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Offbeat News tagged with family

Family Stunned as 96-Year-Old Leaves £9m to Charities
Offbeat  (tags: family, will, elderly ladies, opera, widllife charity, wetland birds, animals )

Simone
- 15 days ago - independent.co.uk
Opera House in New York and wildlife charity in the UK to get more than £4 million each from the legacy of Edinburgh pensioner.
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Boy's Family Hoping For Minor Miracle --FanHouse
Offbeat  (tags: baseball game, miracle boy, hope, family, support, helpluke.com, upbeat, story )

Barbaroca
- 57 days ago - fanhouse.com
The picture makes you want to scream "Watch out!" if only the three people could hear you. It's of a mom, a dad and a little boy at a baseball game. He's wrapped in his mom's arms looking like the happiest 4-year old you'll ever see. A minute later he's
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Small Parrot Back Home After 5 Weeks
Offbeat  (tags: off-beat, odd, interesting, pet, quaker, parrot, escapes, rescued, personality, change, friendly, family, dog, cat )

Tom
- 113 days ago - upi.com
A North Carolina woman whose pet Quaker parrot has returned home after five weeks on the loose said "Charlie" used to bite her four sons and tease the family's dogs and cat, but has been friendly and affectionate toward the family since his return.
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Lost Dog's Hoarding Helps Rescuer Reunite Her With Owners- VIDEO
Offbeat  (tags: family, car accident, ella, rottweiler, waited, hoarded, reunited, heartwarming )

Simone
- 116 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A lot of humans could learn a thing or two about loyalty from a Rottweiler named Ella. Ella's human family, the Kelleys, were in a horrific car accident in Hickman County, Tenn., on July 1. Ella escaped the wreck in good shape physically, but the Kelleys
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A Plant That "Knows" Kin From Strangers
Offbeat  (tags: searocket, plants, difference, family, strangers, unusual, bizarre )

Simone
- 117 days ago - ecoworldly.com
In another addition to the "secret life" (and mysterious abilities) of plants, a recent study demonstrated that a native, perennial plant, The Great Lakes Searocket (Cakile edentula), responds to the presence of related and non-related plants differently
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Sign Up: USDA June 29th Deadline to Halt GE, Drug and Industrial Chemicals in Food Crops
Offbeat  (tags: GMOs, GE food, GE crops, Obama, USDA, pollution, politics, science, environment, Sustainabililty, organic, eco-friendly, healthy, food, family, protection, interesting, society, abuse, nutrition, prevention, risks, cancer, NewTechnology, medicine )

Abc
- 169 days ago - examiner.com
Many social welfare, health and environmental organizations are asking Americans to sign up before June 29 to halt the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule which will significantly weaken the regulation of Genetically Engineered
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Cat Adopts Baby Squirrels   video
Offbeat  (tags: cats, squirrels, kittens, family, animals, cute, amazing, wonderful, funny, interesting, unusual, world )

Teresa
- 182 days ago - youtube.com
Take some orphaned squirrels, add a motherly cat, and you've got one unusual family.
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Row Erupts Over Governor General's Seal Taste
Offbeat  (tags: animals, ecosystems, habitat, humans, nature, freedoms, family, food, green, activists, culture, education, freedoms, interesting, rights, politics, women, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalwelfare, society, ancient, health, history, seals )

Dave
- 182 days ago - thestar.com
She came, she cut, she ate -- and now, after gobbling seal heart raw, Governor General Michaelle Jean is tasting the inevitable wave of political indigestion.
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Bruise Brothers Reunited in Jail
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, odd, interesting, humans, bizarre, culture, news, crime, family )

Suzybell
- 204 days ago - metro.co.uk
A man showed real brotherly love, by attacking a police officer - just so he could join his sibling in jail. David Jacob Ginnis has got his wish and been given 30 days in prison, after admitting the assault. The 35-year-old was keen to be reunited with
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50 Terrific Browsers, Engines, and Add-Ons to Surf the Christian Web
Offbeat  (tags: Web Tools, Internet, Broswers, Christian, Family )

Jollygirl
- 227 days ago - christiancolleges.com
These web tools will keep you on track and let you find the best family-friendly, Christian-focused sites and resources that the Internet has to offer.
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DFCS Probe: Violations Rampant
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, interesting, bizarre, grouphost:CHANGE_REFORM*, DCFS, CPS, Child, Children, Mother, Father, Family, Parents, Allegation, Court, Petition, Warrant, Police, Procedure, Safety, Privacy, Harassment, Intimidation, Toxic, False, Falsely, Accused )

Geri
- 240 days ago - theclaytontribune.com
Stories of overzealous Department of Family and Children Services employees prowling for referrals and using people's children as tools of extortion were true, according to the Georgia Department of Human Resources investigative report
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Real Life Pixel House
Offbeat  (tags: art, house, family, culture, interesting, performance, unusual )

Nikola
- 247 days ago - cashmenow.info
The Pixel House is an interesting project designed by Mass Studies and has an innovative design and a curve like geometry. It just looks like each pixel of stone jelled together to create this astonishing building...
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Heroes of Hope TV With Hugh Downs & PALS With Pawz
Offbeat  (tags: autism, palswithpawz, readingpawz, disabled, servicedog, therapydog, ptsd, developmental, disabilities, AlternativeMed, family, research, dogs, GoodNews, humans, rescued, children, education, family, society, children, animals, goodnews, interesting )

Christine
- 308 days ago - palswithpawz.org
The Heroes of Hope Public TV Documentary is launching a new series in 2009 surrounding Developmental Disabilities, according to Dr. Matthew McMahon, producer. PALS with Pawz has been invited to participate...
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The Extraordinary Childhood of the Girl Who Grew Up With African Animals
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, off-beat, interesting, Tippi, family, living with, wild animals, film makers, wildlife photographers )

Kathy
- 377 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Tippi Degre grew up amongst some of the country's most dangerous animals, echoing the adventures of Rudyard Kipling's fictional character in The Jungle Book. For 10 years her "brother" was an elephant, her best friend was a leopard,
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100+ Resources for Coming Out of the Closet
Offbeat  (tags: Relationship, Love, Family, Friends, Life )

Jollygirl
- 384 days ago - 1datingsites.com
If you've finally decided to come out to your friends and family, it can be a potentially nerve-racking and possibly awkward situation for all involved. Here are 100+ resources we've put together to help you get the guidance you need to come out.
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