BEIJING (Reuters) - China, widely criticized for cruelty to animals bred for consumption, is drafting new standards on animal slaughter to make the practice more humane, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
The central province of Henan has already adopted the [...]
DETROIT, Michigan (AP) — As the gunman was about to open fire, 7-year-old Alexis Goggins lunged from the back seat of the SUV and threw herself across her mom, crying, “Don’t hurt my mother!”
Six bullets from the 9 mm handgun slammed into Alexis, one piercing her right eye. Two slugs hit her mother.
Alexis’ mother pulled through. But two weeks later, Alexis lies in critical condition, blind in one eye. And to her classmates and many people in this city so [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to offer a program to offset the impact of global warming by funding local green activities, the mayor said in an interview on Monday.
Under the program to be [...]
DANBURY, Conn. — A Danbury woman is facing charges that she groped Santa Claus at the Danbury Fair mall. Sandrama Lamy has been charged with fourth-degree sexual assault and breach of peace. Danbury police were called to the mall over the weekend. The mall Santa told police that Lamy had touched him inappropriately while sitting on his lap. Lamy has been released on a promise to appear in court on [...]
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday signed its first basic agreement with Hungary to buy the European country’s surplus allowances for greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto [...]
(In Style) — After Katie Holmes took time out to pose for the January cover of In Style, the busy wife, mom, actress and marathoner (among other things) sat down for a quick word-association game.
Role of a lifetime
“I’m living my ideal role. I love being a mom and a wife. In terms of my career, I’d love to do a period piece.”
Tom Cruise, airplane pilot
“Trust. I don’t give it a thought. He knows what he’s [...]
SAVUDRIJA, Croatia (Reuters) - A strong northern wind came out of nowhere, forcing a small fishing fleet to hurry back to a tiny harbor [...]
MARIETTA, Ga. — A coach faces charges after police said he led a group of students on a lewd Christmas prank in Marietta.Police said John Hayes, 46, loaded several middle schoolers into the back of his pickup truck, and drove them around after dark as they damaged Christmas displays.The group even made several homeowners’ displays X-rated, police said, including placing reindeer in sexual positions.A homeowner who did not want to be identified said he followed Hayes’ pickup truck and confronted [...]
The ability of Argentine ants to change from carnivorous insect eaters to plant sap-loving creatures has helped these invasive social insects rapidly spread throughout coastal California, according to a new study, displacing many native insects and creating ant infestations familiar to most coastal residents.
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego and the University of Illinois at Urbana discovered the opportunistic, changing dietary preferences of California’s Argentine ants—the first time researchers have documented what these [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Americans, the world’s largest polluters, plan to be more environmentally responsible in 2008 by reducing household energy or recycling more, a survey showed on Monday.
Half of those polled said they would make a “green” [...]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday.
Unearthing new species of mammals in the 21st century is considered very rare. The discoveries by a team of American and Indonesian scientists are being studied further to confirm their status.
The animals were found in the Foja mountains [...]
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