Blind flamingo targeted at Australian zoo

A blind flamingo, one of the oldest in the world, was attacked by a group of teenagers at Adelaide Zoo in Australia, and was left fighting for his life. The bird is about 80 years old, and was left unable to...

Australian youths maul 75 year old flamingo

Four men aged between 17 and 19 were charged with aggravated ill-treatment of an almost blind 75 year old greater flamingo at Adelaide Zoo.  "The flamingo's head and beak were injured and it was bleeding...

The Seedier side of NY's Dollar -dance clubs

" NEW YORK (AP) -- As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soda and waiting for men to approach and hand...

Banks of Human greed

Many Indian cities were established near the rivers. These rivers used to be treated as a godess 'The giver of life' and were subject of much reverance to the extent, temples were built at the banks.  In...

Flamingos thriving in MUMBAI filth

Flamingoes in Mumbai.. do not die of pollution.....they thrive on it...........Just like Mumbaites.They are reported to be killed here only due to illegal poaching at one place and they gradually shifted their...

Donny and Marie Osmond in New Vegas Show

Two of the most plasticized famously-faced siblings from the strange Kingdom of Osmond will be reunited on stage in Las Vegas this fall.My only question: don't they...um...totally hate each other?"Donny and Marie...

Toni Braxton 'Gets So Weak', Checks Into Hospital

R&B singer Toni Braxton was hospitalized yesterday for an undisclosed illness. "A hotel official says Toni Braxton has been hospitalized in Las Vegas.Flamingo Hotel-Casino spokeswoman Deanna Pettit says the...

DTES: "Disposable Meat" for a Hungry Clientlele

Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) and the social commentaries from the DTES Ladies of the Evening on the Willie Pickton Murder Trial.  "VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The shadow of Willie Pickton still looms over this...

Storm Warning - Or Was It?

A strange occurence struck me last week. It was one of those moments of hindsight that suggest you should have recognized an omen in the works. Unfortunately the significance of the flock of migrating ersatz pink...

Pink plastic flamingo faces extinction (AP)

" LEOMINSTER, Mass. - The day Mayor Dean Mazzarella turned 40, he got a surprise. "After I woke up and went out for my morning run, I came back and there were 40 pink flamingos in my front lawn," Mazzarella recalled. "Someone had put them there as a joke." Now that he's 49...

Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.

Animated computer map shows the speed of the H5N1 avian flu virus spreading in the human population. 90 days to reach every corner of the United States.

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