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Suspected kangaroo smuggler arrested in Indonesia
Well I must admit that I did not know there were Kangaroos in New Guinea, but evidently they are and live in the trees. " An Indonesian man has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling 10 rare kangaroos from... 
Cancer-stricken Minnesota teen, mother return home on their own
" The weeklong search for Daniel Hauser — the 13-year-old refusing court-ordered chemotherapy — came to an end Monday when Brown County authorities announced he and his mother were back in Minnesota. The...
Mom, teen fighting chemotherapy flee Sleepy Eye home, miss court
NEW ULM, Minn. — "An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for Colleen Hauser, who failed to bring her 13-year-old son, Daniel, to a court hearing regarding whether he should receive chemotherapy against his wishes. ...
Rhododendrons 'should be culled to save UK gardens'
Rhododendrons are loved by the British public but plant experts from the UK National Trust are calling for the plants to be 'culled'. They fear that the rhododendron, which is an alien plant species to Britain, is... 
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 48 wks ago
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775 views | 15 recommendations | 18 comments
American-Indian girls vulnerable to sex trade
Minnesota struggles with identifying where many Native American and other trafficking victims come from, but they have seen victims from South Dakota. Some Native American women, girls, along with women and children from other states, end up at the seaport in Duluth, Minn. A... 
Yesterday Was National Heritage Day: The First National Holiday for Native Am...
"Yesterday, we celebrated Native Americans in our first national holiday: National Heritage Day. National Heritage Day, which was signed into law recently by President Bush, has not been highlighted as it should have been. Shall we make up for this and pay tribute to Native... 
Happy "National Shame Day II" 2008 [UPDATED]
(Originally Written for Tuesday, November 25, 2008)Definitely Opinion(ated) As it was in 2007 for Jace, being too worn out to rant, so too it is for me, Intransitivus (who said she quit) this year in 2008.... 
ALAN KEYES SUING........................
"ALAN KEYES SUING TO PROVE OBAMA'S CITIZENSHIP: President-elect's former Illinois rival files suit in Sacramento. November 20, 2008 *Alan Keyes, a former presidential candidate, has joined members of his American Independent Party in...
'Gunshot' Shrimp Found in British Waters
"Great BritainThe shrimps, which are native to the sub-tropical seas of the Mediterranean, have only been recorded in UK waters a handful of times. They are INCREDIBLY RARE in British waters because the...
New plans to protect native tigers and elephants in Sumatra
There will be new measures put in place to conserve the numbers of tigers and elephants on the island of Sumatra.The Tesso Nilo National Park will be doubled in size, and is an important area of forest for both...
Study: U.S. suicides rising; risk high in middle age
Another sad statistic of the Bush administration will be the rise in suicides due to unemployment and foreclosures. During the depression of 1929 the suicide rate spiked and many Wall Street investors and brokers jumped from high rise buildings after the stock market crash....
Glasgow in 'top 10 world cities'
It will certainly surprise more than a few Brits to learn that Glasgow was the only UK city to feature in a new ranking of the top 10 world cities. Glasgow has a reputation for being a very industrial, gritty place, with the local accent being so strong it is sometimes almost... 
Grasshoppers are recruited as climate change scouts
The sound of grasshoppers chirping and clicking their legs is going to be used to help track climate change.Grasshoppers and bush crickets are going to be pubically monitored in Britain to record sightings of all... 
Shell-shocked: Carp fisherman catches Mississippi snapping turtle in British ...
A Mississippi snapping turtle caught in a British lake might at first seem just a strange story worth no further comment but the introduction of such alien species into the environment can have disasterous...
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2309 views | 25 recommendations | 21 comments
An Indigenous Perspective on Palin, Oil and Alaska
Today I came across a letter written by an indigenous Alaskan man, Evon Peter, former Chief of the Neetsaii Gwich’in tribe, in which he discusses Governor Sarah Palin's role in managing native and environmental...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1212 views | 7 recommendations | 11 comments
