Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
How are you dealing with the soaring price of gasoline? It appears that it is not just the commodities traders and oil sheiks who are benefiting from the current market conditions. In a report released in June by the American Public Transportation Association, streetcars, trolleys and other light rail have ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Andy Murray is a 21-year old Scotsman with a nine-month old Border Terrier named Maggie. The little dog just might help the man stay focused on the prize: a 2008 win at Wimbledon. The tennis star got the puppy to help him deal with the pressure of the competition.
In ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
They made it to the top 10, put a big smile on Simon Cowell's face, and even got a standing "O" from him in the semi-finals. Kate and Gin's Canine Freestyle act had Piers Morgan speculating that a nonhuman could win the top prize in Britain's Got Talent 2008.
The family ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The British Transport Police (BTP) trial of bomb-and-drug-detecting dogs at Brighton Station has met with resistance by some Muslims, who claim that contact with dogs violates their religion. In a trial of body scanners at Heathrow Express platform at London's Paddington station, objections were raised on religious grounds by female ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
For a limited time this summer, beginning June 27, 2008, the Pet Travel & Safety Product Line from the ASPCA Collection is available for purchase at 1,400 select Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States.
“We are excited about this special Wal-Mart offering, and proud to be able to offer pet ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
A raid of Patricia Adkisson's Pine Bluff Kennels at her 92-acre farm in Hickman County, Tennessee, resulted in the rescue of nearly 700 dogs from deplorable conditions in what the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has described as a puppy mill. According to officials, some of the dogs ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
George Carlin was born in New York on May 12, 1937. On Sunday, June 23, 2008, he died of heart failure in Los Angeles. Mr. Carlin had been selected on June 17 as the 11th recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He will be the ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the raid of a Petco warehouse in Joliet, Illinois last Friday, June 19, 2008. US Marshalls seized pet food that has been stored under unsanitary conditions, discovered during an inspection in April and continuing through a follow-up inspection in May 2008. ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Several years ago, artist Stephen Huneck, now 59, was in a coma, suffering from Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Although his wife Gwen never gave up on him, his doctors did not expect him to survive. When he finally awoke after two months, this 45-year old man had to learn to ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
In April of 1917, America entered the Great War (World War I) in Europe, and the National Guard was mobilized for service. The 1st Connecticut and 2nd Connecticut divisions combined to form a full regiment, the 102nd Infantry of the 26th Yankee Division of Massachusetts.
While training at Camp Yale in ...
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