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Filed under: Weird, Nature Among the many intellectual and artistic pursuits enjoyed by us culture vultures at Asylum, the annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest has to be among the highlights. This year’s contest was recently held in Northern California, and
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The State Department says the number of terrorist attacks around the world dropped by 18 percent last year but there was an alarming rise in extremist violence in...
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Muslim Filipino rebels have helped Indonesian terror suspects evade capture by giving them refuge and access to weapons and funds in the southern Philippines, a...
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board says a fatal explosion at a West Virginia chemical plant last August occurred because safety lapses resulted in a runaway chemical...
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Women’s college basketball is getting good marks in racial diversity for its coaching hires.
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Colleges and universities are doing a better job at being inclusive in women’s basketball coaching hires, according to the latest Black Coaches and Administrators...
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A mortgage industry group says there were a record number of mortgage fraud incidents last year, and Rhode Island made its first appearance as the nation’s top...
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Police in Vermont have closed the book on the mysterious death of a 19-year-old Middlebury College student.
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Two independent infectious disease experts who inspected seven NFL facilities reported Thursday that the incidence of MRSA infections in the league is low and steadily...
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The CEO of USA Track and Field recommends paying athletes $15,000 for setting a personal best at the Olympics and shortening trials to improve the team’s...
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More needs to be done to deal with an epidemic of rape in the world’s conflict zones and to help victimized women, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday,...
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General Motors Corp. says its auditors have raised substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue operations.
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Spiraling drug violence in Mexico, narcotics trafficking elsewhere in Latin America and a thriving opium trade in Afghanistan pose significant national security threats...
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Cocaine smuggling to Europe is dramatically increasing through West Africa, posing a substantial threat to the stability of a region already troubled by war and...
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In an unflinching breakdown of what went wrong with the American track team at the Olympics, a task force lashed out at the relay system, recommended streamlining...
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A task force reviewing the U.S. track team’s failures at the Beijing Olympics has issued a report calling for changes in the relay system, the Olympic trials and...
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The corrupt elite of Cambodia, one of the world’s most impoverished nations, has laid the groundwork for siphoning off vast profits from a coming boom in mining...
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The corrupt elite of Cambodia, one of the world’s most impoverished nations, has laid the groundwork for siphoning off vast profits from a coming boom in mining...
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Wrapping up an eight-year investigation of possible links between industrial pollution and health risks in the Great Lakes region, federal researchers said information...
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Baseball authorized nearly 8 percent of its players to use drugs for ADHD last season, which allowed them to take otherwise banned stimulants.
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ADHD was on the rise in the baseball again last season.
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Filed under: News, Weird, Nature Sometimes this country can act too much like the stereotypes... seems a man working in a loading bay outside the Melbourne Myer store -...
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Filed under: Nature, Ultimate Boy’s Toys Nothing says “man cave” like the carcass of an animal. Bearskin rugs, leather couches, mounted heads ... you...
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The Tunisian security service is tired. After running out of journalists, human rights activists, and their lawyers to abuse, they have turned sights on wild boar....
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There are few trained to investigate the horrendous crimes _ lucrative blood sports thriving in the shadows that leave dogs, roosters and other animals maimed and...
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Eco Factor: Solar-powered heaters to help bats save important calories.
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The brutal deaths of more than two dozen dogs and cats kept for years in a cramped, feces-stained apartment have sparked outrage in the Mexican capital, where...
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The Food and Drug Administration made history Friday as it approved the first drug made with materials from genetically engineered animals, clearing the way for a new...
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Web sites fawn over them. YouTube videos celebrate them. E-mail inboxes rarely go more than a week without forwards filled with pictures of them.
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A leading animal advocacy group said the road to Mideast peace begins in a pita. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has requested Israel’s permission...
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From small beginnings and relative obscurity Jim Corbett National Park has come a long way. Our country’s and Asia’s first Reserve Forest the park was initially...
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Eco Factor: Pet waste disposal system utilizes solar energy to break down pet waste.
Dogs are often referred to as a man’s best friend, but all that friendliness...
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Federal health officials Thursday pledged a new, open process for approving drugs and foods from genetically engineered animals.
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The activist animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked school officials to change the name of Spearfish High School to “Sea Kitten...
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Animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has named Oprah Winfrey its “Person of the Year.”
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Cheetahs, dolphins, and other endangered species will receive extra protection from hunters, pollution and climate change under measures approved Friday at an...
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Eco Factor: Water saving toilet comes with fish in the tank.
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Ice cream made from breast milk? That’s what the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream to consider...
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Police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of stealing dead animals from a veterinary hospital morgue and stuffing them into empty lockers at a Bay Area high...
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