Miscellaneous

All but four of the dogs a Spanish Springs woman saved from death have been adopted.

There were 27 dogs in all.

Update: There are five left, and the husband knows about it.
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I am not ready for below-zero temperatures.
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Ashland, Oregon, considers a proposal that uniforms worn by police, firefighters, etc., are not made in sweatshops.
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Oregon's jobless figures are the highest in five years.
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Nevada PERS has also taken a hit.
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Miscellaneous.

It sounds like a right-to-life student group engaged in some deception in trying to discredit an Idaho Planned Parenthood.
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I have started to read a biography of actress Barbara Payton, and of course actor Tom Neal was a big part of her life. He turned out even worse than she did, as noted in this profile about him.

He killed his third wife and went to prison, getting out shortly before his death in 1972.

This was in the days before O.J. Simpson and Claudine Longet.
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Oh, shit.

Now the Powerball is down to a mere $15 million.

I might as well try the local casinos and see if I can win $18 million.
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A rash of pet poisonings have residents worried and wondering why anybody would do such a sick thing.
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It's mighty tough to buy a bra that hasn't been made in a sweatshop.
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Howard Metzenbaum was remembered at a funeral service today as a champion of civil rights, among other things.
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Why

should anybody be surprised there are sweatshop conditions in China?

After all, this is what the multinational corporations are looking for when they outsource.