Committee Votes Against Assisted Suicide Bill
WMUR New Hampshire - 52 minutes agoA New Hampshire House committee has voted against a bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
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Bell joins critics of dog warden
The Toledo Blade - Sat Oct 24, 6:34 am ETBy JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER Toledo mayoral candidate Mike Bell announced Friday that he is outraged over the high number of dogs killed at Lucas County's pound and demanded that county commissioners suspend the dog warden if he doesn't take steps to change. Lucas County is believed to have one of the highest dog euthanasia rates in the state, with nearly 80 percent of all dogs taken in ...
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Feral felines stir passions on all fronts
Kane County Chronicle - Thu Oct 22, 11:07 pm ETST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – The ginger-striped Tom cat with oversized fluffy ears and close-set emerald-green eyes hissed and spit as the blanket covering its trap was lifted.
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TNR can work if residents are patient, caregivers responsible
Suburban - Thu Oct 22, 8:08 pm ETLet me set the record straight regarding TNR (trap-neuter-release) in South River. There have been various letters to the editor regarding TNR in South River in the newspapers recently. I had the TNR ordinance passed in my town 2 1/2 years ago.
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LOCAL NEWS: Pet project to delegate shelter work
The Journal-Register - Thu Oct 22, 2:25 pm ETNiagara County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has competition in the animal sheltering business.
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Euthanasia story prompts libel suit from Memorial doctor
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wed Oct 21, 8:12 pm ETHe says he did not know of any euthanasia plans or actions by any other doctors
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Area shelters euthanize nearly half of animals
Bradenton Herald - Thu Oct 22, 12:12 am ETMANATEE — A dog or cat that found itself in a Manatee County animal shelter last year stood barely more than a 50 percent chance of ever finding its way out, according to a community assessment released Wednesday by the local Humane Society.
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I did know Jack
Metro Times Detroit - Wed Oct 21, 12:07 am ETDumbing way down (10/14/2009) Michigan needs a better-educated workforce, so why cut the schools budget? Behind closed doors (10/7/2009) Who cares who David Letterman has sex with?
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Web site helps connect pets with new owners
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Wed Oct 21, 12:06 am ETSarah and Tom McCann bought the house they wanted in Spartanburg, S.C., during the summer, but they kept searching for two small faces that would make it complete. The McCanns wanted a pair of munchkin cats -- a short-legged, low-rider type they had spied two years ago at a pet store in Colorado. Using Petfinder.com, a Web site that reports helping arrange 2.1 million pet adoptions in 2008 ...
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Animal officers plead guilty, cite lack of training
The Times and Democrat - Tue Oct 20, 5:49 am ETTwo former Orangeburg County Animal Control officers pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty charges, saying their training was inadequate.
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Judge vacates euthanasia order for pit bulls as next legal step is pending
Crawford County Avalanche - Tue Oct 20, 10:14 am ET46th Trial Court Judge Dennis F. Murphy spared a pair of pit bulls from euthanasia last week, but left the door open for two legal arguments on remand to Crawford County District Court.
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Does the VA have an end of life policy?
The Herald Democrat - Mon Oct 19, 9:07 pm ETRe: "One world order not in God's plans" (Your views, Herald Democrat, 10-5-09).
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Assisted-suicide statute challenged by 2 Connecticut doctors
American Medical Association - Sun Oct 18, 9:48 pm ETThe lawsuit argues that "aid in dying" is not assisted suicide and physicians who hasten terminally ill patients' deaths should not have to fear punishment.
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Charlotte II: Ford teams race quotes
Motorsport.com - Sun Oct 18, 12:09 am ET"That's a mercy killing there. It was just a long night for our Aflac team. We don't give up, though. We're a team and we all made mistakes tonight and it just culminated in a bad event.
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Panel to discuss end of life
Evansville Courier & Press - Sat Oct 17, 12:33 am ETEVANSVILLE — "The End of Life: Medical, Moral, and Spiritual Issues" will be the topic of a panel discussion Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church at 216 SE Third St. Topics will include decisions often faced by families to extend life and topics that have become political issues, such as death panels, assisted suicide and rationing health care. Speakers are Dr. Karl Sash, a hospice ...
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Ga. to return $330,000 to assisted suicide group
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Oct 15, 5:24 pm ETA judge has ordered Georgia to return $330,000 seized from an assisted suicide group in February.
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7 News: Mass suicide threats
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Refugees threaten mass suicide
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