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WASHINGTON — 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 Barack Obama’s hope-and-change agenda, are considering a “purity” pledge to weed out undesirables from their ever-shrinking party.
By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon will keep his job after an effort Tuesday by one county commissioner to fire him failed with a 2-1 vote. Commissioners Pete Gerken and Tina Skeldon Wozniak opposed the motion by Ben Konop to dismiss Mr. Skeldon for what Commissioner Konop described as unacceptable high rates of dog euthanasia and low rates of adoption, as well ...
A bill to legalize assisted suicide in New Hampshire lost key backing Tuesday from a legislative committee when both supporters and opponents joined forces to reject it.
By JC REINDL BLADE STAFF WRITER With the number of dead at the Lucas County dog pound growing by the day, elected officials of both parties said Monday it’s time for action and change at the dog warden’s office. “I think changes need to be made,” said State Rep. Peter Ujvagi (D., Toledo), who added that the pound’s euthanasia rate seems too high and its adoption rate too low. Yet, he stopped ...
A viewer has a plan to help Cherryland Humane Society become a 'no kill' shelter. She says it would save hundreds of pets every year.
A New Hampshire House committee has voted against a bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
In September, debates about the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide took off in the Montana Supreme Court in Helena. A panel of ethicists and professors discussed the issue in the Gallagher Business Building Monday night.
It's an issue almost every pet owner confronts at some time: How do you know when it's time to have your animal euthanized?
News that appeared Nov. 1 to 7 in The Washington Post and on washingtonpost.com that is of interest to readers in Prince William.
A House committee plans to make its recommendation tomorrow on a state bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A New Hampshire House committee plans to make its recommendation Tuesday on a bill to legalize assisted suicide for the terminally ill.
Two Prince William County teens who were found dead in a Triangle, Va. home on Monday died as the result of a suicide pact, the Post is reporting . Police say they may never know what prompted to Desiree Patrick, 17, and Quirinius Williams, 18, to kill themselves together, but these comments from Williams' stepfather, Ruben Aguilar, are fairly haunting: Aguilar said he had never met Patrick but ...
MANATEE — Every Thursday, staff members from the Humane Society of Manatee County drop by the county pound to select dogs and cats to put up for adoption.
For a theater department at a college the best of all possible worlds is finding a play that can be educational without preaching to an audience. With that in mind, it appears Russell Sage College in Troy has struck gold this week as it offers the provocative and entertaining "Whose Life Is It Anyway?"
The issue of assisted suicide surfaced in Pueblo this week when an 18-year-old man was arrested for allegedly supplying the gun his father used to kill himself.
Mandatory pet-sterilization laws do work to combat pet overpopulation, although it may take a few years, according to officials in other California counties that have implemented such programs.
