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- U.S. bans import, sale and export of African elephant ivoryAnimal advocates who celebrate all things elephant, and those who fight against wildlife trafficking across the globe, have reason to cheer this week. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Thursday that the restrictions outlined under...
- Man vs. God: Man seeks restraining order against God in bizarre court hearingTalk about searching for a higher power, this may make you scratch your head. Catholic Online reported on Friday that last week a man walked into a courtroom in Haifa, Israel, hoping that the local Magistrate would see his way clear to issue a...
- Couple trapped, tortured and killed multiple women in German 'house of horrors'International news sources are reporting today that a woman escaped from a gruesome 'house of horrors' after being lured there in a personal ad. The 51-year-old woman, whose name has not yet been released by the investigators, stated today...
- LEGO unveils first young minifigure in a wheelchairOn Thursday, the Independent revealed that Danish toymaker LEGO will release a special minifigure later this year. For the first time ever, there will be a young LEGO figure in a wheelchair. According to NPR, a number of LEGO fan outlets...
- Heartbreaking discovery: Dog dumped in cemetery, every bone in its body brokenThe BBC reported today that a small scruffy terrier found dumped in a cemetery on January 23 in Wirral,a peninsula in North West England, had to be humanely euthanized. When the male dog was examined by the vets at the RSPCA, John Littlewood, one...
- Dog with 'David Bowie eyes' can't find a home, losing hope in UK rescueMaybe you've heard the song, 'Bette Davis Eyes.' Well, here's a dog who has 'David Bowie eyes', who has been waiting for a home for six months, and the rescue, Dogs Trust, in West London, simply can't understand why no...
- China: Giant golden Mao statue erected, torn down a week laterCCTV and CNN reported on January 8 that a giant statue of Chairman Mao has been demolished a little more than a week after it was erected. The statue was a depiction of a seated Mao, overseeing a barren field in a village in central China's...
- Man drowns himself with wife's severed head attached to his wristA bizarre murder-suicide being reported from Austria. According sources, police believe that a man in his 70's strangled his 71-year-old wife to death, dismembered her, then drowned himself in an Austrian lake with a concrete block containing...
- Check out the 'Ninja Lanternshark:' New shark species found, glows in the darkA new species of shark has been discovered. A Cal State grad student named Victoria Vasquez, and her professors, found it in the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean near Central America. Its scientific name is 'Etmopterus benchleyi', named after...
- Enjoy Christmas Eve with The Beatles: Fab Four catalog now streamingYou heard the news today. Oh, boy! Starting at 12;01 A.M, on December 24, you can now turn on and tune in to The Beatles catalog on nine music streaming platforms - Spotify, Slacker, Tidal, Groove, Rhapsody, Deezer, Google Play, Amazon Prime, and,...
- Mystery surrounds $110,000 in euros found floating down the DanubePolice in Austria are stumped as to how over $110,000 in euros ended up floatingdown an arm of the Danube river this weekend. The bills are now being dried out after special forces came and fished them out of the water.Not surprisingly, people...
- Another Uber driver accused of rape this time a young British tourist in SydneyIt seems as though Uber is always under siege. Travelers either love it (for the low cost, convenient, app-generated rides) or hate it (for all the bad publicity about being ripped off, molested and well even raped). Which brings us today’s...
- Fake iPhone 6s sold globally, phony Apple stores booming in ChinaThere are still two more days until the new iPhone 6s officially hits stores, but thousands of counterfeit devices are already being sold around the globe. According to reports, the problem is largely centered in China. According to Reuters, in...
- Upcoming rally against China's dog & cat meat trade this week: How you can helpThe Duo Duo Animal Welfare Project (DDAWP) is asking for your help this week, and have launched a new campaign with this video, which some may find very disturbing. No matter where you live, you can add your voice to their upcoming rally to end...
- District ordered 'get rid of your dogs or we'll come to your homes & kill them'Yahoo and the Belfast Telegraph are confirming that a complete and total dog culling is set to begin in a District in Jinan, China. Residents in theDayang New District in the eastern city found the following notice posted on their gateposts, in...