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The California Aggie - 1 hour 39 minutes ago
I await this event all year. No, I'm not talking about Shark Week (the greatest seven days of the year, mind you). I'm talking about Thanksgiving. The day American families come together, give thanks and collectively strengthen our reputation for being obese.
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Concord Monitor - 2 hours 27 minutes ago
Some people can't stand prosperity, my father used to say. Today, he might be talking about Republicans, who, in the midst of declining support for President Obama's hope-and-change agenda, are considering a "purity" pledge to weed out undesirables from their ever-shrinking party.
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Hutchinson News - Sun Nov 29, 11:23 pm ET
WASHINGTON - Some people can't stand prosperity, my father used to say. Today, he might be talki ...
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The Toledo Blade - Sun Nov 29, 6:27 am ET
By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER DAYTON — The list of problems at the county dog pound kept growing. Among the standouts: an old facility crowded with stacks of broken cages, inhumane treatment of the injured and sick, and euthanasia practices reported by the local newspaper as “harsh and sometimes seemingly arbitrary.” Before long, county officials had a clamoring chorus of critics — pet owners ...
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The Fayetteville Observer - Sun Nov 29, 5:23 am ET
The county animal shelter is among 21 in North Carolina reprimanded for failing to comply with new euthanasia standards, according to the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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The Sacramento Bee - Fri Nov 27, 10:57 pm ET
Some people can't stand prosperity, my father used to say.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 3:15 pm ET
Hong Kong police are seeking the Internet user behind a Facebook group that encouraged teenagers to commit mass suicide, a report said Thursday, after a 15-year-old member tried to kill himself.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 11:56 pm ET
Hong Kong - Police in Hong Kong were Friday trying to trace the creator of a second Chinese-language Facebook group calling for its members to commit mass suicide. The second group sprang up shortly after another group, which called on its almost 190...
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The Epoch Times - Thu Nov 26, 3:00 am ET
A motion in response to the suicide of Nadia Kajouji has received unanimous support in the House of Commons.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 12:11 am ET
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday in Caracas as a friend and brother with full military honours. The left-wing Chavez and arch-conservative Ahmadinejad, united in their animosity tow...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 12:11 am ET
Sydney - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is due to meet US President Barack Obama in Washington next week to discuss prospects for next month's climate change conference in Copenhagen. I have been invited by the President of the United States to ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 11:41 pm ET
Buenos Aires/Montevideo - Sunday's presidential run-off in Uruquay is likely to complete the journey of former Tupamaru guerilla Jose Mujica from the 1973-85 military dictatorship's torture cells to the presidential palace....
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 11:41 pm ET
Hong Kong - Expatriates in search of friendship and love find it more easily in Asia than anywhere else in the world, especially if they move to Thailand, according to a survey Thursday. Asia claimed the top five friendliest places for expatriates to...
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San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Nov 25, 10:09 am ET
The euthanasia room at the Oakland animal shelter used to be endlessly busy, as nearly all the shelter animals ended up there. Now, the dark, cavernous room is being converted to a surgery center to spay and neuter the thousands of animals that have been...
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 11:26 pm ET
Manila - The principal suspect in the grisly killing of at least 57 people in the southern Philippines surrendered Thursday to a senior aide of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Datu Andal Ampatuan Junior was turned over by the members of his family...