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  • Stories from The Times Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:19AMBluefin tuna - Brussels backs ban despite Malta's no - Ivan Camilleri, Brussels Malta was the only EU state yesterday to vote against a European Commission proposal banning the international trade of bluefin tuna from next...
  • Walk your dog to aid NA shelter Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:10AMNORTH ATTLEBORO - The North Attleboro Animal Shelter will hold its 10th Annual Strut Your Mutt fundraising event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 15, on the grounds of North Attleboro High School, rain or shine.
  • The State Worker: California state worker unions line up behind Jerry Brown Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:16AMA quick tally of donations to the Democrat's campaign shows that four state labor groups have given about $50,000 so far combined, even though he's had no real opposition in the run-up to the June primary.
  • How many o's in 'ka-booom'? Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:51PMThe Monitor’s language columnist takes a look at a website devoted to written sound effects – a sort of Roget’s Thesaurus for comic book writers.
  • St. Lucie woman with animals in 'grotesque' conditions could own pets again Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:32AMFORT PIERCE — Circuit Judge James McCann called the scene “pretty grotesque”: dead and malnourished dogs and a black wolf as well as other animals in filthy conditions at the home of Michele Edna Nunziata in the 900 block of North Kings Highway in northern St. Lucie County.Charged with 10 misdemeanor counts of unlawful confinement of animals, six felony counts of cruelty to animals and one ...
  • Malta to retain pet health checks Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:44AMMalta is one of 5 countries which have been allowed to retain health checks for pets - even if they have a “passport” - until December 2011.
  • City of Lubbock issues rabies warning Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:08PMThe victim found the injured animal in Central Lubbock, and was bit twice.
  • Care center home to Katrina-abandoned animals and never euthanizes Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:54PMNEW ORLEANS -- For more than 20 years, the Humane Society of Louisiana has worked to improved the lives of tens of thousands of animals. But because of the effort in moving hundreds of animals to safety during a hurricane, they now operate the Dixieland Animal Care and Evacuation Center, two hours north of the city. And at the sanctuary, hundreds of animals are still looking for a home since ...
  • Vet clinic is home to Moscow church Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:19PMMOSCOW (BP)--To call Golovinsky Church unique would be an understatement. How many other churches meet in the waiting room of a working veterinarian's office?
  • Smash Sneaky Flash Cookies With FlashCookiesView Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:23AMFlash cookies, aka "super cookies," can be used to track your browsing just like normal browser cookies. But Flash cookies will stick around even if you delete your regular browser cookies, and they can't normally be viewed. The free FlashCookiesView tool shines a light on these out-of-the-way files.
  • Free rabies clinics to begin March 16 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:16AMMILTON — With the arrival of spring comes a concern about rabies, but it doesn’t cost a dime to protect your pet and your family.
  • Bulletin Board: March 7, 2010 Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:15AMOpen mic for storytellers
  • Humans aren't alone in being food-wasters Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 9:20PMOn my New York City junket, my upstate values and thin walletprecluded $40 breakfasts and $100 dinners so my eating habits werequite eclectic.
  • News Digest Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 7:01PMBank collecting peanut butter for food bank
  • Investigators disproves reports that well-fed children are more vulnerable to dengue virus Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:56PMA new study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators disproves reports that well-fed children are more vulnerable to the dengue virus. Mosquitoes spread the virus, which can cause severe flu-like symptoms and sometimes lethal complications.
  • Scare shuts down Grand Strand shelter Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:49PMA local animal shelter is closed, possibly until Monday, after a litter of 4-week old puppies began displaying symptoms that included runny eyes and the sniffles, according to a news release from Cara Gibbs, adoption specialist at the Grand Strand Humane Society.
  • Scare shuts down Grand Strand Humane Society animal shelter Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:49PMA local animal shelter is closed, possibly until Monday, after a litter of 4-week old puppies began displaying symptoms that included runny eyes and the sniffles, according to a news release from Cara Gibbs, adoption specialist at the Grand Strand Humane Society.
  • Local animal shelter temporarily closes, puppies being tested for illnesses, including distemper Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:48PMA local animal shelter is closed until possibly Monday after a litter of 4-week old puppies began di
  • Deputies: Otter attacks 96-year-old man in Venice Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:53AMTwo people saw Morrell Denton, 96, on the ground and used garden instruments to fend off the fish-eating mammal, Sarasota County deputies say.
  • H1N1 mutation's proposed link to severe illness debated Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:55PMMar 4, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – Norwegian scientists today reported a pandemic H1N1 virus mutation that appears to be associated with severe disease, but a leading US flu expert said global data on the mutation don't show a clear connection with severe illness.
  • As Lansing principal sees it, pets better protected than children Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:31AMLANSING -- Principal Freya Rivers tells a harrowing story of neglect involving three children and an untold number of animals at a household near Lansing’s Bingham Elementary School.
  • As Lansing principal sees it, pets better protected than children Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:06AMLANSING -- Principal Freya Rivers tells a harrowing story of neglect involving three children and an untold number of animals at a household near Lansings Bingham Elementary School.
  • Rabies clinic March 20 Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:37AMA rabies clinic will be held for dogs, cats and ferrets on Saturday, March 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Inovio Develops Cordless Electroporation Device For Delivering DNA Vaccines Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:46AMInovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA®-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA. Existing generations of electroporation systems consist of an electrical pulse generator box the size of a large laptop attached by a ...
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium Rescues Otter Pup Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:03PMCLEARWATER - Clearwater Marine Aquarium's (CMA) stranding team rescued an otter pup Sunday afternoon in Indian Rocks Beach. She was lying in the sun in an open field near a tennis court. CMA volunteer "Sunny" responded to the call, so that's the name the female pup received.
  • Health officials warn of rabies threat Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:24PMHealth officials want to make sure your animals are vaccinated and you know the signs of rabies.
  • Northwest Fire getting pet oxygen masks Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:43PMTUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - Northwest Firefighters are getting new equipment that could help save their four-legged patients in crisis.
  • SPCA Celebrates 600th Adoption Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:16AMTRENTON — The SPCA of Hancock County recently celebrated the milestone of its 600th companion animal adoption when Jax, a Labrador retriever mix, found a forever home with Kaili Irvin.
  • In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - March 2010, Pt. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 8:06AM['Game Mag Weaseling' is a weekly column by Kevin Gifford which documents the history of video game magazines, from their birth in the early '80s to the current day. This time, he tracks down the elusive PC Zone -- and its grim circulation numbers -- and checks out current issues of publications from GamePro to Nintendo Power and beyond.] I never miss an issue of Future UK's PC Zone. Sadly ...
  • Inovio Biomedical introduces new CELLECTRA-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:09AMInovio Biomedical Corporation, a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA®-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA.
  • Plague Poses Widespread Risk to North American Wildlife Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 2:03AM, March 1, 2010 (ENS) - Sylvatic plague - a close cousin of the dreaded disease that killed one-third of all European residents in the six years between 1347 and 1353 - persists in rodents in the American West even when the disease does not erupt into epidemic form, new research demonstrates.
  • Inovio Biomedical H5N1 Avian Influenza DNA Vaccine Receives Korean Approval to Begin Clinical Trials Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:30AMSAN DIEGO----Inovio Biomedical Corporation , a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, announced today that its affiliate VGX International Inc. has received approval in Korea to begin a Phase I clinical trial in healthy volunteers for Inovio’s SynCon™ preventive DNA vaccine targeting H5N1 avian influenza.
  • Plague in the Wild Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:46PMWhen one thinks of plague one thinks of the Black Plague in Europe in the Dark Ages that was spread by rodents. However, plague also affects wildlife. Plague, a flea borne bacterial disease introduced to North America in the late 1800s, spreads rapidly across a landscape, causing devastating effects to wildlife and posing risks to people. Conservation and recovery efforts for imperiled species ...
  • 3 differentiated perimeter worksheets for Y4 D2 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:20PM3 differentiated worksheets. (s - support, c - core, e - extension) that go with Year 4 D2 unit. All are perimeter worksheets, with pictures of room plans to illustrate the idea of perimeter. The worksheets use my 2 pet ferrets Scampi and George to bring the idea alive! My class know all about them.
  • You otter see these pics - cute as can be Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:22PMThe Clearwater Marine Aquarium rescued an otter pup Sunday in Indian Rocks Beach.
  • Jason Kitchen: The Most Fascinating Two Minutes on Television Courtesy of Jeopardy! Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:23AMFor those of you who feel a "game show" (a relatively loose term in the modern world) isn't worth watching unless there is some chance...
  • Shock, horror! Labour discovers some waste Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:06AMIs a 2 per cent rise in council tax a cause for celebration? No, it should be a cut, argues Philip Johnston.
  • Searchers use dogs to find lost pets Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 5:59AMA dog with a keen sense of smell might be your missing pet's new best friend. That's where Dogs Finding Dogs comes into action, a Baltimore-based group of volunteers who use their highly trained canines to track and locate lost pets.
  • Reservation system set for Hall County Park picnic shelters Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 2:34AMCREDITSTARTtracy.overstreet@theindependent.comYes, it's snowy, windy and cold.
  • Colchester to get first town and country show Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:58AMCOLCHESTER is to host its first ever town and country show in April.
  • Executed: man’s naked body dumped at border in Northern Ireland Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:29AMA man shot in the head and dumped close to the border with Co Donegal was found stripped naked with his hands bound, it emerged today. Related Stories Church attendance soars with the 10 minute Mass Northern Ireland schools closed by sudden snowfall Schools closed by sudden snowfall Dead pups put through mincer to feed ferrets Church attendance soars with the 15 minute Mass
  • Schools closed by sudden snowfall Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:29AMHeavy snowfall led to motorists facing serious disruption today as more icy weather swept across Northern Ireland. Related Stories Church attendance soars with the 10 minute Mass Northern Ireland schools closed by sudden snowfall Executed: man’s naked body dumped at border in Northern Ireland Dead pups put through mincer to feed ferrets Church attendance soars with the 15 minute Mass
  • Northern Ireland schools closed by sudden snowfall Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 6:13AMHeavy snowfall led to motorists facing serious disruption today as more icy weather swept across Northern Ireland. Related Stories Church attendance soars with the 10 minute Mass Schools closed by sudden snowfall Executed: man’s naked body dumped at border in Northern Ireland Dead pups put through mincer to feed ferrets Church attendance soars with the 15 minute Mass
  • Plague Effects On Wildlife Inaccurate? Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 3:12AMA U.S. Geological Survey study suggests the effects of plague on wildlife might have been underestimated in the past.
  • Motorcycle blaze damages Springfield apartments Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:13AMA motorcycle parked outside the Stephanie Lynn Apartments on Mount Vernon accidentally caught fire, spreading to the apartment building Wednesday morning.
  • 20 dead animals found, others seized from shelter Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:43PMBONHAM, TX--When the SPCA rescue team arrived at Neely's Pet Place, they expected to find some thin and possibly sick animals. What they discovered was far worse.
  • Visiting Veterinarian Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 5:15PMBy Michelle Gerhard Jasny V.M.D. Published: February 25, 2010 I didn't particularly mind being on call February 14. After all, Valentine's Day has been a running joke in our house for years. I'm Jewish, and when it came time to settle down and raise a family, I married a Jewish guy.
  • Plague effects on wildlife inaccurate? Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:18PMRESTON, Va., Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. Geological Survey study suggests the effects of plague on wildlife might have been underestimated in the past.
  • Plagued by Plague: New Research Shows Widespread Risk to Wildlife Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 1:10PMThe effects of plague on wildlife may have been underestimated in the past, according to research published today in a special issue of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. Plague, a flea-borne bacterial disease introduced to North America in the late 1800s, spreads rapidly across a landscape, causing devastating effects to wildlife and posing risks to people. Conservation and recovery efforts ...
  • Health officials: Vaccination helps prevent rabies Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 10:07PMMOULTRIE — Dozens of Southwest Georgia residents get bitten by animals every year, and those bites should be reported to the environmental health specialists in their county health department.