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Hankins needs to be at his best for Tigers
Johnson City Press - They re going to be on their home field and it s going to be like their Super Bowl. UT coach Phillip Fulmer remembers that 96 upset denying Tennessee a super season. The Vols finished 10-2, the only other loss coming 35-29 to Florida.

Skagit County fair winners announced
Skagit Valley Herald - Dog Knowledge Bowl Senior State Team: Hilary Berg, Tamara MacMillan, Cassie Rauch, Mitch Thoms. Alternate: Allison Trout. Cat costume Jason Burke, top junior. Thea O Brien, top intermediate. Brandy Wells, top senior. Type champions Jordan Burke

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Covert war of gold against dollar amidst overt war against terror
PeaceJournalism.com, Nepal - Sep 8, 2006… But they were there all the time in history so why bother Money breeds money in present economy. … But who will bell the cat? …

Saudis ban sale of cats, dogs
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX - Sep 16, 2006… Saudis. Dobermans, pit bulls and fancy breeds of feline have become status symbols. … pets. The ban distressed cat and dog lovers. …

Mysterious creature was all dog
MaineToday.com, ME - Sep 2, 2006… The animal, which was hit by a car while chasing a cat, was photographed by a local resident and the image … Melekovets said the dog was likely a mix of breeds. …

Fox hunts provide thrills, escape from daily hustle
Daily News Journal (subscription), TN - Sep 18, 2006… home to six to eight horses at a time, the hounds, a cat, a basset … But there are many other breeds following, from Arabian to Appaloosas, from paints to ponies …

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BC Peace in brief
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune (subscription), Canada - Sep 27, 2006… and it took some pulling and pushing by all four men before the cat was finally … Thieves had a free run at toys and collectibles after they broke into a Fort St …

LONDONeye ; Who We Saw Doing What With Who Last Night . .
International News Service, Australia - Sep 25, 2006… After making an appearance at the MTV studios in Camden, The Pussy Cat Dolls decided to drop in to … She even ordered her staff to give away some toys to children …

Reawakening the inner child
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Sep 23, 2006… Tunes.” A boy and girl are arced on a swing, secure with their toys as a … Ann” from the 1925 “Raggedy Ann’s Alphabet Book” and Lawson Wood’s “Pussy Cat Pussy Cat …

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An oily burglary was unkind to cats
Barre Montpelier Times Argus, VT - Sep 13, 2006… I have a bowl of quarters and he took those and threw them around the office,” said Kopulos. A cat awaiting adoption was sleeping in his office that night and …

Tales from the Crib: Shortchanging the second child
Virginian Pilot, VA - Aug 25, 2006… taste. Good to know.). When Aubrey goes for the cat bowl, we take it out of her mouth, move the cat food and forget about it. When …

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Fifty Foot Penguin waddles off into the sunset
Pioneer Press - The company’s first production was a staging of John Pielmeier’s “Impassioned Embraces” at the Bryant-Lake Bowl. In the years Peoples Center the most common home for the itinerant theater Fifty Foot Penguin unleashed a fierce production of “Cat

aka Tuesdays With Moron
Washington Post - Regarding my column Sunday about being a glass bowl, several people wrote in with their own personal glass bowl stories. My She’s really a Misty, but I used to have a cat named that and I refuse to duplicate names. I suspect we’ll have picked a

FBC Army Rises
Gadsden Times - The heady days of quarterback Ronnie McAda almost seem like a lifetime ago at West Point. And although it’s only been a decade since McAda guided the Black Knights to a school-record 10 victories and a bowl bid under former coach Bob Sutton, it has

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Doping agency could ground altitude industry 
Colorado Altitude Training, the leading company in a small industry that caters to elite athletes, is working in the shadow of a looming ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency. An MSNBC.com exclusive.

Concern Over Creating Black Holes 
Maria Williams writes to tell us about worry surrounding the impending startup of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. Some fear that the device, in creating mini black holes, could jeopardize Life As We Know It. While the tiny black holes should evaporate quickly throwing off so-called Hawking radiation that can be detected CERN software developer Ran Livneh reminds us that “Any physicist will tell

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Welcome to Chronicle Podcasts : News Wrap with C.W. Nevius!
San Francisco Gate - Nevius, Chronicle business columnist David Lazarus lays it all out, explaining how the Hewlett-Packard espionage flap has become a “huge debacle and embarrassment” for the Silicon Valley giant. Also: photographer Brant Ward describes the challenges he

Short Ends: Celebrities Shattering Eardrums
Defamer - two places to be tonight: behind the double-bolted door of your home, praying that mischief makers don’t sacrifice your cat LA Observed makes a very good point ! Paris Hilton may flap her ass all the way to London: She s had enough of New York and

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Do-it-yourself health and beauty 
Pardon us while we retire to the rest and relaxation suite of The Express-Times where we’ll exfoliate with yogurt, shave our legs with peanut butter and give ourselves a cat litter mud pack.

Cathy M. Rosenthal: Luring and poisoning pets is a felony 
Dear Cathy: This summer, I found one of my cats laying in our garage in distress. It was Saturday, so I took him to the Emergency Pet Clinic. At first, I thought he had been hit by a car, but the vet found no broken bones or internal bleeding. More tests revealed his blood glucose was over 400 and his potassium level was abnormally high. The vet thought he was diabetic, which was unusual for a

Satanic abuse key witness says: I lied 
Lewis woman retracts her story Police officer’s warnings ignored

Heads in the clouds 
Johannesburg is Mordor. The Shire, on the other hand, is Magoebaskloof, where hobbits and their brothers live what can only be called a good life, up on the cool, forested slopes of the Wolkberg, making jams and sculptures and writing good books.

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Eats, Treats and Squeaks: High-quality, all-natural pet health products and chic fashion collars 
Sid has an allergy of some sort. We havent figured out why he constantly licks his feet so much licking that he makes the couch or bed wet and its gross. Sometimes I think its out of habit more than it is of discomfort.

You can ask $5,000 for a Harry Potter first edition, but it might take magic to get it 
Q: I have a signed first edition of ‘’Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.'’ The inside cover has the following information: ‘’3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 / 8 9/9 0/0 01 02 / Printed in U.S.A 23 / First American edition, October 1998.'’ J. K. Rowling signed the first page of the book sometime in the late 1990s. Until recently, I had forgotten all about it. Except for a quarter-inch rip in the binding

Have a disaster plan for pets 
The old saying goes something like this: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

P’burg prevails in overtime 
EAST RUTHERFORD — He’s heard it all before as Justin Viscomi has always had his doubters and cynics. All he keeps doing is proving them wrong, time after time.

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Manufacturer recalls cat, dog toys given out at Lyon library
South Lyon Herald, MI - Aug 24, 2006… The toys, which are approximately four-inch-high bendable figures of a white spotted dog and an orange striped cat, were one of many prizes given out by the …

Lab tests confirm unsafe lead levels in library toys
Lexington Dispatch, NC - Aug 28, 2006Tests conducted by the State Laboratory for Public Health in Raleigh have confirmed unsafe lead levels in bendable cat and dog toys distributed by public …

Make Finances a Family Affair
Motley Fool - Sep 15, 2006… care of making sure your cars get regular maintenance, your son cleans out the cat’s litter box every few days, and your daughter puts the toys away every night …

ROCK, POP, ACOUSTIC
LA City Beat, CA - Sep 21, 2006… Sat: Asia. Cat Club, 8911 Sunset Bl, West Hollywood, (310) 657-0888. Myspace.com/thecatclub. … Thur: The Queers, The Hard Ons, Toys That Hill, 7:30. …

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Housetraining kittens
Health 24 - A cat flap or an open window (cats can get through burglar bars) will do the trick. Cats can get very distresses if they are locked inside a house and have no access to their toilet. Throughout your cat s life, it is likely to maintain the same

New bowl suits old kitty
Deseret News - Dear Heloise: We have a 15-year-old cat that had gotten into the habit of only drinking out of the bathtub faucet (when it Eventually, it started to flap around, and I removed the colander and the bird flew away. Doris Campton, Colorado Did

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Masses on the skin
Turkish Daily News - Human Genome Research Institute and several universities compared the same stretch of DNA in a chimpanzee, baboon, cat LOS ANGELES- A Los Angeles photographer was charged with trying to extort $3.3 million from Cameron Diaz over pictures taken at

Funnel cloud, not tornado, spotted in Kagman
Saipan Tribune - Zenaida Santos, a resident of Kagman 3, told Saipan Tribune that they were in the garage Sunday morning when their children saw the tornado-like formation moving slowly. Santos said her husband took pictures. She said later the formation disappeared

Let Frisco rock your world
Toronto Sun - There’s a stereoscope, a machine that displays a set of 3-D pictures taken after the 1906 earthquake and fire and Laffing Sal The park’s carousel has an ostrich, a cat, a dog, a zebra, a pig, a lion and a rooster, and there are real buffaloes in

Hackers bring down city Web site
Herald Tribune - NORTH PORT — A group of hackers, called the Diyarbakir Holy Team, defaced the city s Web site with offensive pictures One morning last April, he said, he was driving to work and noticed a cat trying to jump out of his back window. He pulled

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Give a little, gain a lot
Staunton News Leader - Those two words personify everything bad about government: bully-boy tactics, fat cat developers working hand-in-hand with Property owners deserve fair compensation. The city and the property owners need to meet in the middle; whether LaBrecque’s

E-mail features
USA Today - The goals of animal havens without cages are to woo potential pet owners and cut the number of dogs and cats that are Starr, CEO of the Richmond, Va., SPCA, which has equipped its 4-year-old, 64,000-square-foot facility with cubby-filled cat

Endorsements are an opinion, not an order
Record Searchlight - We have dog lovers and cat lovers. Some are gun owners, meat eaters, couch potatoes. Others are vegetarians, boaters, golfers. Forget what you hear about us being all the same. We couldn’t be more different. But we do share a love of the community

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Forever felines
Daily Independent - Cat shelter hopes to make a difference for four-legged friends By LEE WARD / THE INDEPENDENT THURMAN, Ohio A variety of That s because twice a day, a team of volunteers visits the shelter to clean up after the animals, provide food and water

Good Deeds Notes
Duluth News Tribune - Monetary donations will be accepted, but people are encouraged to make donations of dog and cat food, cleaning and office supplies, animal treats and equipment for the ARF Care and Adoption Center. Call Amanda at 398-6019 for more information. The

City may require fixing of pets
San Jose Mercury News - In an attempt to reduce the unwanted cat and dog population, San Jose may require that all household pets be spayed or Other proposed changes in the city’s animal ordinance include: Defining minimum care for pets, including food, water

Older pets may need help of a vet
Corvallis Gazette-Times - asked me about a cat that stopped drinking from its water bowl. Instead, it soaked its paw in the water, then raised its paw and licked off the drops. Arthritis pain in the neck could be the cause of this behavior change; I suggested raising the food

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IN THE MEANTIME
Chicago Sports Review - and Charlie, honoring Tiger Hall of Famers Cochrane, Greenberg and Gerhinger; in more recent years, other players named Flea Then he eases the door closed so softly it makes no sound, turns up the collar of his overcoat and grasps the lapels near his

Fort Apache in Taliban Land
Time - Today’s haul saw troops whooping over new Sony Playstations, games, Oreos, cigarettes, Cheese Whiz and even a flea collar for Beebe, the camp dog. Sergeant Florian Barrie, from Watertown, New York, walked off with three cases of Mountain Dew sent by

Paw prints
Sun and Press - Cost: $60, includes training collar and lead. Information: 565-2859. FREE CHECKUPS * The Veterinary Medical Center offers a free covered litter pans, dog and cat treats, leashes, collars, bleach and other cleaners, rubber gloves and cat and dog flea

Holyoke lawyer confirmed as judge
Union-News & Sunday Republican - BOSTON - Holyoke lawyer Cornelius J. Moriarty II was confirmed as a Superior Court judge yesterday by the Governor s Council. The vote was 5-1, with Councilor Mary-Ellen Manning casting the only vote against Moriarty. Moriarty, 55, is the son of

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Film Shorts
TheStranger.com, WA - Sep 13, 2006… drawn onto them, yet we get to watch their perverse udders just flap around in … is, however, a school dance during which records by Le Tigre and Cat Power are …

Larson rules track on Modifieds’ day
Duluth News Tribune, MN - Aug 23, 2006… The cat-and-mouse racing continued and appeared Doar might take control working the … Dirt Track Racing Association, in large part because of a flap over tires …

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JOB OPENINGS 
BERKELEY Being a bit proud can sometimes be a good thing. The 16th annual Community Pride Day, held yesterday in Veteran’s Park, was attended by hundreds of Berkeley residents who came out to show some neighborhood support.

CURRENT WEATHER 
Like their owners, pets need grooming to stay clean, healthy, happy, and feeling comfortable.

Its not your average dog pound 
Coppell Animal Services has a new director, and she is operating the shelter more like a community business than a dog pound. With new initiatives, such as staff training on customer service, and a greater presence in the community, more and more abandoned animals are finding their permanent home.

Puppy hounding you? Ignore him to make him change his ways 
Dear Karen: After owning several Labs, then a golden retriever who recently died of cancer, we lasted only five days before getting another dog. We now have a curly coated retriever pup named Clancy. We were unfamiliar with the breed, but assumed the puppy would have similar temperament to our previous retrievers.

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Desire to pamper animals creates booming business 
From electric toothbrushes to a $26,000 pet spa - there’s no end to the way people are pampering their pets. Check out some of the ways some Northeast Valley residents spoil their furry friends.

Helping out 
The South Suburban Humane Society is in desperate need of the following items: newspaper, dish soap, bleach, used rugs (all sizes), office pens, paper towels, large squeaky dog toys, Purina Dog Chow and Purina Puppy Chow. Visit the shelter at 1103 W. End Ave.

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Jim Cramer’s Stop Trading! Dolan Downer 
The Bristol-Myers chief must go for the stock to resume its rise, Cramer tells CNBC viewers.

Bunkhouses shelter volunteers, who work in the sweltering heat 
“It’s not at all like I pictured it,” said Lisa Wehrley, looking out the window of the bus at the Pearlington Recovery Center as she prepared to disembark after 18 hours on the road from Medina to Pearlington, Miss.

Still thrillin’ Dylan woos crowd 
Tweed-blazer-donning mathematicians, tie-dyed carpenter’s wives, furiously dancing babies and dope-smoking undergrads: The eclectic crowd at Sunday night’s Bob Dylan show came to see an icon nearly five decades in the making, and the something-for-everyone bill the former Mr. Zimmerman lined up for the nearly four-hour extravaganza seemed to satisfy all.

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Florida Events
Miami Herald, FL - Aug 13, 2006… Show, DeLand. Sphynx Festival, CFA Cat Agility, Hippy Kitty Costume Contest, Junior showmanship Ring and Parade of Breeds. Volusia County Fairgrounds. …

Old cat’s teeth need cleaning
Miami Herald, FL - Sep 3, 2006… Young dogs under 6 months old, many small breeds, those with short, pug faces and … In the 1950s, my fairly young cat became incontinent and (I think) had kidney …

Redmond’s altitude fuels conference’s cross country debate
Statesman Journal, Oregon - Sep 5, 2006… But CAT spokeswoman Akilah Mondesire said they simulate much higher altitudes with … it s debatable whether training at that altitude breeds stronger runners …

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