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Richard Ramirez Dead -- Night Stalker Serial Killer Dies On Death Row | TMZ.Com
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Candy
- 9 days ago - tmz.com
Richard Ramirez aka The Night Stalker who went on a rape-murder spree in Los Angeles in the mid-80s and terrorized the entire city is dead at 53 .but we're getting conflicting info on the cause.
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Orphaned Foal Forges Firm Bond With Giant Teddy Bear
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Frank
- 13 days ago - thesun.co.uk
"A SICKLY FOAL abandoned by its mother has found comfort from a giant teddy bear." -thesun.co.uk
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More Than Human-Animal Photos   video
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Mm
- 14 days ago - youtube.com
This is quite interesting and I had to share! xx
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Training Bees to Detect Land Mines - Hartford Pets | Examiner.Com
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Dianne Ly
- 17 days ago - examiner.com
To date land mines have killed more than 300 people in Croatia (including 66 people trying to deactivate them) since the end of the Yugoslavia wars in the 1990's. Now researchers from Zagreb University are working to train honeybees to sniff out the
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Giant, Fluorescent Pink Slugs Found on Mountain
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Janet
- 18 days ago - news.yahoo.com
It would seem to be something you'd see only in a cartoon or at a Phish concert, but according to park rangers in New South Wales, Australia, dozens of giant, fluorescent pink slugs have been popping up on a mountaintop there.
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Why Do Dogs Yawn When They See Sleepy Humans? | Not Bad Science, Scientific American Blog Network
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Dianne Ly
- 19 days ago - blogs.scientificamerican.com
Watch this video Did it make you yawn? Well if it did then you're not alone. Humans exhibit 'contagious yawning', where just seeing another individual makes you want to yawn yourself.
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Schoolgirl, 5, Reads 875 Books in Just One School Year
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Jigar
- 19 days ago - dailyoffbeatnews.blogspot.com
A five-year-old schoolgirl has read 875 books in just one school year. Sophia Moss, from Lake Charles, Louisiana, reads a book nearly every day. She has finished reading most of the books in the kindergarten and first grade section of the T.S...
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Burger King Employee Foils Robbery By Stealing Thieves' Getaway Car
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Carlene
- 22 days ago - abcnews.go.com
A fast food employee is being lauded by police for his fast thinking after foiling a robbery at a Burger King in Stockton, Calif.
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Between a Rock and a Shard Place
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Frank
- 24 days ago - thesun.co.uk
"AN AMAZING beacon of light beams out of a natural arch in a rock due to a rare natural phenomenon."- thesun.co.uk
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Pet Safety Memorial Day
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Dianne Ly
- 26 days ago - dogtime.com
With summer right around the corner Bark Buckle UP wants to remind people to be safe driving buckle up the whole family pets included this Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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David Bowie's Bass Player Trevor Bolder Dies Aged 62 Long Battle With Cancer
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Candy
- 27 days ago - nme.com
As a member of the Spiders From Mars backing band alongside Mick Ronson on guitar & Mick Woodmansey on drums Bolder played on a host of classic Bowie albums, including 'Hunky Dory', 'The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
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Ray Manzarek, Keyboardist for the Doors, Has Died at 74 | The Music Mix | EW.Com
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Candy
- 29 days ago - music-mix.ew.com
Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist for the Doors, passed away this morning in Germany, according to a statement from his publicist. The cause was bile duct cancer.
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Video: From Pobitora to Manas
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JL
- 30 days ago - worldwildlife.org
How do you safely translocate 10 greater one-horned rhinos?
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Alabama City Destroying Ancient Indian Mound for Sam's Club
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Roxy
- 32 days ago - earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam's Club There are concerns that human remains may be present at the site, though none have been found yet.
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Mother's Day for Dog Moms - Riverside Dogs | Examiner.Com
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Dianne Ly
- 38 days ago - examiner.com
Do you know any women who refer to themselves as their dog's mom? Many of today's dog owners consider themselves a pet parent (rather than dog owner), since they have a dog at home rather than children, and they give their dogs the day-to-day care
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