The Department of Natural Resources is investigating two cases of animal cruelty that have been reported in only two days.
The incidents involve two black bear killings in north of Duluth in Orr, Minn. . . . Several residents of northern Minnesota told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the graphic killings have put a hallowing shadow over the bear hunting season. . . .
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Heh, "hallowing". Never knew bear season was considered sacred in Minnesota. Deer season, maybe. But bear?
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- As if getting a DUI wasn't enough, a man arrested for driving under the influence got in a lot more trouble at the police station.
Police stopped Jose Cruz on Route 60 in South Charleston Monday night for driving with his headlights off. Then, he failed sobriety tests and was arrested.
When police were trying to get fingerprints, police say Cruz moved closer to the officer and passed gas on him. The investigating officer remarked in the criminal complaint that the odor was very strong.
Cruz is now charged with battery on a police officer, as well as DUI and obstruction.
Authorities in Butler County are investigating the theft of several high explosives taken from an Augusta business sometime over the weekend.
Monday morning, the Butler County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a burglary at Martin-Marietta Aggregates located on SW Diamond Road in Augusta. A quantity of the explosives were missing, which the business uses for mining operations.
They are described as round white-covered tubes and were packaged in cardboard boxes sealed with tape.
So they look like .. dynamite.
They were taken from an explosives bunker on the company property sometime between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. Sheriff Craig Murphy says that although the bunker is secure, it is not impossible to breach.
In addition to the sheriff's office, the State Fire Marshal's Office and ATF are also investigating.
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Sounds like tubes of ANFO. It's harder than hell to set off. You need a fairly sophisticated modern blasting cap and probably a booster to get it to go.
(SomaliNet) The Police in Kenya said on Monday that a centenarian woman was murdered in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi by locals who suspected her of being a witch. "We are investigating the murder of an old woman who was aged 100 or more and was killed on allegations that she was practising witchcraft," Malindi police chief Gregory Waikwa said.
The Kenyan News Agency identified the victim as 111-year-old Yaa Gwalu. "We have received crucial clues and our officers are already looking for some young men said to have participated in the killing," Waikwa said.
Other elderly residents of the same area were attacked in recent days. "I am aware of the cases which we are blaming on what locals here are terming the war against witchcraft... There is no law that permits them to kill anyone on suspicion of any specific crime," Waikwa said.
Several women suspected of being witches were lynched and burnt alive in other parts of Kenya in 2008. Cases have also been reported in recent months in neighbouring Tanzania, forcing President Jakaya Kikwete to order special protection for albinos, who were murdered and mutilated for good luck by witch-doctors.
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Caught between witch-doctors, ice cream and breast milk. Yum Oh! Absolutely nothing beats the Burg!
Weekly World News exposes the shocking truth behind today's surprise developments. It's guaranteed to drive you pig-bitin' mad!
Senator McCain has asked for the Friday debate to be delayed so he may "focus on the economy". But insiders tell Weekly World News it's just a cover-up to hide his secret leg-lengthening surgery!
"I won't be dwarfed by a Democrat!", candidate declares.
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has issued a tall order to his medical staff -- he wants to add 5 inches to his height so he won't look like a shrimp in the debates beside his Democratic rival, Barak Obama.
McCain, who stands 5 feet 7 inches, is painfully aware how puny 5-foot-6-inch Michael Dukakis appeared during debates with 6-foot-2-inch George H.W. Bush during the 1988 campaign. "Dukakis lost that election because he was shorter than Bush," McCain told an aide. "I don't want the same thing to happen to me when I have to go face-to-face with Obama."
Barak Obama stands an impressive 6 feet 1œ inches tall, and McCain feels if he can get to 6 feet, he'll be able to nullify the height advantage. . . .
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"Leg?" You know what they *really* wanted to write.
It is rumored that Italian trains have gone to the dawgs.
Passengers on the country's extensive railway network have complained of arriving at their destination itching and scratching and plagued with insect bites.
Blaming the bug problem on pets, Trenitalia has announced that from October 1, passengers will no longer be able to travel with large or medium-sized dogs defined as weighing six kilograms or more. Wonder if the authorities have looked into illegal immigrants as a possible source.
Small dogs, as well as cats, rabbits and all other domestic animals, will have to travel in portable cages. Thank Gawd fish are still exempt.
Fish will be exempt from the new regime, the train company pointed out, as will guide dogs for the blind. Pet owners caught in breach of the law will be fined 100 euros (£80) the amount it costs to clean and disinfect a carriage.
The crackdown is based on a similar effort in Spain. "Spain is similar to Italy in many respects, starting with the climate", said Trenitalia chief executive Vincenzo Soprano.
But the initiative has outraged animal welfare groups, consumer organisations and many of Italy's seven million dog owners. Of course you know, this means war.
"This hygiene mania is ridiculous. What next? Will guards be checking that people's nails and ears are clean?" MP Carla Rocchi, head of an animal protection association, told the newspaper Corriere della Serra. That's a good idea, Guglielmo! Write that down and send out a memo to all station managers!
"Trenitalia can't hope to eliminate ticks. If the cleaning services were decent, the problem wouldn't even arise."
The ADUC consumers' association agreed.
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They could go for the British answer: 6 months in quarantine before the animal can be released into the general population.
There are a number of interesting diseases historically carried by fleas. Perhaps rather than nails and ears, every flea bag and its owner should have to wait at the station until the results of the blood culture come back.
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"Will guards be checking that people's nails and ears are clean?"
My Mom would have.
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so will there now a rash of dog deaths due to tying the leashes to the handrails and forgetting to retrieve them before the train sets off?
and why do the faggy little foo-foo dogs get special treatment? the should be banned just on general principles, they aren't real dogs, just self-propelled Scooby Snacks for Rotweillers.....
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tw, the British quarantine was intended to keep rabies off the island. It's been modified since, in part because construction of the Chunnel connected Britain to the continent. Dogs now travel to compete at Crufts and other major dog shows in the UK without having to quarantine at all, providing various vet tests etc. are submitted and a rather expensive set of transport standards are met.
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I didn't know the rule had been modified, lotp. I'm awfully glad -- it caused real hardship. We had two cats which moved with us to Germany, but we couldn't have (then) taken them to Britain -- they were not accustomed to kennels, and would not have survived.
Those two freaks must be agonizing over this. Called on it by PETA. Those bastards!
WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. Titty Vanilly? Boobalicious? Sweater Monkey Crunch?
"PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. Puts a new spin on "milking time"...
PETA officials say a move to human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health. Ummmmmmmmm...they're dairy cows. It's what they're for. Are we gonna set them loose in the wild?
"The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Everyone knows that 'the breast is best,' so Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favor by making the switch to breast milk." ...and we haven't come up with anything outlandish in a coupla weeks.
"We applaud PETA's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child," said a spokesperson for Ben and Jerry's. ...and we would prefer not to piss our company down the drain so that we can remain rich old hippies.
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Ben and Jerry do not own Ben and Jerry anymore. Unilever owns it now. Did you know that Ben & Jerry's has a Chief Euphoria Officer? So, I do not think human breast milk meets the standards of euphoria except for 6 month old little boys.
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There really ought to be a separate category for Red on Red conflicts be they Islamist vs Islamist,
hippies vs. vegans, Kos kids vs Hillary or Alien vs Predator.
The holiest night of Ramadan falls during the last ten days of the month, Muslims believe that the Prophet Mohammad received revelation of the Quran on this night and many believe that this is the night wishes come true.
The Night of Power known as 'Laylat al-Qadr' is one of the most special nights of the Muslim calendar and in Morocco women have already begun preparing for the night their wishes come true.
Women visit spice stores lined with many strange substances, from Indians flies and chameleon eggs the nails, skin, and heads of a variety of birds and animals, in search of spells that promise to subdue their husbands or increase their love or solve any other of a myriad of marital problems.
Some light incense or candles in their houses so the spirits released on this holy night will find the place warm and inviting and will expel its demons.
Sociologists explain that women resort to spells because they believe their demands will be fulfilled, although some warn that the phenomenon is a dangerous tradition since it encourages belief in magic, which is forbidden in Islam.
"Usually spells are used to tame a wayward husband, bring a husband back home, make the relationship more passionate, or sometimes to settle scores amongst women," Dr. Abdul-Rahman Enabi told AlArabiya.net.
Sheikh Abdul-Bari al-Zamzami, member of the Moroccan Scholars Association, said the Laylat al-Qadr tradition was pernicious because vendors take advantage of women and deceive them into believing that magic is the answer to their problems.
Spell-casting and magic are also flagrant violations of the true spirit of Ramadan, a holy month that should be dedicated to prayer and worship, Zamzami added.
Sheikh Mohamed al-Sahabi, chairman of al-Tawheed Institute for Quran studies in the city of Chellah, said that Satan takes advantage of the weaknesses of human beings to seduce them to commit sins and that this is what happens with those women who resort to magic.
"Instead of going to mosques, those women spend their time preparing spells and engaging in meaningless superstition," Sahabi told AlArabiya.net.
Sahabi attributed this phenomenon to ignorance of the Quran and lack of proper knowledge of religion, which paves the way for swindlers to take their money and delude them into making their dreams come true.
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Women can make wishes? Cool! Can I wish for the Islamic world to join the twenty first century?
I promise to light a scented candle, pick out some spices from the rack and might even find some bug parts down in the cellar so I can be all good with tradition here.
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ION REDDIT > THE US ARMY WANTS TO DEV SOLAR-POWERED COMBAT AIRCRAFT/DRONES. SMAVS = SMUVS = Solar-Powered Micro-Size Armed | Unmanned Vehi-i-i-i-kles, for that KINDLER GENTLER COMBAT AREA SATURATION, SEARCH-AND-DESTROY = SEARCH-AND-RECCE.
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He's got my vote - unfortunately, he has the proverbial snowball's chance in Hades of winning. But at least the (R)s are running someone this time - unlike last time when his only opponents were from the Green and Libertarian parties.
Three Hindu youths, who crossed over to India from Pakistan a month ago and were caught by the Border Security Force, will have to be deported. The matter relating to their deportation has been sent by the state government to the Union Home ministry.
According to Jaisalmer SP Somesh Kalla, the youths Pahlwan Ram, Bhagwan Ram
and Soma Ram had fled Pakistan and entered the Indian territory on August 16 to save themselves from the cruel treatment meted out to them by the zamindar (feudal lord) in their Pakistani village.
The intelligence agencies, who interrogated them, found that they were innocent and had not entered India for espionage. Hence, they recommended their deportation.
Kalla said the arrested youths, aged between 16 to 20 years, are with the Ramgarh police. They had entered the Indian territory from Khabarwala post.
They belonged to Rahim Yar Khan district in Sindh province of Pakistan and are from Bhil community. They were sold by their parents as bonded labourers to the zamindar for Rs 50,000 each to work as farm labourers where they were ill treated, they told interrogators.
They fled to India because they thought they could join their relations in India and would live here. The relations have also written to the police requesting not to deport them, else they will face punishment there.
The Hindu Visthapit Sangh, an organisation of migrant Hindus who have settled down in Rajasthan, has also made a request to the state government not to deport the youths. Hindu Singh Sodha, the convener of the Sangh, has written a letter to the state government in this regard.
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(AKI/DAWN) - Pakistani police took custody of a 12-year-old girl allegedly tortured by her husband and sent her to a women's police station. "We picked Shahnaz after receiving information that her husband was torturing her," Sartaj Jagirani of the Waleed police station told Pakistani daily Dawn. She would be sent to hospital for a medical check-up, he added. Her husband Abdul Latif Brohi and brother Aijaz Siyal have been arrested.
Shahnaz told Dawn that her brother Ismail had sold her in Hyderabad for 80,000 Pakistani Rupees (700 Euro) when she was only five years old.
Shahnaz told Dawn that her brother Ismail had sold her in Hyderabad for 80,000 Pakistani Rupees (700 Euro) when she was only five years old. She was rescued about three months ago on high court's orders on a petition filed by her brother Ajiaz who later sold her to Latif Brohi for 125,000 Pakistani Rupees (1000 Euro) and a marriage was solemnised three months ago.
She alleged that her husband was a drug addict who used to beat her and keep her in locked room. She also said that her in-laws used to threaten to kill her. She said she had no mother and would prefer to live with her father after her divorce. Shahnaz said she had five married sisters.
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brother Ismail had sold her in Hyderabad for 80,000 Pakistani Rupees (700 Euro) brother Ajiaz who later sold her to Latif Brohi for 125,000 Pakistani Rupees (1000 Euro)
Nice little racket they've got going there.
About 1,000 people protested against Indonesia's anti-pornography bill on the resort island of Bali on Tuesday, prompting the local governor to vow he would ask the president to drop the controversial legislation.
The protesters -- who wore traditional Balinese sarongs and headdresses, and carried banners with the words "Anti-porn bill no, Indonesia yes" -- marched to Governor Made Mangku Pastika's office in Denpasar.
The anti-porn bill is being pushed by a small group of Islamist parties in predominantly Muslim, but officially secular, Indonesia.
But it has been condemned by some of the country's minorities including the Balinese, who are Hindu, as well as Christians, and some tribal groups who favor near nudity as traditional attire.
Critics say that the exceptions to the bill for sexually explicit cultural and artistic material are too vague, and that by allowing civil organizations to play a role in preventing pornography, this could open the door for vigilante groups to take the law into their own hands.
Balinese art incorporates nudity and sexually explicit images, while in the eastern province of Papua some tribal men wear just penis gourds.
Legislators have so far stopped short of passing the bill, which has been discussed for about three years, because critics say it would threaten Indonesia's tradition of tolerance and diversity.
Some parliament members were hoping that the anti-smut bill would be approved this month, but the bill was postponed again last week.
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Where can I get one of those penis gourds? Should I put on a tie with my penis gourd when I'm off on a big date?
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Here ya go, bigjim. Everything you wanted to know about the...ahem...gourds of Papua. I've seen these guys on the History Channel before. It's hard to believe but apparently they are for real. Either that or they're playing some kind of a joke on the rest of us.
As for Bali, if ever there was a province of a bigger country that needs independence Bali would be it. How about a pr0n revolution?
(AKI) - Iranian Christian convert Ramtin Soudmand faces the death penalty after being jailed for the crime of 'ertedad' or abandoning the Muslim faith.
Ramtin's father Hossein Soudmand, a Protestant pastor, was executed almost 20 years ago for converting to Christianity and refusing to deny his new faith. Hussein Soudmand, an Assemblies of God pastor and a Muslim convert to Christianity, was executed in December 1990.
Married with two children, Soudmand was detained by security officials in Mashad about a month ago.
"The authorities have not yet charged my brother with any crime, but we fear that his charges will be formalised after the execution of the sentence, like what happened with my father," said Ramtin's sister, Rashin in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI).
The Iranian Parliament is currently considering a law to make apostasy or the renunciation of the Muslim faith a crime. It is expected to be passed soon.
"The thing that bothers us the most is the silence by political and religious authorities of Christian countries, and not the attitude of the Islamic Republic that does not recognise the freedom of its citizens to choose their own faith," Rashin said.
Rashin said her brother had been allowed limited contact with his family since his arrest. "Since Ramtin was taken by some undercover police, he was allowed to talk to his wife and our mother on only two occasions, but never for more than a couple of minutes," Ramtin's sister, Rashin, told AKI.
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Ramtin's father Hossein Soudmand, a Protestant pastor, was executed almost 20 years ago for converting to Christianity and refusing to deny his new faith.
Now that, for any muslims that may be reading, is the true definition of martyr. Not the splodeydopes we keep hearing referred to as martyrs.
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Now let's, just for a moment, assume the story that Oblah, blah, blahma attended a "Muslim school" beyond just a "present" vote has some substance....any problem here?
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Truth be told, Christians have never found a better recruiting tool than to be murdered for being Christians.
Especially now, it looks to the typical Muslim on the street as a sign of weakness in their leaders. Even if they know nothing about Christianity, they want to find out what makes the Mullahs so scared.
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With all the illicit buggering that goes on over there, you'd think they'd be used to it by now. Was it 60% of boys who had been sodomized that I read?
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
(AKI/DAWN) - Pakistani police took custody of a 12-year-old girl allegedly tortured by her husband and sent her to a women's police station. "We picked Shahnaz after receiving information that her husband was torturing her," Sartaj Jagirani of the Waleed police station told Pakistani daily Dawn. She would be sent to hospital for a medical check-up, he added. Her husband Abdul Latif Brohi and brother Aijaz Siyal have been arrested.
(AKI) - Iranian Christian convert Ramtin Soudmand faces the death penalty after being jailed for the crime of 'ertedad' or abandoning the Muslim faith.
