Big Cat Goes Wild for Fluffy Slippers! VIDEO!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, tigers, slippers, zoos )

Cher
- 1 day ago - metro.co.uk
A confused tiger at a zoo thought he was being visited by a big cat relative when he spotted a giant pair of paws through its compound window.
39 comments
Sick Puppies Walk to Hospital, Wait in Lobby VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: puppies, sick, hospital, video, cute, animals, bizarre, interesting, news, odd, off-beat, pets, unusual )

Lindsey
- 2 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
In what may be one of the most 'aww'-inducing stories of the day, two sick dogs from Corpus Christi, Texas, made their way to a human hospital and waited patiently in the lobby, KIII TV reports.
32 comments
Diver Frees Entangled Orca That Cried For Help VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: orca, whale, rescue, entangles, good news, video, animals, odd, off-beat, interesting, wildlife, protection, unusual )

Lindsey
- 2 days ago - grindtv.com
An orca that had become entangled in a crayfish pot off a New Zealand beach cried for the help of nearby orcas, but is alive thanks to a local diver who plunged in with a knife and cut the mammal loose. Part of the event was videotaped, and the orca's..
34 comments
Llanmartin Man Sentenced on Antifreeze Charge
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, poison, suffering )

Cher
- 2 days ago - rspca.org.uk
Paul James Deakin of Llanmartin, Newport received a £250 fine after pleading guilty to a Section 8 offence of the Protection of Animals Act 1911, that is to knowingly place on land edible matter which has been rendered poisonous.
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