Monday, June 27th, 2011 at
9:51 am
PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — Horses at the Bureau of Land Management adoption center in Pauls Valley are the recipients of a new contraception vaccine that officials hope will prevent horses from conceiving for up to five years. The study covers 90 mares that have been treated with either vaccines or a placebo, according to [...]
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Friday, June 24th, 2011 at
9:43 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For nine years, Brac has worked like a dog at a private golf club, chasing geese and sparing members the indignity of goose poop in their spikes. But the 10-year-old black-and-white border collie has arthritis in his legs, cataracts in his eyes and he’s lost interest in the birds, so it’s [...]
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 at
9:41 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Hurst figures he’s given away millions of goldfish at carnivals over the last 25 years. Fair-goers win a fish in a plastic bag by tossing a ping pong ball into a bowl. With Hurst selling balls eight for a dollar and 20 for $2, the chances of winning are pretty [...]
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Monday, June 20th, 2011 at
9:39 am

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Boo and Riley are more than affectionate, protective family pets. To their owners, the specially trained dogs are a furry layer of security to sniff out peanut products and other life-threatening allergens. The dogs’ Connecticut owners are among many people nationwide turning to allergy-sniffing service dogs, who accompany their handlers [...]
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Friday, June 17th, 2011 at
11:13 am

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — In front of her, as Melanie Fisher sat back on her heels on her living room floor, was a slotted, rectangular tray, an array of colored beads semiscattered on the floor between her and the tray. “The color, the size, that varies depending on what I’m doing,” she said, aligning the [...]
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