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09 Sep 2009 10:14

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World: India has a lot of tigers, and they kill a lot of cows

  • 1,300 or half the world’s wild tigers, live in India source
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09 Sep 2009 10:04

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Offbeat, Tech: Forget Apple’s Snow Leopard. Here are some real ones.

And unlike the new version of Mac OSX, nobody’s going to unfavorably compare these cats to Windows Vista – to their face. source
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09 Sep 2009 09:55

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Offbeat: Do you hear that? That’s rage over cat declawing.

  • San Francisco is trying to ban cat declawing. The SPCA isn’t happy. A fight for feline rights is turning into a bit of a brawl between Bay Area politicians and animal cruelty experts. San Francisco wants to ban declawing, saying it’s a simple animal cruelty issue. (It’s kinda like a concealed weapons law, really.) The local SPCA, while against declawing in general, says that it shouldn’t be regulated politically. If only cats had their own Harvey Milk to fight for them … source
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09 Sep 2009 09:36

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Offbeat: Happy Catstravaganza! Here’s the world-famous ninja cat

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09 Sep 2009 02:10

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World: Another New York Times reporter kidnapped, rescued in Afghanistan

  • His translator didn’t make it though. Stephen Farrell is a lucky man. Farrell, a reporter for the New York Times since 2007, is now the second reporter in three months to have been rescued after being kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan. He didn’t have to wait as long as David Rohde for a rescue (Rohde was in Taliban captivity for seven months; Farrell was kidnapped four days ago), but his rescue was far more violent. Sultan Munadi, his interpreter, was killed in the crossfire. source
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09 Sep 2009 01:58

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Tech: That’s hot: The Palm Pixi gives the Pre a sexy little sister

See, Apple – is it really that hard to release an iPhone with a keyboard? Palm has your form factor AND a keyboard and still remains amazingly functional. source
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09 Sep 2009 01:17

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U.S.: There’s a lot of feral cats out there overpopulating the wild

  • 50% of all cats (out of 146 million cute felines) are estimated to be feral – which means they’re essentially wild source
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09 Sep 2009 00:19

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Offbeat: Need to know who your kitty’s daddy is? Get a cat DNA test.

Don’t tell Maury Povich about this. He might dumb down his stupid, stupid show even further. source
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09 Sep 2009 00:13

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Offbeat: And so, the Catstravaganza begins. Here’s our first cat photo.

I'm plotting against you
  • Our first cat comes from Paul Wallen. Want to submit yours? Read more info here. We’re gonna go cat crazy all day today, guys.source
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