$142 Collection Bill Sent To Couple's Dog

I know how they feel, I have had problems with AFNI too"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than 70,000 consumers complained about third-party debt collectors in 2007, but one Sacramento couple said they have good reason to bark about the bill they received.Steve Fanelli received a...

Park Inn, Berlin has a Random Raccoon Guest

"AP For North Americans, having a raccoon in your garage is hardly a big deal. In Germany, however -- where the animals are something of a rarity -- the same can't be said. For the past few weeks, a raccoon has...

"Tribbles" Director Dies

Another of the old guard passes on."Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-known episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, died on May 18 at his home here. He was 96. ...Mr. Pevney directed 14 episodes of that 1960s series, including “The City...

Iguana causes power outage in Florida

An iguana caused 20,000 people to lose power in Florida.  The iguana unfortunately lost his life after he came in contact with the  high-voltage equipment. "An iguana apparently caused a power outage...

Vancouver: Fast-food Bomber's Victim Commits Suicide

You know there will be a long lineup at office Water Coolers this morning, with many thirsting for answers, leaving many to surmise or theory's of rumour and innuendo worthy of a National Enquirer story. Certainly a...

From the Basement: The Nigel Godrich Show

I heard rumours about this series early last year. What a great concept for music television: compelling intimate performances by compelling artists, recorded and broadcast in high quality sight and sound. No gossip,...

Dog "angels" guard autistic kids

 There is an organization in Canada set up by Chris and Heather Fowler in 1996 that trains dogs, mostly Labradors, to help look after autistic children.  It works.  To date the National Service Dogs...

Mozambique's Mine-Detecting Rats

Fifteen years after the end of Mozambique's civil war, unexploded ordinance continues to pockmark the landscape. to the rescue come ... giant rats.Two years ago, a European demining firm touched upon training local...

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First They Came for the Trash Cans: Nazi Raccoons in Europe

"The story begins in 1934, when a breeder asked the Reich Forestry Office, then led by future top Hitler aide Hermann Göring, for permission to release the masked-faced mammals to "enrich the local fauna" outside Kassel, a small city north of Frankfurt. "Raccoon pelts were a...

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