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Armed Robber Who Tried to Claim Back Getaway Car Jailed
Offbeat  (tags: police, robber, getaway car, towed, funny, humor )

Lone
- 2 hours ago - news.stv.tv
An armed robber who was caught after he tried to claim back a getaway car from police has been jailed for almost four years at the High Court in Glasgow
Brazen Conn. Warehouse Heist Nets $75M in Pills
Offbeat  (tags: million dollars, pills, stolen, bizarre, Black Market )

Lone
- 1 hour ago - boston.com
HARTFORD, Conn.--In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind -- not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other
Mike Tyson, Race Yourself!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, pigeons, Mike Tyson, cruelty, racing, environment, protection )

Cher
- 53 minutes ago - blog.peta.org
While we would never knock someone's love for these intelligent birds, Tyson's claim to care about pigeons is rather incredulous given that he chooses to tout using them in a "sport" that--like horseracing--exposes them to danger and death. In a typical
U.K. Government Pulls Back on Proposal That'd Require Dog Owners to Purchase Pet Insurance
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, proposal, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 51 minutes ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
It seems the British government's bark is worse than its bite.
Macy's and Bloomingdale's Finally Agree to Stop Mislabeling Fur
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, fur, mislabeling, Macy's Bloomigdale's, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 48 minutes ago - animals.change.org
Macy's and Bloomingdale's were the last holdouts in the Humane Society of the United States' lawsuit against several major department stores and fashion designers for falsely advertising real fur as faux. Over four hundred Change.org community members
Tourists Bitten By Fraser Dingoes
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, dingoes, humans, bitten, protection )

Cher
- 1 hour ago - news-mail.com.au
FRASER Island rangers have ramped up patrols of campgrounds after three tourists were bitten by dingoes.
British Boy Kidnapped in Pakistan Freed Unharmed:UPDATE
Offbeat  (tags: kidnapped, British boy, Pakistan, freed, unharmed )

Tonya
- 1 hour ago - msnbc.msn.com
A British boy kidnapped 12 days ago while on vacation in Pakistan was freed unharmed by his abductors on Tuesday, police said, ending a high-profile ordeal.
Your Morning Adorable: Husky 'Big Brother' Cries Along With Baby! Video!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, dogs, babies, environment, protection )

Cher
- 1 hour ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
We love the way YouTube user Gislileet's husky registers his sympathy with the new baby in his family (although we can't be certain we wouldn't go crazy if we lived in the same house with the mewling, howling pair of them).
Where's PETA's Seal?
Offbeat  (tags: animals, seals, protest, environment, killing, protection, wildlife, suffering )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - blog.peta.org
Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that it is increasing the quota for this year's seal slaughter and projecting a death toll of 388,200 (that's 50,000 more shattered seal skulls than last year). At almost the exact same time, this throng of
Lynx Born First Two This Season
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, Iberian lynx, birth, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 hours ago - europapress.es
The female Iberian lynx 'Lady' gave birth on Saturday 13 March to two cubs in captivity breeding center of La Olivilla (Jaén), the first of its breeding season there are complications, there are only mated eight of the 27 females selected for breeding
 
 
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