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Climate Canard No. 2: 'Warming Has Stopped' — A Very Temporary Duck

Four simple graphs give the lie to the denialist canard that rapid global warming has stopped… or even reversed. — “A half a truth is a whole lie.” Nature’s Edge Notebook #26 Observation, Analysis, Reflection, New Questions This flying duck is exp …

Climate Canard No. 1: A 'Crime Against Humanity' (and the Central Fear About Global Warming)

From today’s ‘Icehouse Earth’ back to ‘Greenhouse Earth’: Artificially triggering an otherwise natural cycle, and crocodiles at the prehistoric North Pole, are exactly the point Nature’s Edge Notebook #24 Observation, Analysis, Reflection, Ne …

Butterball Workers Arrested on "Animal Cruelty Charges"

Six workers at a Butterball turkey farm in North Carolina face criminal charges after an undercover video revealed alleged animal abuse, and a state employee who tipped off Butterball before a police raid on the farm has pled guilty to obstruction of justice

Empty Nest Syndrome "Affects Pets", Too

ABC News’  Christina Capatides reports: As kids across the country head back to school and away to college this week, most Americans are sensitive to the fact that some parents may experience a form of “empty nest syndrome”: a range of symptoms and behavio …

"Cockfighting Ring" - Suspect Files Claim Against Sheriff's Office

PHOENIX (AP) - The raid last March included actor Steven Seagal, his reality-TV camera crew and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies all there to investigate an alleged cockfighting operation at

Pigeons "Terrorizing" Neighborhood in Massachusetts

BROOKLINE (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Residents in Brookline are fed up with hundreds of pigeons that have been terrorizing their neighborhood....

Unemployed & Overqualified for Mickey Ds

Unless you’ve been through it, I don’t know that most of of us can grasp the frustration of sitting in an interview and hearing the question “With your background, do you think this is really the job for you?”  Why in hell do you think& …

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99% Negative: Newsvine Most Active & Top Seeds Depressing

I like being informed and I love the interactive Newsvine community, but I think in just the short time I’ve been here it has depressed me.  There is no such thing as getting a positive conversation going—it starts and then fizzles.  A story like “&lsq …

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The "Weirdest" Pet Names in America

NEW YORK (MainStreet) – No longer content to demean our dogs and cats by dressing them up in costumes, America is now giving them the dumbest names possible

Bald Eagle Saved by Doc's "Mouth-to-Beak CPR"

BEND, Oregon (AP) - A Bend, Oregon, veterinarian has performed life-saving CPR on an injured bald eagle that was under anesthesia during physical therapy....

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