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23 Nov 2010 08:52

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Offbeat: San Jose animal shelter learns to love all of God’s creatures

  • We’re suckers. And there’s always one or two that grab your heart.
  • United Animal Nations emergency services manager Janell Matthies • Expressing her appreciation for the 1,000 bundles of joy recently found in a Los Angeles home. Yes, that’s right, she’s talking about rats – rats found, by the way, during a shoot for the A&E show “Hoarders.” They were recently taken to a San Jose animal shelter largely because they had the room to take them all in. We like Matthies’ ability to see the bright side here, but let’s emphasize that some hoarder dude created an environment disgusting enough to foster that many rats. And yes, since they’re at an animal shelter … they’re up for adoption. No, you first. source

23 Nov 2010 02:34

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World: In border spat, North, South Korea get into a war of shells

  • 2+ reported killed so far in the latest spat between the countries
  • 200+ number of shells North Korea sent South Korea’s way
  • 80+ number of shells South Korea sent back where those came from
  • 15+ number of injuries on the South Korean side after the attack source