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One Dead in Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Crash
Offbeat  (tags: transportation, crash, police, death, tour bus, news )

Lone
- 8 hours ago - people.com
tour bus transporting Miley Cyrus's crew was involved in a deadly crash outside Richmond, Va., on Friday.
Cherokee Nation Mutual Help Home Tests Positive for Meth
Offbeat  (tags: Meth lab, cooked house, crime, dangerous )

Lone
- 8 hours ago - cherokeephoenix.org
WAGONER, Okla. - A modest brick home with blue trim sits in a nice neighborhood. A passerby could walk by and never guess that methamphetamine was cooked in the home. That was the case at a Cherokee Nation Housing Services Mutual
Slideshow: Cherokee Nation Citizen Opens Historic Watts Hotel
Society & Culture  (tags: women, restoration, interesting, news, GoodNews )

Lone
- 2 hours ago - cherokeephoenix.org
WATTS, Okla. - The Howard Hotel, a historic hotel in this Adair County town, is slated to re-open on Nov. 21 as a bed and breakfast in restored fashion
Holder: DOJ Wants 'Lasting Change' In Indian Country
Society & Culture  (tags: interesting, GoodNews, Native Americans, government )

Lone
- 3 hours ago - mainjustice.com
The Justice Department is working to bring "lasting change" in how it handles American Indian issues, according to written testimony from Attorney General Eric Holder submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
1969 Alcatraz Takeover 'Changed the Whole Course of History'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: alcatraz, Native Americans, take over, government )

Lone
- 6 hours ago - cnn.com
San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals. Not even the federal government appeared to want it after the penitentiary closed in the 1960s.
Authorities Probing Use of Deadly Force in Fatal Shooting
Society & Culture  (tags: sadness, women, violence, children, police, murder, news )

Lone
- 4 hours ago - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
LANCASTER -- A 29-year-old mother of two died after being shot by a police officer, and some of those close to her question whether her death was necessary
The Path of the Pronghorn Antelope! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, antelope, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 3 hours ago - wcs.org
An icon of the American West faces new obstacles as it travels an ancient route through sagebrush plains.
Wildlife Crimes Unit! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, wildlife trade, illegal, death, environment, endangered, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 3 hours ago - wcs.org
Tigers are fast disappearing in the wild, due in large part to increasing illegal wildlife trade across Asia.
Your Morning Adorable: Three Bumps -- Er, Siberian Tiger Cubs -- on a Log
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, cubs, zoos, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 8 hours ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Germany's Nuremberg Zoo welcomed Rangar, Khan and Domur, Siberian tiger cubs, back in August. Since Siberian tigers (also called Amur tigers) are endangered -- it's believed that only about 400 to 500 animals remain in the wild in eastern Russia and
Oregon Cat First Feline Death From H1N1
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cats, H1N1, virus, death, pets, protection )

Cher
- 8 hours ago - foodconsumer.org
A 10-year old male cat has died from the H1N1 flu virus, and veterinarians are cautioning that it may be possible for cats to transmit the virus to humans, according to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA).
 
 
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