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OTTAWA — Canada’s newly armed border guards have claimed their first victim: a hapless moose. The creature was felled by the duty sidearm of a border officer in late August, newly disclosed documents show. The incident — marking the first time a border-guard sidearm has been discharged on duty — occurred about 25 kilometres west of Creston, B.C., as an unidentified intelligence officer with the Canada Border Services Agency was driving on official business to Nelson, B.C. The officer was behind an RCMP vehicle when both drivers spotted an injured moose struggling in the westbound lane of Highway 3. The...

WASHINGTON - The man at the center of the investigation for the sniper shootings says he won't be at John Allen Muhammad's execution Tuesday night. "I don't think I will be personally interested. I have seen a lot of death and destruction and I don't think I am interested anymore," former Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose tells Channel 5. Moose was the face of law enforcement during those three terrifying weeks in October 2002. Muhammad is scheduled to be executed at 9 p.m. for the killing of Dean Harold Meyers at a Manassas gas station. Meyers is one of...

Girl, 12, is youngest Minnesotan to kill moose October 23, 2009 Nicollet, Minn (AP) — A Minnesota wildlife official confirms that a 12-year-old girl is the youngest Minnesotan to kill a moose in the modern era. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Lou Cornicelli says Kelly Holmin of Nicollet achieved the distinction earlier this month. The bull moose had a 58-inch antler spread. Kelly bagged it Oct. 13 on the Gunflint Trail. She and her father endured a cold week of wind and snow before they saw the 1,100-pound moose about 75 yards away. Kelly dropped it with a single shot.

Anyone else having difficulty displaying foxnew.com/politics articles using Firefox,Safari or Camino? All of these browsers use the Google tool to block reported attack sites and web forgeries. Turning off that "feature" allows me to display the text of the article after relaunching the browser. Turning that "feature" on prevents the text from being displayed. Only the header is displayed. This has been happening for 3 weeks and I'm slowly testing other browsers. It would help if others would do the same. It would be great to record the browser name, version, and web page link so we can try to...

For many people choosing what to wear in the morning is not a chore but an art form, where inspiration is turned into reality and a wearable outfit. Putting together the right outfit is also great fun, my favourite part is getting the inspiration. There are so many places that you can get ideas for what to wear including nature, historical dress, architecture and cultural themes. I also love to get ideas from what other people are wearing including celebrities and normal everyday people then combining these ideas to create my own unique style. Here are some of my favourite...

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A moose is squirreled away at a Fargo hotel this morning, and authorities are asking the public to stay out of the area. The animal is "contained on the property" of the Mainstay Suites at 1901 44th St. S., according to an e-mail report from Fargo Police Sgt. Jeff Skuza. The moose is showing "no sign of trying to leave as we work to resolve the situation," Skuza added. The sergeant said that the species' "size and temperament make them a significant public safety risk in an urban setting."

always say I love numbers because numbers don't lie. I recently scanned Michelle Malkin's site, Michael Gaynor's site, and Anita Moncrief's site, and what I discovered is rather illuminating. For instance, on Michelle Malkin's site, Anita Moncrief is mentioned in more pieces (25-19) than Wade Rathke. In other words, if you relied primarily on Michelle Malkin's site for your news, you'd think that Anita Moncrief is more important to the ACORN story than the long time CEO of the group, Wade Rathke. Wade Rathke is known by almost all that follow ACORN whereas Moncrief is relatively unknown by most that...

Hes done it again! Obama is UNBEATABLE! He beat Jim Thompson in a stunning upset in the Rose Garden on Friday morning, though no one actually saw Thompson, and there have been no confirmed sightings of him on either the White House grounds or anywhere in Washington D.C. None the less the President was shown holding his egg above his head in victory, a large grin upon his face. However, this did not prevent President from graciously thanking Mr. Thompson for his sportsmanship and for the ribald jokes told while on the playing field. "So, Jim, did that balloon popping...

Monty Python's Flying Circus, the group responsible for the launching the Ministry of Silly Walks and the Parrot Sketch on an unsuspecting world, was on Monday celebrating 40 years since the comedy sketch show was first broadcast. The show, which was written and acted by John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, first aired on October 5, 1969 and ran for a total of 45 episodes. It was the Pythons' surreal and satirical humour which shot them to global fame in the 1970s, as they broke new ground in what was acceptable in terms...

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Monday he can't think of any reason he would stop the execution of Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad. Muhammad is scheduled to be executed Nov. 10 for the October 2002 killing spree that left 10 dead in the nation's capital, Virginia and Maryland. "I know of nothing in this case now that would suggest that there is any credible claim of innocence or that there was anything procedurally wrong with the prosecution," Kaine said on his monthly call-in radio show on WTOP. Kaine said he would review Muhammad's petition for clemency when he...

Moose declining in Minnesota's northwoods, among their few strongholds in lower 48 states Researchers say such sightings of moose, an icon in Minnesota's northwoods, are likely to become more rare. A special advisory committee warned last month that climate change threatens moose. ... Minnesota has an estimated 7,600 moose, nearly all in the forests of northeastern Minnesota, where plentiful swamps, lakes and streams provide good habitat. Yet they're beleaguered by increasingly warm weather and parasites such as brainworms, ticks and liver flukes. "Almost without exception all of the indicators are that the population is declining," said Mark Lenarz, a moose...

Calls are rushing into the Homer office of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game about moose that have large "tumors" all over their bodies. The good news is this is a benign disease with no discernable health risk to the moose. The bad news is these unattractive moose won't make the cover of Alaska Magazine. These moose have benign epithelial tumors, or papillomas. In common terms, they have warts. And the warts can be up to 6 inches across.

For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the tables are turned. It's time for us to take matters into our own hands.

Can someone please tell me how to delete my account? A friend talked me into creating an account, but I have found this just really isn't for me. I've looked everywhere I can think of, but have yet to find a way to disable/delete my account. Any help would be appreciated.

...be more like them. All we've got to do is implement universal health care, sign on to global warming, sign all the international treaties we can, give amnesty to the illegals, give up on abortion, give up to gay rights, go along with the tax hikes on the wealthy, go along with taking over industry after industry, control the greedy CEO compensation plans, shut down our defense systems, scrap our nuclear weapons programs, scrap our navy, shut down the car companies, develop rapid transit, shut down the coal industry, switch to green power, etc, etc, etc. Oh yeah, support the...

Wisconsin's "Cheese Lady" says she's marrying a retired Navy commander enamored by her efforts to sculpt an aircraft carrier out of cheddar. Professional cheese sculptor Sarah Kaufmann, 57, first caught the eye of retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Bill Parry, 67, as they were aboard a plane and she was poring over the plans for her 6-foot-long sculpture of the USS Ronald Reagan, which was unveiled at the ship's home-porting ceremony, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Saturday. The two were to wed Saturday in Manitowoc, Wis., on the shores of Lake Michigan, dressed in pirate costumes. "(Kaufmann) was looking at a...

BATH – Twilight is coming on at Willie Minot's farm and the cows in the pasture graze contentedly as another day fades. But one cow nibbles on wet grass apart from the rest of the herd, different from all the others, with their spots, round bodies and, well, attitude. She's taller. She's in that gangly, awkward adolescent phase, wanting to be a part of the crowd, but not quite fitting in. Largely, because she is a cow of a different species. She's a moose. "We looked out about three weeks ago and said, 'Hey, there's a moose," said Minot, who...

Stoned wallabies causing crop circles Tasmanian wallabies are getting stoned on the state's opium poppy crops and creating crop circles. Things are really hopping in Tasmania where wallabies are getting stoned on the state's opium poppy crops and creating crop circles. The wallabies are breaking into the poppy fields and making the circles while they're high. Rick Rockliff from Tasmanian Alkaloids says wildlife and livestock which eat the poppies are known to act weird, and he's told the Hobart Mercury there's been many stories about sheep eating the poppies and then walking around in circles. Tasmania is the world's largest...

CONCORD – Twenty-seven state parks have been slated for potential sale or give-away by a cash-strapped state Division of Parks and Recreation that wants to jettison properties that don't meet its core definition of state parks.

Police in New York state Monday guarded a moose that wandered into the parking area of Saratoga Race Course. Saratoga Springs police officer Ed Lewis said a resident first reported spotting the moose wandering downtown at 3:45 a.m. A second call at 6:20 a.m. placed the moose near the popular race course, the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union reported. Lewis said the animal wandered into the executive parking area of the Saratoga Race Course and police officers worked with representatives of the New York Racing Association to trap the animal in one of the racecourse's fenced-in areas. He said an officer...

Hollywood star Hugh Grant has run into trouble with paparazzi yet again. According to a video posted on the celeb website TMZ.com, the 48-year-old star is seen kicking a photographer below the waist, in the groin. Grant was leaving a hotspot in New York when he was followed by a group of paparazzi. When they followed him in spite of his warnings, Grant kicked a photographer. This is not the first time for Grant. A few years ago he was also accused of throwing baked beans at a London photographer.

Police interrupted a moose getaway in progress along the Glenn Highway Thursday afternoon when they pulled a pickup over after motorists reported two calves stashed in its bed.

People have a deep desire to communicate with animals, as is evident from the way they converse with their dogs, enjoy myths about talking animals or devote lifetimes to teaching chimpanzees how to speak. A delicate, if tiny, step has now been taken toward the real thing: the creation of a mouse with a human gene for language.

> Bailey said the driver, who was under the bridge when he spotted the falling moose, was "pretty excited about it." >

So we know who John Galt is...but what about his cousin, Hugh Series?

It's a cautionary tale of bad math, black ice, and moose warnings. One of the underreported consequences of the newspaper industry's collapse is what happens when grumpy truth seekers have to find work in the Real World. Exhibit A: What occurred when former New York Timeswoman Laura Mansnerus took a seasonal job in Philadelphia as a supervisor for the U.S. Census Bureau. She blogged about her experience last week on MyTwoCensus.com. We talked about her great misadventure over coffee at Cafe Lutecia by her home near Fitler Square. She began by referring me to a 1971 study of Parisian office...

Marklevinshow.com (archived shows as well) Live from 6-8 Eastern RushLimbaugh.com Glennbeck.com I'm sorry folks but these sources actually 'cite' sources and what is happening. Mark Levin, although somewhat abrasive, is a constitutional lawyer and is right-on with his

These pictures were taken just outside of Whitefish, Montana. The cow moose can be seen foraging for food in a thicket with two other moose. According to fish and wildlife officials, albino moose are rare but not unheard of. Typically, only 1 in 100,000 moose have the ablino trait, which is recessive. Sightings of albino moose go back for centuries. Some Native American tribes regard these rare animals as spiritual and mystical or even a re-incarnation of a tribe member More photos on site

Pittsburgh, PA. The Super Bowl XLIII Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, the only team to win six titles, will soon be loosing half of those trophies. After a meeting between NFL Commissioner Rodger Gadel and President Barack Hussain Obama, Obama decided to redistribute half of their Steeler Super Bowl victories and trophies to less fortunate teams in the league. “We live everyday in the country that invented the Super Bowl.” said Obama “We are not about to lose this Great American tradition in the wake of these difficult times.” Obama’s plan calls for the Steelers, who are a successful NFL team, to...

A teenager inspired by an ancient fertility symbol has painted a 60ft-long phallus on the new roof of his parents £1million house. Rory McInnes, 18, decided to give aerial observers an eyeful, with the aid of a tin of white paint, after watching a documentary on Google Earth. But the imposing member remained a closely-guarded secret for a year before it was 'discovered' by a helicopter pilot flying over the area, who let his passengers take photos. Fortunately for Rory, he was already safely on the other side of the world when his parents found out, on a gap-year in...

Don't get a moose mad -- that's what one family learned after trying to scare a moose away from their home near Prince George, B. C. The family was using an air horn to scare the animal when the moose charged the home's front door. The family took a video of the incident, which shows the moose tramping around in the snow outside the house before running at the door, which the owners slam shut at the last moment. Conservation officers say the moose was probably upset by the family's barking dog and the air horn. No one was hurt...

US will become a public enemy of whole world people there is a country in world, whose mane is US, this country said that they is worlds police which vindicate worlds peace, but they made war everywhere and kill people day and day, also is this country, it made many good rule for worlds people,and force all country to follow and implement it, but it itself breach it continually, so we think all of what this country said is not believable, this is a very danger signal for itself, US will become a public enemy of whole world people if...

Police in central Newfoundland are reminding motorists to remain alert for moose, following a fatal collision on the Trans-Canada Highway. A 69-year-old man was killed Wednesday night when his car struck a moose between Grand Falls-Windsor and Bishop's Falls. The RCMP said two cars actually hit the moose during the incident. A woman in the second vehicle sustained minor injuries. While most moose-vehicle collisions in Newfoundland and Labrador occur between the late spring and mid-fall, RCMP said the incident shows the need to be alert. "These animals weigh quite extensively, almost up to 1,000 pounds," said Const. Richard Wheaton, who...

Minot, N.D. (AP) -- It may have looked like Christmas outside, but Ward Nostdahl says it wasn't reindeer he heard clomping on his roof. Nostdahl called police to report a moose on the roof of his hillside home northwest of Minot. . . .

CANTAUCO, Chile (Reuters) – It was supposed to be a magic recipe for instant riches, but instead hundreds of residents in this sleepy town in central Chile are up in arms over a "magic cheese" scam that has left many deep in debt. Chilean housewife Erica Pavez was one of around 300 residents taken in by the pyramid scheme, buying kits to make "magic cheese" said to be used in beauty products like luxury shampoo and moisturizers. Lured by the scheme, Pavez and her family spent about 25 million pesos (27, 745 pounds)) on the kits, which they believed contained...

LONDON: It is often suggested that there's natural smell in females that arouse males, but a team of testers have now found that women smell of onions while men smell of cheese. A Swiss team of researchers, who studied the armpit sweat samples from 24 males and 25 females, found marked differences in the sweat from men and women after they had spent time in a sauna or 15 minutes on an exercise bike. "Men smell of cheese, and women of grapefruit or onion," said Christian Starkenmann of Firmenich, a company in Geneva that researches flavours and perfumes for food...

If they had to live next door to a celebrity, American adults would most like to be neighbors with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ... (full text at url)

"When I heard Barack Obama state in one of his interviews on national television that his wife was off limits, meaning, family's off limits -- you know, 'Attack me, I'm the public official, come after me, I can handle it and we'll duke it out if need be, but family's off limits' -- I naively believed, OK, they respected that in him and his demand for that to be adhered, naively believing that must apply to all of us, right? But it didn't apply." (please see url for full article, and video clip)

From ADN state/local news editor David Hulen -- It sounds like Gov. Palin has had it with the news media. On the heels of her YouTube interview earlier this week criticizing coverage during her campaign for vice president, her office this afternoon issued the following statement. Near the end, there's a specific reference to the ADN. Editor Pat Dougherty has posted a response on his blog. (please see url for full article)

Spokane, Wash. (AP) -- A Spokane family got a surprise arrival when a moose calf fell through a basement window and into a bedroom. The Spokesman Review reported that the baby moose was apparently foraging in the shallower snow close to the house when it fell into a deep window well on Thursday. As it tried to get out and join its mother and sibling, the moose kicked in the window and ended up trapped in the bedroom.

the horror the horror!

Possibility of McCain victory Alarms Middle East Last update: 6:58 p.m. EDT Oct. 28, 2008 DOHA, Qatar, Oct 28, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A unique Middle East debating forum has conclusively warned America that a victory by John McCain in the US Presidential election would seriously undermine already damaged relations with the Middle East. In the largest voting margin yet recorded in the Doha Debates, now in their fifth year, an audience of more than 350 people voted 87%-13% against a motion suggesting that the Middle East would be better off with McCain as President. Hafez al-Mirazi, the former...

Moose-hunting Sarah Palin style To be like Sarah Palin and kill a 900lb moose in Alaska you need skills, patience and antifreeze in the blood In the cross-hairs of the telescopic sight on my high-powered rifle is a 900lb beast with a vast head, shaggy body and antlers 5ft wide. I am deep in the Alaskan wilderness. I am incredibly cold, having just waded through a freezing river, and I am very slightly alarmed by the large black bear watching us hungrily from the nearby hillside. I am hunting for moose. Strictly speaking, I am hunting for Sarah Palin, by...

Hank Williams Jr. may have a new number one fan: Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The country star, who is performing at a campaign event in Virginia for Palin and Sen. John McCain on Monday, got a call on his cell phone from Palin, according to CMT.com. "Huge fan," Palin said, admitting that she owns all of Williams's albums. The two also bonded over one of their favorite shared pastimes, moose hunting. "I hunt moose," Palin told him. "I hunt moose, too," Williams said. "I have a house in Montana." The Alaska governor promised to hang out with Williams...

ISHPEMING -- The public is to blame for the death of a cow moose in Ishpeming. That's what Ishpeming Police Chief Jim Bjorne is saying. An officer for the Department of Natural Resources, on Bjorne's orders, shot the moose late Monday afternoon. It all started around 8:30 Monday morning, when the moose was spotted around 600 Vine Street in the City of Ishpeming. Watch TV6 video that was taken around 10 am. Bjorne says the public's interference, in their efforts to see the moose and get pictures, prevented the police and DNR biologists from getting the cow moose and her...

Norway's albino moose was back in the news on Friday, after some hunters threatened to shoot it.The moose, called "Albin," first sprang to attention after it was sighted in the forests south of Oslo in 2006. It since has been observed in Våler, Skiptvet, Spydeberg and Svinndal in Østfold County. The local hunting season south of Hedmark starts October 5 and will last all month. A wildlife conservation official in Østfold, Åsmund Fjellbakk, told newspaper VG that he now has heard that a hunting team in the area is keen on tracking down the rare animal and making it into...

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