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Pet Safety Memorial Day
Offbeat  (tags: pets, dogs, humans, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, protection, family, safety, protection, safety, risks, animals, interesting, news, society, safety )

Dianne Ly
- 1 day 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
Offbeat  (tags: Music, Rock, performer, Media, news, David Bowie. Uriah Heep )

Candy
- 2 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
Offbeat  (tags: Music, entertainment, The Doors, 60's, Rock, performance, Media, news )

Candy
- 4 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
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, wildlife, world, protection, news, interesting, goodnews, animals )

JL
- 5 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
Offbeat  (tags: Sams Club over Tribal Site, culture, environment, ethics, protection, humans, crime, society, safety, government, arts, design, americans, culture, ethics, family, religion, rights, news )

Roxie
- 7 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
Offbeat  (tags: Mother's Day, animal pet moms, pet parents, family, women, dogs, cats, animals, humans, pets, news, society, interesting )

Dianne Ly
- 14 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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ADORABLE: A Devout Cat Lives At The Hagia Sophia In Istanbul
Offbeat  (tags: Cat, Istanbul, animals, funny, interesting, news, off-beat, pets, pictures, unusual, AnimalWelfare, GoodNews, protection, PRECIOUS CATS )

Desanka
- 23 days ago - buzzfeed.com
In the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, now a museum dedicated to preserving its history as both an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral and an Imperial Mosque, is living a devout cat named GLI... who even shared his wisdom with president Obama!
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NEWS YOU CAN USE: 10 Dumbest Excuses People Give to Traffic Cops
Offbeat  (tags: funny, culture, police, news, interesting )

Cal
- 23 days ago - mnn.com
Did you think saying 'everybody was doing it' would help you avoid a ticket? Or 'I had to go to the bathroom'? Surprisingly, people use these well-worn tactics every day, a new survey shows.
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Video:Young Child Dies In Tragic Accident At The Mall. No Wait, Hero Appears Out Of Nowhere And Saves Him.
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, society, protection, safety, children, ethics, humans, odd, news )

JL
- 27 days ago - upworthy.com
This video would be too terrifying to watch without knowing the ending, so here you go: A random stranger saves the child's life.
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While West, Texas, Burned, Its Famous Czech Bakery Kept the Kolaches Coming
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, safety, society, protection, interesting, humans, ethics, food, news, business )

JL
- 29 days ago - motherjones.com
Hopeful that the roof wouldn't cave in, this bakery stayed open after the blast to feed victims and responders.
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Bangladesh: Tragedy Shows Urgency of Worker Protections
Offbeat  (tags: business, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, labor, lies, money, news, society, rights, safety, murder, humans, interesting, government, freedoms, crime, protection, risks, humanrights )

Robert
- 29 days ago - hrw.org
"Given the long record of worker deaths in factories, this tragedy was sadly predictable," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "The government, local factory owners, and the international garment industry pay workers among the world's l
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Stephen Colbert Wins Late Night Television With His Hilarious Critique Of Brad Paisley's Racist Song
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, americans, culture, ethics, freedoms, tv, usa, society, rights, sadness, news, interesting, funny, humor )

JL
- 30 days ago - upworthy.com
This whole thing is great, but at 3:06, it gets really good, and at 3:56, it gets FANTASTIC.
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My Wife Found This Baby Chipmunk a Week and a Half Ago, and Named Him Luck.
Offbeat  (tags: animals, photos, news, pictures )

Atta
- 31 days ago - chillbill007.me
His eyes weren't open yet when she found him. She did research and found out what she needed to do and feed him so he could survive. This is after he doubled in size...
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Heads Up! Media Buy-Out! Conservative Koch Brothers Turning Focus to Newspapers
Offbeat  (tags: Koch Bro's, Media Takeover, business, humans, protection, news, society, unusual, world, safety, government, ethics, crime, culture, off-beat, technology, interesting )

Roxie
- 34 days ago - nytimes.com
Koch Industries, is exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company's eight regional newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Orlando Sentinel and The Hartford Courant.
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