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b>A 106-year-old American nun living in a convent in Rome could well be the oldest person to vote in the 2008 US Presidential election. Sister Cecilia Gaudette, who last voted for President Eisenhower in 1952, has registered to vote and says she will vote for Democrat Barack Obama. Although hard of hearing, she keeps herself informed by reading newspapers and watching TV at the convent. "I'm encouraged by Senator Obama," she says. "I've never met him, but he seems to be a good man with a good private life. That's the first thing. Then he must be able to govern,"...

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...

Sentencing postponed for Congressman Bill Jefferson's sister by The Associated Press Wednesday August 27, 2008, 8:38 AM **SNIP** Brenda Jefferson, the youngest sister of Bill Jefferson, pleaded guilty in June to helping three of her relatives conceal an alleged scheme to pocket more than $600,000 in state and federal grant money. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon agreed to reschedule Brenda Jefferson's sentencing from September 24 to February 11. She pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony. Prosecutors said they need more time to evaluate her cooperation in the case against her sister, New Orleans tax assessor Betty Jefferson;...

Drunken elk meets sorry end after toddler attack Published: 23 Jul 08 12:10 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/13222/ A drunken elk paid dearly after attacking a toddler playing in a sand pit at her home in Kungälv in western Sweden on Monday. * Elk safari Swedish style, with a green conscience (4 Jul 08) * Path clear for world's biggest elk (18 Jun 08) * Swedish cowboy lassoes loose llama (5 Jun 08) Three-year-old Nova was playing in her backyard sandbox when a young elk calf attacked and bit her. "It bit me on the arm," the terrified toddler said to the...

Buzzwinkle, entangled in holiday lights, stares into space in this November 2007 photo. He was recently euthanized. ANCHORAGE–A well-known Anchorage moose has been euthanized. State wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott said he shot the aging bull moose known as Buzzwinkle after finding it in distress in a neighbourhood lot. The moose, who was at least 13 years old, was severely emaciated and unable to get up. Sinnott said it had badly worn teeth and an infected wound on his rump. Buzzwinkle got its antlers tangled in a rope swing in a resident's yard in 2004 and was darted and tagged....

Clicked on search for "anna" "anna nichole" "smith" 'investigation". Nothing comes up. Anyone know whether it was deleted or not? Thanks!

Researchers report that cheese from yaks could be healthier than cheese from dairy cattle. When compared to cheddar cheese, yak cheese contained higher levels of several healthful fatty acids. Credit: Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration In a finding likely to get cheese lovers talking, researchers in Nepal and Canada report that yak cheese contains higher levels of heart-healthy fats than cheese from dairy cattle, and may be healthier. Their study is scheduled for the March 12 issue of ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Producers make the cheese from the milk of yaks. Those long-haired humped...

God and global warming: Religion and science unite on climate change by Paul Dailing Feb 06, 2008 Professor Mary Frohlich wears trim business suits, teaches global climate change and talks about historical links between the oppression of the earth and the oppression of women. She is a Roman Catholic nun. “People who know about nuns are not surprised,” Frohlich said, laughing. While some religious and scientific groups might be at odds over issues such as evolution and stem-cell research, over the last few years they have found common ground on global warming and climate change. “I would say that it’s...

A sister of one of three people killed early Friday in Louisville said it "really isn't a shock to any of us" that her brother died in a high-speed crash. "The thing that really makes me feel much better about this is they died doing what they loved to do — they were drinking, they were going fast and they were together," Lorie Flaherty said. "It gives me comfort, it does, to know those three things."

This is the kind of story that you know can't be made up, it's just too bizarre. And it's in Norwegian (http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article1453635.ece) so I'll just have to take it at face value. Here's the basic rundown: The boy and his sister were taking a shortcut through the woods on the way home from school when they came upon a moose who got aggressive. The kid started shouting to distract the moose while his sister ran away and when faced with a very irate and very large mammal did what he had done many times before while playing his Hunter in...

I was recently reminded to share this tale with you after a friend told me he was going to give me a sizable chunk of moose meat for my freezer. The late Officer Connor died a number of years ago, but his misadventures afield have lived on. Connor was a retired Chicago police officer who marched to his own tune back in the 1950s and early '60s. He and my father were always fishing and hunting together. Connor had saved enough dollars so he could go moose hunting in Maine. He figured that by staying in the good old U.S.,...

A WOMAN was locked up and “lost” for 70 years after being wrongly accused of stealing 13p. Jean Gambell, 85, was “certified” indefinitely in 1937 over claims she had taken the cash while cleaning at a doctor’s surgery. The money was found — but Jean still spent 70 years in a maze of care institutions. She was “found” when brothers Alan, 66, and David, 63 — who thought she was dead — read a letter sent by a care home to their mother, who died 25 years ago. David said: “I was about to throw it in the bin when...

By Norris Jones Gulf Region Central District BAGHDAD, Sept. 7, 2007 — They're overseeing some of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers key projects rebuilding Iraq. Lt. Col. J.P. Moszer and his sister, Lt. Col. Jan Carter, deployed with the North Dakota National Guard Engineer Brigade, 34th Infantry Division, in April. Moszer is the officer in charge of the Baghdad Area Office responsible for 150 projects valued at $600 million. He's working with seven brigade combat teams and 53 battalions improving essential services to residents throughout the capital. "We're building water, sewer and electrical networks, courthouses, schools, clinics, renovating...

Thousands of people in northern Norway were left without telephone and internet connections earlier this week after a clumsy moose destroyed a switching station.

Humans have been blamed for slaughtering woolly mammoths and other large ice-age animals into extinction, but new evidence from Yukon suggests this isn't the case. Moose were to blame, at least in part, says Dale Guthrie, a researcher at the University of Alaska. He has found evidence that the climate in Yukon and Alaska was warming between 13,000 and 10,000 years ago, around the time a wave of human hunters moved into North America from Asia. The North was changing from a grassland to a boreal forest and tundra, he says. Moose also arrived, and were better adapted to digest...

Has anyone else noticed he has been saying horrible things about Ann Coulter, for example he said she is screwing up the country and so forth. I don't know about y'all but I won't be buying any of his books.

Rare moose spotted Kurt Are Boine Nikkinen was on a fishing trip, but made his biggest catch with his camera. Nikkinen, 31, was on his way home from a fishing trip when he spotted a white moose in Tanadalen, 30 kilometers east of Karasjok in Finnmark County in northern Norway. Around Wednesday midnight, the albino moose was out in a field, just about 100 meters from the road. "It stood and looked at me," Nikkinen told Aftenposten.no. The Finnmark man had a video camera in his car and filmed the moose, also driving after it when the moose ran along...

Healthy, Tasty... Expensive STOCKHOLM (JP) - Farmers in northern Sweden are milking moose, hoping that cheese-lovers with deep pockets will develop a taste for moose cheese. It's healthy and tasty - and very expensive (nearly $500 per pound) because moose milk is hard to obtain. Christer & Ulla Johansson started the 59-acre "Moose House" - the only moose dairy farm in Europe - seven years ago in Bjursholm (400 miles north of Stockholm). Moose House has 14 moose in the fields, but only three cows (Gullan, Haelga & Juna) can be milked. The cows were found as abandoned calves in...

A routine flight to tag a cow moose took a bizarre turn this weekend when the tranquilized animal charged the tail section of a hovering helicopter, collided with the rear rotor and brought down the aircraft. The injured animal was euthanized at the scene. The incident happened near the southeast town of Gustavus late Saturday afternoon, and baffled officials with the Federal Aviation Administration and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. "I have never personally seen or heard of an injury of this type, caused to an animal by an aircraft," said Doug Larsen, regional supervisor for the Division...

HESPERIA, CALIF. — The sun has barely crested over the stark Granite Mountains and Audrey Delgadillo is already scurrying around her house. The 20-year-old dashes outside to warm the engine of the family's dusty Ford Taurus, stirs her two youngest sisters out of bed, picks up toys in the living room and checks the bedroom of her other two sisters to make sure they've left for school. It's been Delgadillo's morning routine ever since her mother and stepfather were sent to Iraq, leaving her to look after her four little sisters — Stephanie, 17, Grace, 10, Ashley, 4, and Emily,...

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Stop chasing the moose. That's the message police in this north Idaho city are trying to convey to residents and visitors. During the past few weeks, the Sandpoint Police Department has received dozens of phone calls each day reporting moose inside city limits — and of area residents chasing after them, Police Chief Mark Lockwood said. Lockwood said residents are currently sharing the city with about three to five moose. Finding the animals at lower elevations isn't uncommon in the winter months, when deep snow at higher elevations drives animals to lowlands in search of food. "When these animals roam...

Stop chasing the moose. That's the message police in this north Idaho city are trying to convey to residents and visitors. During the past few weeks, the Sandpoint Police Department has received dozens of phone calls each day reporting moose inside city limits _ and of area residents chasing after them, Police Chief Mark Lockwood said. Lockwood said residents are currently sharing the city with about three to five moose. Finding the animals at lower elevations isn't uncommon in the winter months, when deep snow at higher elevations drives animals to lowlands in search of food. "When these animals roam...

'We feel no shame' - the brothers who killed their sister for honour Tragic tale highlights scale of beatings and murder of women in countryside Declan Walsh in Donga Bonga, Pakistan Wednesday February 7, 2007 The Guardian (UK) Maqbool Ahmed and Muhammad Aslam, who beat their sister to death. Photograph: Declan Walsh Shackled together at the wrist, the two brothers awaited their fate at the lonely jail in Donga Bonga, a cotton-farming backwater near Pakistan's sealed border with India. They were poor men, barefoot farm labourers with pinched cheeks and calloused hands. But when they spoke, their bloodshot eyes flashed...

Last Updated: Saturday, 27 January 2007, 02:15 GMT Student felled by moose head sues An American student is suing her university for negligence after a mounted moose head fell on her from a wall during a biology exam. Amy Walters was peering through a microscope when the stuffed trophy fell, hitting the side of her head. She says she has suffered from headaches ever since, and is suing for "loss of enjoyment of life" and "embarrassment and humiliation". Pennsylvania State University has not yet commented on the case. The accident happened at the university's biology laboratory at the Fayette campus...

A Canadian rancher claims that one of his mares has given birth to a horse-moose hybrid. His main evidence for this is that the mare has a funny looking head. Also, he says that his stallions were both sterilized shortly before the mare got pregnant, and there are no other male horses in the region. So who could the father be but a rogue moose that happened to be wandering by? Biologists, naturally, are skeptical. Gilles Landry, a biologist with Quebec's parks and wildlife department, says: "I have serious doubts because there has never been a birth from a...

Drunken Swedish moose drowns after fermented apple binge STOCKHOLM (AFP) — A moose that became inebriated after binging on fermented fallen apples in northern Sweden drowned when it fell through the ice of a frozen inlet, Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reported on Thursday. "The moose appears to have eaten too many fermented apples and become confused out on the ice," Luleaa police spokesman Erik Kummu told local media. Emergency services were scrambled but they were unable to save the four-legged apple thief. For several days prior to the moose's demise, local residents had contacted police after seeing the animal munch its...

Young nuns from the Sisters of Life Convent play volleyball near the water on the SUNY Maritime Campus in the Bronx, September 2006 ...Over the past five years, Roman Catholic communities around the country have experienced a curious phenomenon: more women, most in their 20s and 30s, are trying on that veil. Convents in Nashville, Tenn.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; and New York City all admitted at least 15 entrants over the past year and fielded hundreds of inquiries. One convent is hurriedly raising funds for a new building to house the inflow, and at another a rush of new blood...

(WCCO) Minnetonka, Minn. A moose was spotted in Minnetonka, Minn. Thursday morning and officials believe it may be same animal that was seen roaming the Chanhassen, Minn. area on Monday. The moose briefly made its way onto the northbound lanes of Interstate 494 near Highway 62 around 9 a.m. Police were able to get the animal off the freeway, but had to put it down a couple of hours later. Officials did not think they would be able to transport the animal back to its habitat.

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State wildlife biologists are hoping an aggressive moose hunt this season will help cut in half the number of animals in the Northeast Kingdom where the population has far exceeded the ability of the land to provide for them and moose conflicts with people are increasing, officials say. The season is off to a good start. After the first two days, the number of animals reported killed statewide exceeded the number taken during the same period last year by about 40 percent. "The hunters seem pretty happy about that," said Forrest Hammond, a wildlife biologist with the Vermont Department of...

Northern Michigan University residence hall had an unwelcome visitor when a moose broke through a first-floor window on Tuesday night. The animal was caught on tape by a surveillance camera. The bull moose was chased away by police. They aren't sure if he actually got into the building. Wildlife experts said it's the middle of the moose mating season and the bull simply picked the wrong place to look for love. Bulls will travel long distances in search of a cow for mating. Wildlife officials said bull moose are more aggressive during mating season and should be avoided.

Mice, contrary to popular belief and cartoons like Tom and Jerry, don't actually like cheese, British researchers said after studying their diet and those of other animals. Instead, the tiny rodents prefer foods with a high sugar content like grains and fruit and would turn their noses up at something as strong in smell and rich in taste as cheese, scientists in Manchester in northwest England said. Animal behaviourist David Holmes, from Manchester Metropolitan University, said: "Clearly the supposition of mice liking cheese is a popular premise. Mice have evolved almost entirely without cheese or anything resembling it. "Mice respond...

<p>Every once in a while I see Freeper lingo I don't understand and have to research to figure out the meaning/background.</p> <p>Today, I thought it would be helpful for newbies (and 'seasoned' Freepers) to have a 'reference' for the lingo specifically related to FR (ie not stuff like LOL etc you can get everywhere else).</p>

Service on Norway's northern train line (Nordlandsbanen) wasn't expected to resume until Wednesday afternoon at the earliest, after a train collided with a moose and derailed. The train, designed to carry loads of iron ore, derailed after it hit the moose on the tracks Monday evening. "It must have been a monster moose," said Harry Korslund of the agency in charge of the rails, Jernbaneverket. "It all depends, of couse, on how the train hit the moose, but in this case it was enough that it derailed." The accident occurred between Dunderland and Mo i Rana. Passengers were being transported...

I was just wondering, do you think that 10 guys could turn over a Dodge minivan by rocking it from side to side? I was just wondering.

LOVELAND — A moose that has wandered around Loveland and other nearby towns appears headed back to the mountains, and Division of Wildlife officers urged residents to enjoy watching the animal from a safe distance. The division has no plans to tranquilize and relocate the young adult female as long as she behaves herself, said Tyler Baskfield, public information officer. Tranquilizing and relocating such a large animal in the summer heat could harm the moose, Baskfield said. She seems to be working her way along irrigation ditches toward the Big Thompson River. Young moose away from their mothers for the...

From the OFST Education FIles: Subgroup The Sexes and Silliness and Sex Women Like Funny Men Women Like Funny Men--The Study: “The influence of humor on desirability,” Evolution and Human Behavior, Jan. 2006 The Findings: Psychologists Eric Bressler and Sigal Balshine enlisted 210 undergraduate psychology students at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, to consider, for class credit, photographs of campus peers. Each photo was paired with a remark that was ostensibly funny (“My high school was so rough, we had our own coroner”) or ostensibly dull (“I like having friends over for dinner”). Women found the “funny” men most desirable,...

I see so many people asking to be put on the 'ping list', what does that mean? I also see that you can be 'pinged' if something you are interested in is posted. Are you notified someway? Thanks

"Moose don't nibble, they gulp," Mary Shier said. She should know. A master gardener for 25 years, she's been cultivating her 2 ½ acres on lower DeArmoun Road since the early 1970s. She knows firsthand the heartbreaking loss of a beloved tree or shrub to a hungry ungulate. And hungry they are this time of year. According to state wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott, an adult moose has to regain 30 percent of its body weight (300-plus pounds) during the warm months. Sinnott estimates there are 200 to 300 moose now in the Anchorage Bowl. "There aren't any fruit or veggies...

Am I the only one to notice the problem with FR's program?

Single-issue people. They're out there... on every thread. No matter what the topic, they try to link it to their pet issue in some way, shape, or form. They are... The Thread Hijackersâ„¢. While little can be done to stop them, and it is probably best to ignore them, I find it much, much more fun to mock them. Sure, being passionate about an issue you care about is a good thing, but thread hijacking is annoying and, to be honest, turns off people who might otherwise agree with you. So, on to the mocking. I'd like to coin the...

"We got 70 phone calls from people who were afraid of the moose. Because there were several of them. At least three moose had strayed into the city. Unfortunately one of these had to be put down by the wildlife committee, near the Skien Library," operation leader Åge Halvorsen of the Telemark police told news agency NTB. "It's unusual for three moose to be downtown at the same time," Helge Røssaker told newspaper Varden after felling the moose. "It is important that people keep their dogs leashed, you can't be reminded of that often enough. And a moose in the...

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was thrust back into the spotlight Wednesday, when a Nation of Islam activist claimed the governor knew about her affiliation to Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader known for his attacks on Jews, gays and other groups, before appointing her to the state's hate crimes commission earlier this year. Sister Claudette Muhammad, blasted Blagojevich for saying he did not know her or realize she was an official in the Nation of Islam before appointing her to the anti-discrimination panel. "You and I spoke. We took pictures. ... I have written to you numerous times, all...

OUR DEAREST KITTY MITTENS WILL BE HAVING BACK SURGERY ON APRIL 3RD.THE PROCEDURE IS MICRODECOMPRESSION AND IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF DETERIORATING AND PAINFULL COMPLICATIONS DUE TO A AUTO ACCIDENT. ALSO THIS FRIDAY HER HUSBAND WILL BE HAVING A CARDIAC SCAN DUE TO SHORTNESS OF BREATH. GODSPEED!

A former Grand Lake mayor and town trustee was critically injured yesterday when he was attacked by a bull moose in an alleyway in Grand Lake. Louis Heckert, 91, was taken to St. Anthony Hospital Central where he remains in critical condition with head injuries. State wildlife officials say the moose appeared agitated after the encounter and was shot to protect medical personnel. The moose was cut open and it was found to have five broken ribs, one that punctured its chest cavity, and a broken spinal cord. State Division of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton said the injuries were consistent...

MILAN, N.H. - It was a tempting green hedgerow for the hungry young moose. Somehow, a child's swingset got in the way. The moose, who was trying to snack on a backyard hedge Thursday, got tangled in the swingset's chains. The homeowner called police for help. Lt. Jean LeBlanc decided he needed backup, so he called Don Valliere, maintenance man for the Berlin Police, and asked him to bring a pair of bolt cutters. It was up to Valliere, 54, to free the moose. Photos snapped by LeBlanc show Valliere balanced on a beam of the swingset, snipping the chains...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A woman pleaded guilty Monday to attempted murder charges for trying to hire a hit man to rob and kill four men for what she thought was cocaine, but turned out to be cheese. Jessice Sandy Booth, 18, hatched the plot after she visited the home of the men, and mistook queso fresco - a white, crumbly cheese common in Mexican cuisine. But the hit man she hired turned out to be an undercover police officer. "They asked her numerous times 'Do you really want to go through with this?'" prosecutor Paul Hagerman said. "They gave...

Please pray for my sister, who is 22 years old. She recently had a routine examination, and the person that was performing part of her examination became concerned when doing an examination of one of her breasts. They ordered an ultrasound for the area, and they found a mass of some sorts. My sister, who lives in Phildelphia, is going home to my parents to find a surgeon that will do a biopsy on the area. This has been a stressful time for my family health-wise. My mom had minor surgery earlier this year, my father had his kidney removed...

Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans...