PETITION SITE - Regulate Greyhound Racing in Ireland and Enforce the Welfare Act 2011, Apr 18, 2013

 "Sponsor: Care2.com Candice A. Salvatore just wanted to save a starving baby pit bull she saw by abandoned train tracks in Staten Island. So she called the police to help her save the puppy before it ran off or died. But police misunderstood her phone call as referring to a "human baby". Before she knew it, she was charged with two misdemeanors - for second-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree falsel...view full petition"
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THE OBSERVER News, Apr 18, 2013

The rules | Rafael Behr The Guardian Public funerals. Always apply what should henceforth be known as the Thatcher Test: if you need the army to deter protesters, it isn't a day of national mourning. Rafael Behr is the Observer's protocol correspondent. Print this; Share; Contact us ... See all stories on this topic »

INDIA TODAY - Hindu leaders urge Selena Gomez to apologise for bindi error : Hollywood, News, Apr 17, 2013

 "Officials at the Universal Society of Hinduism have demanded an apology from Selena Gomez after she performed at the MTV Movie Awards with a religious bindi symbol on her forehead. The Hindu leaders have branded the pop star's appearance during her 'Come 'n' Get It' song "insensitive" and have urged her not to repeat it as she plans for an upcoming world tour, Contactmusic reported. Hindu statesman, Rajan Zed, said that the bindi on the forehead is an ancient tradition in Hinduism and has religious significance. Zed said that it is also sometimes referred to as the third eye and the flame, and it is an auspicious religious and spiritual symbol, which is not meant to be thrown around loosely for seductive effects or as a fashion accessory aiming at mercantile greed."
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IAFRICA - Were 'hobbits' island dwarves? Apr 17, 2013

 "Japanese scientists on Tuesday waded into a row over so-called "hobbit" hominids whose remains, found on a remote Indonesian island a decade ago, have unleashed one of the fiercest disputes in anthropology. The most detailed computerised scan of a skull of Homo floresiensis - "Man of Flores" - backs theories that the minute humans were a local product of evolution, they said. Marooned descendants of a hominid called Homo erectus, these people progressively "dwarfed," becoming smaller and smaller to match the availability of food on the island, they suggested. The findings are a knock to rival hypotheses that surfaced after an Australian-Indonesian team unearthed the bizarre remains in a cave in 2003. Dubbed after the wee folk in J.R.R. Tolkien's tale, the "hobbits" were just over a metre tall, weighed around 25 kilos and had a brain roughly the size of a chimp's, our closest primate relative."
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INDEPENDENT - United we stand: Bostonians unite in their quest for peace, Apr 17, 2013

 "Peace - that is the message on everybody’s lips. After unspeakable tragedy at what should have been a day of celebration, the famed Boston city marathon, Bostonians are simply hoping for life to resume to normal. Last night, at a candlelight vigil in Boston Common, hundreds gathered for hours to remember those who tragically lost their lives at the bombing, and for the hundreds whose lives have been forever changed. People of all ages - families, children, teenagers, students - and those of all races have come together in determination that this “act of terror” will not break their spirit."
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LA TIMES - Exploding giant star sent longest gamma-ray blast, astronomers say, Apr 17, 2013

 "The most powerful stellar explosion since the big bang has been linked to a newly discovered class of ultra-long gamma ray burst, astronomers said Tuesday at the 2013 Huntsville Gamma-Ray Burst Symposium in Nashville, Tenn. "We really think we’ve found this new class of gamma-ray bursts and a natural explanation for creating them in a type of star collapse that we haven’t previously talked about," said Andrew Levan, an astronomer at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, who led a study on the phenomena. Gamma-ray bursts are the brightest explosions in the universe, shooting out powerful blasts of high-energy light, and they typically signal the death of a massive star collapsing to form a black hole."
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LA TIMES - Boston bombing victims Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell mourned, Apr 17, 2013

 "BOSTON — Martin Richard was a bright, sunny 8-year-old who loved to ride his bike and scored the winning goal for his soccer team in a championship game last year. Krystle Campbell, 29, was the vivacious assistant manager of a steakhouse who could instantly smooth over diners' complaints with her smile. They were cheering on the sidelines of the Boston Marathon on Monday when two bombs went off, firing a blizzard of nails, ball bearings and tiny daggers of shrapnel into the flesh of runners and spectators."
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