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APHIS ISSUES CONDITIONAL LICENSE FOR CANINE INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE
"WASHINGTON, June 23, 2009--The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that it has issued a conditional license to Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health for a canine influenza virus (CIV) vaccine..."
Great News!
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Fireworks! Ragtime Will Return to Broadway Oct. 23
By Kenneth Jones
01 Jul 2009
'Ragtime, the Tony Award-winning musical that fans say got a too-short Broadway run after its 1998 launch - in the same season as The Lion King - is coming back to the Great White Way..."
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Posted: Sunday, 28 June 2009 9:30PM
Four Pit Bulls Found Dead in Woods on Long Island
"MANORVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities say four dead pit bulls have been found in the woods on Long Island...""
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Englewood "Walk for Peace" to Honor Man Killed for Standing Against Dogfighting
June 27, 2009
CHICAGO - Faith-based leaders, their congregations and community members of the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago gathered this morning at the 7800 block of Ada St. to take part in the second Englewood Walk for Peace. Marchers distributed reward posters from The Humane Society of the United States encouraging community members to report dogfighting and receive an up-to-$5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of a dogfighter..."
From the page: "As in all great affairs, Mark Sanford fell in love simultaneously with a woman and himself â€" with the dashing new version of himself he saw in her molten eyes... "
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Degree Completion for Dog Lovers
June 19, 2009
"It's not spelled out as an admissions requirement, but it's a safe assumption that "Must Love Dogs" is implicit.
Or animals, at least. The Humane Society University, newly licensed as a degree-granting institution by the District of Columbia, will begin offering undergraduate degrees this fall in animal studies, animal policy and advocacy, and humane leadership, as well as graduate certificates in those three areas. The university, which is a program of the Humane Society of the United States, will offer degree programs online and on site in D.C... "
From the page: "From The Times
June 24, 2009
Saeed Mortazavi: butcher of the press - and torturer of Tehran?
Jenny Booth and James Hider
"The Iranian regime has appointed one of its most feared prosecutors to interrogate reformists arrested during demonstrations, prompting fears of a brutal crackdown against dissent.
Relatives of several detained protesters have confirmed that the interrogation of prisoners is now being headed by Saaed Mortazavi, a figure known in Iran as 'the butcher of the press'. He gained notoriety for his role in the death of a Canadian-Iranian photographer who was tortured, beaten and raped during her detention in 2003... "