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Overweight Flier Sues Air France for Making Him Buy Two Seats
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, obesity, airlines )

Michael
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- 6 hours ago - blogs.usatoday.com
Air France is being sued by a passenger who says he was "shocked" and "humiliated" after the airline told him he was too big to fit in a single seat . The airline told him he would have to purchase an additional seat if he wanted to fly.
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Solar Variability: Striking A Balance With Climate Change
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, space, study, interesting, environment, humans, technology, scientists, nasa, investigation, ancient, world, tech, discovery, climate, energy, habitat, astronomy )

Thunderr
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- 6 hours ago - sciencedaily.com
The sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began,including its climate.The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact,changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation shifts through the year.The sun goes through roughly
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Scottish Woman First to Summit Mount McKinley in 2008
Environment  (tags: women, Body-Mind-Spirit, nature, humans, GoodNews )

Wolfweeps
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- 6 hours ago - newsminer.com
ANCHORAGE — The Mount McKinley climbing season is under way and a woman was the first to the summit this year. Lianne Noble of Scotland reached the top last week, accompanied by guide Zach Schlosar of Eagle River.
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Hey Four-Eyes: You Look Smart! Some Children Dread Getting Glasses.
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, humans, children, environment, research, society, study )

Linda
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- 6 hours ago - livescience.com
Researcher Jeffrey Walline repeats some age-old advice for parents: Tell your kids they'll look smarter in spectacles. And now he has a study to back up the advice.The assistant professor of optometry at Ohio State University and his colleagues surveyed
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Seal Tries Sex With Penguin
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, endangered, ethics, investigation, protection, sadness, society, wildanimals, wildlife, habitat, humans )

Linda
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- 6 hours ago - msnbc.msn.com
First known example of sex attempt between mammal, other vertebrate.A seal has been caught on camera trying to have sex with a penguin.This seems to be the first known example of a sexual escapade between a mammal and another kind of vertebrate such as a
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Report: Man Says He Was Forced to Sit in JetBlue Flight Bathroom for 3 Hours
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, ethics, humans, interesting, unusual, money, environment, culture, off-beat, world )

Linda
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- 7 hours ago - foxnews.com
A Manhattan man is feeling flush with anger after he says he was forced to sit in the bathroom for three hours on a cross-country JetBlue flight.Gokhan Mutlu is now suing the airline for $2 million for having "mortified, disgraced, degraded and shamed"
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Ferlita: County Needs More Hurricane Shelter For People With Pets
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, habitat, sadness, suffering, animals, animaladvocates, cats, dogs, society )

Linda
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- 7 hours ago - www2.tbo.com
TAMPA - As another hurricane season looms, Hillsborough County needs to do more to provide shelter for people and their pets, Commissioner Rose Ferlita told a group that works to improve disaster plans for agriculture interests and animals.The county has
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URGENT!! PLEASE HELP TO SAVE THIS HORSE FROM SLAUGHTER-IN FRENCH FATTENING FARM
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, cruelty, death, ethics, humans, killing, protection, rescued, slaughter, sadness, society, suffering )

Kathy
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- 20 hours ago - freewebs.com
the less fortunate Equine's who are still seeking home's before being needlessly PTS. These Equines are currently on fattening farms in France, their fate will subject them to a 3 day journey from France to Italy with no food water on a crushed lorry cont
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Breeding, Betting and Dirt at Issue in Horse Racing Reform VOTE!!
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, habitat, ethics, death, suffering, society, abuse, cruelty, sadness )

Linda
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- 16 hours ago - usatoday.com
The public's revulsion over the high-profile breakdowns within thoroughbred racing has reached a crisis point that demands a strong and determined response from the industry, according to prominent horsemen, including breeders, trainers and jockeys. POLL!
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Buying Pets at Local Animal Shelters Instead of Pet Stores
Animals  (tags: animals, cats, dogs, pets, shelters, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection )

Cher
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- 8 hours ago - chicagotribune.com
Walking into a pet store, I hear the same conversation over and over. "That puppy is so cute! Let's get it!" Yet once that animal grows up, they realize the full responsibility of taking care of that "cute puppy" and some toss their pets aside.
 
 
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