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How Postal Service, pit bulls intertwine: history can be bizarre
At a pivotal point in history, the deputy postmaster for all the American colonies arrived in Bethlehem because of a grave threat to Pennsylvania, where the French and their Indian allies were winning the French and Indian War. If emergency defensive...Tags: Financial and Business Services, French and Indian War, Justice and Rights, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Broken Bones
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PETA and the world of dog politics
The Westminster dog show, at Madison Square Garden in New York, hasn't only been about the dogs lately. Last year, PETA protesters invaded the two-day event. As a handler in one of the fantastically dowdy suits that are a Westminster hallmark trotted a...
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Ethics, Euthanasia, American Kennel Club, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
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Talk back: Should California restaurants serve banned foie gras?
L.A. NOWFoie gras was banned in California in July, but there's still duck liver drama in the Golden State.... -
News of the Weird: Families That Shoot Porn Together
The head of the Perse School in Cambridge, England, recently instituted a “10-Second Rule” for minor disciplinary infractions: Students could avoid punishment if they quickly produced a clever explanation for their misbehavior. “...
Tags: Trials, News Media, Allergies, England, The Huffington Post
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Flower dressing in high gear for Glendale float
Thousands of roses, gerberas and irises have yet to go on Glendale’s Tournament of Roses Parade float, but for several weeks, hundreds of volunteers have been carefully applying dry materials such as spices, seeds and bark on the 35-foot-long craft....
Tags: Kim Kardashian, Animation (genre), Google Inc., DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Animal cruelty
The American Psychiatric Association’s classification of hoarding as an official mental disorder in the latest edition of its “diagnostic bible” shines a light on the seriousness of this problem. When hoarders accumulate animals, the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Alzheimer's Disease, Culture, Mental Illness, Social Sciences
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Letters: It's no-show time for elephants
Re "No more curtain calls for elephants," Editorial, Nov. 26 It was a pleasure to read that the Los Angeles City Council will likely ban elephants from performing in the city. Governments in dozens of countries have banned exotic animals from performing...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Circuses
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PETA squawks at Glendale circus
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Thursday sent a letter calling on Glendale to revoke a permit for the Ramos Bros. Circus, which is scheduled to run through Tuesday. The smaller-scale operation doesn’t have the big animal draws,...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Circuses, Google Inc.
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In appreciation of Alaska the bear, and those who rescued her
Alaska, the polar bear who recently died at the Maryland Zoo, is a touching example of how animals can recover from years of deprived living conditions in circuses if given the opportunity (Polar bear euthanized at Maryland zoo," Jan. 16). People for...
Tags: Ethics, Entertainment Events, Healthy Diet, Circuses, Maryland Zoo Baltimore
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Oscars 2013: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is undeserving victim of politics
If you're keeping score this Oscar season — and who isn't? — chalk up this year's nominations as a victory for the bullying power of the United States Senate and an undeserved loss for "Zero Dark Thirty" in general and director Kathryn Bigelow...Tags: Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Movies, Denzel Washington, The Hurt Locker (movie)
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Seizure of animal dealer's 18,000 rodents called U.S. record
L.A. NOWPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has released a graphic video showing conditions at a Riverside County animal dealer, prompting officials to embark on what they described as the largest rodent seizure in U.S. history. Animal control officials... -
Rose Parade 2013: So cold, even Uggie the dog is shivering
L.A. NOWRose Parade 2013: So cold, even Uggie the dog is shivering...
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