Humane Society sees more unusual animals and “pocket pets”
TUCSON – This month, several small animals have found their way to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona and they are not all kittens or puppies. Birds, rabbits, and guinea pigs are just some of the animals on the list.

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More shoe sales, this time at Nordstrom Rack
As long as we’re sending you into the weekend with talk of shoes, I should tell you that I was in Nordstrom Rack yesterday and noticed a ton of shoes that were 35 percent off, landing some pretty expensive shoes at more reasonable prices. Was this a special promotion? I asked an employee, who said it’s an ongoing sale that rotates based on the color of stickers. Right now, a ton on of sandaly …

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Some animals are more equal than others…
On a car journey several years ago at two in the morning, author and psychologist Hal Herzog turned to his fellow passenger, Amnesty International campaigner Tony Dunbar, to discuss the cockfight the pair had just witnessed in a small North Carolina township. Herzog was surprised by Dunbar’s response to the carnage. “There are bigger moral problems,” the charity worker said.

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Goats, sheep, horses, no more!
COXSACKIE — The Village of Coxsackie unanimously adopted a new law — the first of 2010 — prohibiting the keeping of farm animals within the village’s boundaries.

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these bees are on display at the seattle tilth www.seattletilth.org they are from the puget sound beekeepers association invite them to your home school!

No more, no more politics, he begs you
Followers of politics in Wayne County’s northwestern suburbs were stunned when state Rep. Marc Corriveau, D-Northville, dropped out of the running for the state Senate seat held by term-limited Bruce Patterson, R-Canton.

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A large number of livestock were burned to death in Fresno Tuesday evening. The fire broke out near Blythe and Kearney Boulevard. The building was half–engulfed in flames, killing many chickens inside.

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We have several chickens, only one lets itself be held by a person. Is there any way they can become more friendly? Theyre hens.