French fashion giant Hermes has decided to open their own crocodile farms in Australia to meet the heavy demand for their handbags made of crocodile skin. Customers who order these bags, some at over $48,000 US, can...
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" MSNBC's Rachel Maddow mocked the "tea parties" scheduled to take place across the nation on April 15 and tried her best to hold back laughter at the rather unfortunate name the conservative resistance has...
A holiday 'how to' guide for plastic bottle and bag reuse and recyclingARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- This holiday season, Americans will generate 25 percent more waste, resulting in 5 million extra tons of garbage! To encourage consumers to "trim their trash" while...
A MAN in Orlando, Florida, snatched his newborn eleven day-old baby from the boy's mother, ran down the road and abandoned his son in a black plastic garbage bag, after placing him in a plastic basket. The...
I took them a while, but Frontier Airlines will now charge for a first checked bag. Customers will have to pay $15 starting for travel on or after November 1st. Customers currently get...
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United Airlines has just announced they will now DOUBLE its current second-checked baggage fee. It was $25, and as of this Tuesday that will jump to $50. This new fee will affect all travel on or after...
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Continental Airlines announced today they too will be charging customers for their first checked bag. They will charge economy-class domestic flyers $15. "Continental Airlines, falling in line...
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To hear it from supporters of Obama you would think he was a new type of politician; even post-partisan. But the problem with supporters is that you don't get the whole truth and nothing but. Instead, you get an idealized version of a vision and this version is more idealized...
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" Howard Mills, 37, was caught on secret cameras set up to find out who had been damaging polystyrene ceiling tiles. Security staff saw him put on a bodice, remove the tiles and lay them on the floor in a...
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United Airlines has become the second airline that will start charging customers $15 for their first checked bag. United was the first carrier that implemented a fee on a second checked bag. The new...
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" Retailers in China are now fighting a battle for the "green" high ground in a bid to turn fashion-conscious customers into eco-aware shoppers, as plastic bags face the ban.Muji, the Japanese lifestyle store is...
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Want a plastic shopping bag? Pay for it. That's what shoppers were told at cash counters of supermarkets, department stores and groceries across the country Sunday.
Following a government order aimed at...
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In the deeply entrenched caste system of Indian society, Dalits have lowest place in the social set up. Despite attempts made to bring dalits and other downtrodden caste to mainstream, their condition in...
This was going to happen at some point, but I'm surprised that it's happening so quickly. "Five of the six major airlines in the United States plan to start charging coach passengers as much as $25 next month to...
Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies! "Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton...
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