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  • West County Calendar: Week of July 20 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 4:17AMWednesday, July 20
  • Miramichi facing growing population of feral cats Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:14AMA cohesive strategy has yet to be identified for dealing with the growing and potentially unhealthy problem of wild cats in Miramichi.
  • High temperatures mean high health risk Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:41AMWith daytime temperatures in the mid-90s for the rest of the week and humidity as high as 70 percent, the heat has become a serious health concern for many Shelby County residents.
  • Be aware of Lyme disease: Local vet Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:45PMThis time what the cat dragged in could kill you. Provincial health officials issued a formal warning yesterday after a small group of ticks found on pets in Edmonton and Calgary tested positive for Lyme disease bacteria this year.Calgary veterinarian Julie Schell said pet owners should definitely be aware of the potential dangers associated with the disease. If a tick is squeezed when removing ...
  • My Pet World: Picking up after dog is healthy thing to do Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:04PMPicking up after your dog isn't just the responsible thing to do, it's also healthier for other pets and people.
  • Raccoons raising ruckus in neighborhood Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:41PMBy Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Just blocks from the heart of the city, raccoons are traumatizing residents on South Ellis Street. And one homeowner told City Council he thinks the burned-out Blackmer House at 112 S. Fu ...
  • Pets with broken bones require special care, handling Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:39PMLOS ANGELES — Broken bones for dogs and cats may not be life threatening, but a trip to the vet can guard against more serious injury. Even for the most mild-mannered of pets, a car crash, fight or fall can be traumatizing and require extra care...
  • First Nations ask for state of emergency in fire crisis Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:36PMBattling heavy smoke and extreme fire activity, Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters drew battle lines in the sand Tuesday near the remote Keewaywin First Nation and Musselwhite Mine property.
  • ABC6 Pick of the Litter - Nicky Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:37AMJune is Adopt a Cat Month, so all this month, the 'Pick of the Litter' segments will be featuring cats looking for a good home. Today, Nicky needs a family. She was taken from a hoarding home, and is in
  • Proposed Banner Supply Chinese Drywall Settlement A Good Deal, Attorney Says Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:55AMAn attorney in the Chinese drywall litigation is urging clients to sign on to a settlement with Banner Supply that might only net each homeowner $4,000 after attorneys’ fees. That’s because the deal is probably the best they can expect from the Florida-based supplier. What’s more, it only applies to Banner, and claimants could [...]
  • Lyme disease warning issued Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:52AMTicks carrying Lyme disease have been found in Alberta, say health officials.
  • EUR Guest Editorial: AIDS Drugs Offer Major Breakthrough in Fight Against Spread of HIV/AIDS Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:45AM*The results of two recent studies known as PrEP, released on Wednesday, July 13,2011, show findings that taking a daily pill containing one or two AIDS drugs can help keep an uninfected person from catching the HIV virus. This is definitely significant news – a definite step in the right direction in the ongoing efforts [...]
  • Trupanion Becomes the First Pet Insurance Provider in Puerto Rico Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:43AMTrupanion, the nations fastest growing pet health insurance provider, has announced an expansion into Puerto Rico effective immediately. Trupanion is the first pet insurance provider to offer a policy to dog and cat owners in Puerto Rico. While pet insurance has been available in the United States for decades, no provider has ventured into the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico until now ...
  • Mid-Day Update: Stocks Sitting Higher After Jump In New Home Construction; Earnings Provide Lift Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:29AMHere's where markets stand at mid-day: -NYSE up 61.55 (+0.76%) to 8,197.08 -DJIA up 98.24 (+0.79%) to 12,483.40 -S&P 500 up 9.93 (+0.76%) to 1,315.37 -Nasdaq up 41.38 (+1.5%)
  • Fact checker: What's so scary about pit bulls? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:13AMNorthern Nevadans should be especially fearful of pit bulls.
  • Slideshow: Indonesia's Rise Not Lifting Everyone Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:56AMTuesday on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez reports on Indonesia's growing economy and its potential as a model for new democracies emerging from the Arab Spring. Watch that report online exclusively right now in our sneak peek, and for more from the Indonesia series, including a heart-wrenching look at the lack of services for the mentally ill , visit Global Health Watch . Indonesia is fast becoming an ...
  • Community Links Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:55AMReach your community and publicize non-profit, community, or club activities here and on the Internet, at www.langleyadvance.com which includes the link Submit an Event.
  • On the record ... with Cathy "Zoo" Strobach Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:50AMCathy Strobach has a saying: "We can't change what is happening to them, but we can change how their remaining days are spent."
  • ATSNJ Concussion Summit Highlights the Need for Continued Concussion Education and Discussion Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:08PMAt the 2011 ATSNJ Concussion Summit a panel of medical experts unanimously agreed that everyone along the continuum of sports concussion care needs to be on the same page with respect to injury recognition, evaluation, diagnosis, management, and return to participation. (PRWeb July 18, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8651538.htm
  • Nurse Dolittle talks to the animals — and eases them through their final years Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:01PMCarol Hine is like a Nurse Dolittle to the animals, providing the only multi-species sanctuary for elderly and special needs animals in Canada. When the registered community nurse finishes her day job she goes home to a second full-time job and her lifelong passion, animals and lots of them.
  • Milken Institute Adds Top Former U.S. Officials as Senior Fellows Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:43PMWASHINGTON The Milken Institute is expanding its Washington, D.C. office by adding three former government officials as senior fellows: Jared Bernstein, former chief economist for Vice President Joe Biden; Phillip Swagel, former assistant secretary at the Treasury Department; and Andrew von Eschenbach, former head of the FDA and National Cancer Institute.Bernstein and Swagel will work on ...
  • Tsunami-Devastated Aceh an Epicenter of Mental Health Woes Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:16PMMonday on the NewsHour, Ray Suarez reports on the lack of mental health services in Indonesia. Learn more about the problem in the Aceh region of Indonesia in the post below. Survivors mourn the dead after a large tsunami hit Indonesia. Photo by AFP/Getty. The December 2004 tsunami that killed more than 200,000 and wiped-out thousands of communities on the shores of the Indian Ocean was ...
  • Rebecca Rescate set to make $1m from her CitiKitty cat toilet training kit Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:02PMRebecca Rescate's CitiKitty cat toilet training kit has so far made $700,000 in sales is projected to reach $1 million in revenues by year end.
  • Community Events Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:08PMThe 27th annual Mission Candlelight Parade takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. The parade starts at Horn and Railway streets and goes west down First Avenue to the Lougheed Highway, ending at the Cedar Valley Connector.
  • Stocks start the week in sell mode Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:47PMStocks sold off sharply Monday and gold prices rose, as worries about Europe's debt crisis and uncertainty over the U.S. debt ceiling kept investors on edge.
  • Food Poisoning Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk from South Carolina Dairy Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:40PMA foodborne illness outbreak associated with raw milk from Tucker Adkins Dairy of York, South Carolina involves three confirmed and five probable cases of campylobacteriosis seen in North Carolina, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced. According to the FDA, raw milk is unpasteurized milk from hoofed mammals, such as cows, sheep, [...]
  • A Facebook warning call: NYT says Google+ gets privacy right Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:04PMIt's another warning for Facebook as the New York Times gives Google+ a one-up when it comes to handling privacy.
  • Feds Accused of Covering up Japan Radiation Threat Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:55AMThe federal government is being accused of covering up the Japan radiation threat, here, in the United States. Heart of America Northwest, a nuclear watchdog group located in Seattle, Washington, alleges that the feds did not advise the public about Fukushima nuclear disaster radiation, said news station, King 5. Immediately following the recent tsunami in Japan, [...]
  • Animal shelters swamped with abandoned cats Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:26AMThis undated photo provided by the Muir family shows their pet cat, Atticus Finch. The 7-year-old cat suffered major puncture wounds last month when he was trapped outside his home in Glenwood Springs, Colo., by two neighborhood pit bulls.
  • Cat toilet-training kit makes litter-box woes go bye-bye Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:00AMThe days of stinky litter boxes could be coming to an end.
  • Obama could stir a Tea Party crisis Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:44AMPresident Barack Obama's best hope of re-election lies in provoking Republicans to force the United States into technical default, engineering a brief but severe financial crisis in order to appear as crisis-manager-in-chief.
  • Hope in Nicaragua: Community Members Provide Hope to Young Nicaraguan Woman Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:10AMInvestors and friends from neighboring Rocky Point development working to raise money for life saving surgery. Aposentillo, Nicaragua (PRWEB) July 17, 2011 Amongst the picturesque beach front of rural northern Nicaragua lies the home of Circle of Empowerment. An organization founded and run by Margaret Boren, that is dedicated to advocating for the health and well being of the local population ...
  • Frequent-flier Miles Free for Dollar Coin Schemers Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:41PM  Here’s the premise: You love to travel, especially for free, and your credit card company rewards your purchases with frequent-flier miles. Here’s the problem: Purchases aren’t cheap. Here’s the diabolically simple solution: Use your credit card to buy money, use the money to pay off the credit card bill, and see the world on the house.  ...
  • 93-year-old Richmond veterinarian regals with tales of years gone by Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:32PMDr. Joe Lomas, 93, was one of Richmond's first animal doctor. He opened Richmond's first veterinary hospital, Richmond Animal Hospital in 1955. He is shown here with his wife, Marian, who was also a veterinarian.
  • News of the World phone hacking scandal: as it happened July 17 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:04PMThe phone-hacking scandal which has engulfed Rupert Murdoch's News International, as it happened.
  • Why your cat uses your neighbour's garden as convenience Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:02PMWashington, July 18 : Ever wondered why your cat uses your neighbour’s garden as a personal litter tray? Well, it’s because your pets consider it as their land.
  • Routine vaccinations protect you pets | Regional Animal Services of King County Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:39PMAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and that applies to your pets as well. Routine vaccinations are important to the life and health of your furry friends. Take the time now to review your pet’s shot records, or contact your veterinarian to see if your cat or dog is due for any boosters.
  • Politics live blog - Thursday 14 July 2011 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:26PMRolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen. 8.36am: John Whittingdale, the chairman of the Commons culture committee, has just been on BBC News explaining what the position is in terms of Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks being compelled to attend the select committee. The committee has invited the three to attend, and asked them to reply by 9.30am ...
  • Friends in need Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:13PMScad is pleased to announce a special kitten feature that will run every other week. Please have a look at some of our funniest and cutest little kittens, all available for adoption now.
  • Exhibit hosts activities for everyone Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:26PMVisitors learned a lot at the 4-H Expo in Ottumwa.
  • more news articles Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:58AMVeterinary Medical Clinic in Sterling, in coordination with The Colorado Veterinary Medical Association and 9News, is participating in the 9PetCheck -- an effort to help economically disadvantaged pet owners get wellness examinations and rabies vaccinations for their dog or cat.
  • A very loyal customer Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:46AMDavid Krofchek has seen the same, one-legged seagull coming to a Copper Cliff gas station on Sovereign Drive for more than 10 years.[...]
  • Get Drunk,Buy a Dog? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:22AM“How much is that puppy in the window?” For drunk New Yorkers the answer used to be, “WHO CARES? I’LL TAKE TWO,” but not anymore. The problem of drunk puppy buying is so rife that stores have had to crack down, and we now have a United Front Against Drunken Puppy Buying across the nation.
  • Shocking truth about cat and dog food Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:00AMSOME pet food is being laced with high levels of a preservative that can trigger severe neurological conditions in cats and dogs, tests reveal.
  • A Pet food can of worms Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:00AMSOME pet foods are being laced with high levels of a preservative that may cause cats and dogs to fall seriously ill, exclusive tests reveal.
  • Earnings, Debt Ceiling to Dominate Coming Week Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:48AMNEW YORK (TheStreet ) -- The coming week features the first real rush of second-quarter earnings reports, and Wall Street will be parsing the numbers for clues about the economy. Recent data have painted a mixed picture with some good news on the inflation front but a still-weak job market. Good performance from bellwether companies could provide some evidence that the economic recovery is ...
  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz uses her resolve to fight cancer, lead DNC. Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:39AM“Tenacity is a word that is more appropriate for her than anyone I’ve served with,” said Tom Feeney, former Republican counterpart of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
  • Obama will force Jews to support him once again that Israel today Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:27AMPresident Barack Obama plans to toughen its stance against those who criticize his statements regarding Israel’s policies, the newspaper reported Washington Post. The U.S. administration has assembled a task force composed of prominent Jewish leaders and advisers.
  • Scottish EuroMillions winners vow to keep playing the lottery Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:18AMWinners Colin and Chris Weir may be as rich as the Beckhams after their £161m win, but they still intend playing the lottery.
  • Hands Helping Paws to host cat adoption event Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 12:20AMHands Helping Paws of Norman is helping celebrate Petfinder.com’s 15th birthday by holding an adoption event from Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17 at the Norman Petsmart. Store hours are: Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and ...