Click Here For More Specific Information On: Marc Ching By Shawn William Nichols Dogs are very stoic creatures. They suffer in pain silently – always trying to please their masters and keep them happy. Dogs will continue their daily routine as long as possible – sometimes to their own detriment. Continue Reading
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UN probing allegations US is ‘torturing’ soldier over leaks
Thursday, December 23, 2010 The United Nations is reportedly beginning an investigation into claims that Pfc. Bradley Manning is being “tortured.” Manning was arrested in May, after allegedly leaking over 250,000 classified diplomatic cables to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Last week, it was announced that supporters for Manning lodged a Continue Reading
South American channeled apple snail discovered in Georgia
Sunday, March 20, 2005 The American state of Georgia faces a new problem as wildlife officials discovered the South American channeled apple snail along the Alabaha River in Pierce County last month. Similar snails have been seen in four American states, including at least nine Florida counties, and Indonesia. Apple Continue Reading
Prayer does not help heart patients, study finds
Wednesday, July 20, 2005 A multi-center US study of 748 patients, who were to undergo treatment for coronary artery disease, has found that prayer by Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist groups had no measurable effects on the medical health of the study subjects. The prayers were conducted by established congregations Continue Reading
Three babies dead within one week at Madrid Hospital
Sunday, March 4, 2007 A Spanish hospital reported today that three premature babies have died within one week from the same infection. The babies, who were being cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit of Madrid‘s 12 de Octubre Hospital, all died after being infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae bacterium. Continue Reading
Voluntary sterilization of poor women proposed by Louisiana state legislator
Thursday, September 25, 2008 A Louisiana representative has proposed a controversial solution to “generational welfare,” which would pay women on welfare to get sterilization. Republican John LaBruzzo said he thought of the idea because of his constituents’ outrage over paying for welfare. “You have these people who are just fed Continue Reading
Parents prosecuted after homeopathic treatment leads to daughter’s death
Friday, May 8, 2009 Thomas Sam, 42, and his wife Manju Sam, 36, from Sydney, Australia, are undergoing trial for manslaughter by gross negligence for the death of their nine-month-old child, Gloria. She died from infection caused by severe eczema after they shunned effective conventional medical treatments for homeopathy, a Continue Reading
Look Who Walks Into A Bar This Time
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Western World Saddlery Site Submitted by: David Leonhardt What happens when we hear of someone walking into a bar? Read on… WATCH OUT! Two clowns walk into a bar. You’d think the second guy would have seen it. SPEAKING OF…: A dyslexic walks Continue Reading
Severe sandstorm strikes Beijing, China
Sunday, March 21, 2010 A severe sandstorm has struck north-west China over the past few weeks, reaching Beijing on Saturday morning. The sandstorm, which covered homes, streets, and cars in dust, has left the sky a murky yellow. The air quality was rated as level five. Beijing’s Weather Bureau issued Continue Reading
Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Last night HBO premiered I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA. Since its inception, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has made headlines and raised eyebrows. They are almost single-handedly responsible for the movement against animal testing and their efforts Continue Reading