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ACTION NEEDED Update #1 Stop Dunkin' Donuts From Using Styrofoam
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, wildlife, conservation, ecosystems, habitatdestruction, destruction, endangered, environment, protection, world, money, business, politics, safety, prevention, treatment, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animaladvocates, endangered, sadness, suffe )

Kelly
- 12 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
Today I propose that we all tweet to Dunkin' Donuts (@dunkindonuts) urging them to phase out their Styrofoam cups. We can make a difference!
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Westboro Baptist Church Blames Oklahoma Tornado On Jason Collins' Coming Out
Offbeat  (tags: ethics, bizarre, odd )

Marty
- 21 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com
A prominent member of the Westboro Baptist Church is drawing a link between the Oklahoma tornado's devastation and a local team's support for openly gay NBA star Jason Collins.
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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
- 15 hours 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
4 comments
Video:A Gorgeous Waitress Gets Harassed By Some Jerk. Watch What Happens Next.
Offbeat  (tags: culture, americans, abuse, ethics, gayrights, freedoms, law, media, rights, sadness, society, women, usa, unusual, performance, society, ethics )

JL
- 53 minutes ago - upworthy.com
This is heartwarming as all hell. Would you have had this kind of courage?
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Chicken Rescuer Says Hens From New Colony Cages as Damaged as Those From Battery Cages
Offbeat  (tags: endangered, environment, humans, money, lies, dishonesty, corruption, business, food, disease, death, safety, treatment, prevention, protection, nutrition, interesting )

Kelly
- 3 hours ago - freefromharm.org
Justine Renhard is a 42-years-old, and living in England who has rescued a lot of animals. Among them, Justine has had the opportunity of rescuing both chicken hens from battery cages as well as chicken hens from the new enriched cages
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Bizarre or Brilliant? Recycling Projects So Offbeat, We Can't Tell (PHOTOS)
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, recycling, sustainable, society, off-beat, unusual, protection, odd, pictures, photos, environment )

JL
- 1 hour ago - takepart.com
Reusing is always noble, but sometimes it's tricky to gauge the results.
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After You Read This Kid's Story, You'Ll Think Twice About What You Post On Facebook. (And That's The Problem.)
Offbeat  (tags: After You Read This Kid’s Story, You’ll Think Twice About What You Post O )

Agnes
- 22 minutes ago - one-vibration.com
Meet Cameron D'Ambrosio. He's 18 and lives in a small town outside Boston. He wants to be a rapper and calls himself "Cammy Dee" in his YouTube videos. Oh, and he's been locked up without bail for weeks -- facing terrorism charges and 20 years in prison
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LIT Candles: Remembering Our Beloved Leader Rajiv Gandhi - Abhishek Kadyan
Offbeat  (tags: ethics, society )

Kadyan
- 19 hours ago - gratefulness.org
The UN affiliated OIPA in India and PFA Haryana paid its kind tribute along with protected animals from abuse - Sukanya Kadyan, Programme Director.
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Citizen Army Lobbies Congress for Clean Air
Offbeat  (tags: pollution, protection, politics, healthconditions, humans, congress, propaganda, usa, ethics, unusual, safety, society, protection, interesting, goodnews, americans )

JL
- 1 hour ago - earthjustice.org
Ambassadors from every state arrive en masse to buttonhole congress reps
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Man Takes Elderly Dog on One Last Adventure
Offbeat  (tags: safety, interesting, world, off-beat, humans, animals, interesting, pictures, safety, goodnews, dogs, design, pets, animalwelfare )

Kelly
- 13 hours ago - animalconnectionac.wordpress.com
On the Manly Ferry to the city Novak Tonkin Zeus is 15-years-old, deaf and blind. His owner isn't ready to just let him die yet though. Instead he is taking Zeus on an adventure, traveling all around Australia
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Companion Ticket
Offbeat  (tags: travel, Pets on Trains Act of 2013, animalwelfare, humans, protection, rescued, pets, GoodNews, interesting, pets, safety, business, animals, americans )

Kelly
- 2 hours ago - animalconnectionac.wordpress.com
You can take your dog or cat on an airplane, and stay with your pet in many hotels. But why can't a companion animal travel with your family on a passenger train?
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