Chickens in the City of Angels
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A graphic designer in Los Angeles has become a budding farmer, raising chickens in the shadow of the city's skyline. In some locales, though, animals in the shadow of skyscrapers is contentious issue.
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US-Born Pandas Return to China
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Two pandas born in the United States as part of an effort to breed more of the cuddly animals have returned to China. Mei Lan and Tai Shan were greeted in Chengdu province Friday by a crowd of hundreds and television cameras.
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Annual Running of the Brides Takes Place
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Filene's Basement holds one of its famous wedding gown sales -- or, as it's become known, the Running of the Brides. This year's mad scramble for discounted wedding dresses In New York City took place Friday at the Union Square store.
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Rhino's Birth Tipped by 'Net Viewer
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Zookeepers at a safari park in Scotland on Thursday introduced the public to a 330-pound, five-week-old white rhinoceros whose birth they would have missed without a tip from a Web cam viewer. A woman watching the rhinos online alerted zookeepers back in December that the mother rhino's water had broken.
Teen Catches Tot Falling From Window
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A mischievous 2-year-old is lucky to be alive after falling out of a second-story window. Cannon Jamison was pressing on the window screen trying to get the attention of some older boys below when he fell. Luckily he was caught by one of his brother's friends.
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Miley Cyrus Sings Again for Haiti
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Miley Cyrus has appeared on two charity songs to benefit survivors of Haiti's earthquake last month. In addition to the remake of "We Are the World," the pop starlet recorded a cover of R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" produced by Simon Cowell.
Pennsylvania Man Creating Banana Car
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A man in Pennsylvania is building a car in the shape of a banana and hopes to drive it around the world. Steve Braithwaite, who is using a pickup truck as the base of his creation, says he was inspired to do something "peculiar" during a motorcycle through India.
Dog Rescued From Sea Has New Master
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Baltic, the dog who drifted for 75 miles on an ice floe before being rescued, is starting life with a new owner. After the dog rejected several people who tried to claim him, he's settling in with Adam Buczynski, the man who pulled him to safety.
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Chinese Tutor Sought for US-Born Panda
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Zookeepers in China are preparing for the return of a 3-year-old panda born in the United States by advertising for a Chinese-language tutor. Mei Lan, who has lived at a zoo in Atlanta since her birth in 2006, will also be treated to a special diet and blind dates.
Heinz Redesigns Its Ketchup Packets
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Fantastic news for people who eat fries in the car (and you know who you are): Heinz is making its first changes to the ketchup packet in 40 years. The new Heinz Dip & Squeeze is more like a cup, allowing diners to dip and eat on the go.
Duggar Sons Help Save Girl's Life
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Two of the Duggar brothers of TV reality show "19 Kids and Counting" are being credited with saving the life of a 6-year-old girl. Joshua and John Duggar called 911 and performed CPR on the girl when the car her grandmother was driving was involved in an accident outside the Duggars' car dealership last week.
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'We Are the World' Reprised for Haiti
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With a new roster of artists, Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie oversaw a re-recording of the 1985 charity hit "We Are the World" Monday night, this time to benefit earthquake relief in Haiti. The song will premiere during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics this month.
Academy Designates Pagan Worship Area
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The Air Force Academy had set aside an outdoor space for cadets who are part of Earth-based belief systems such as paganism. One of the academy's chaplains said it is part of the military school's dedication to religious freedom.
Ex-Spouses Lead Oscar Nominations
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In an expanded field that includes not five but 10 best-movie contenders this year, sci-fi hit "Avatar" and thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Oscar race with nine nominations each. Both movies also scored best-director nods, pitting Kathryn Bigelow against ex-husband James Cameron.
13 Nations Agree to Save Wild Tigers
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Twelve Asian nations and Russia have crafted a historic conservation plan to double the number of wild tigers by 2022. The declaration will head to a meeting of heads of state in September for final approval.
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Gateses Pledge $10 Billion for Vaccines
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Vowing to make this the "decade of vaccines," the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $10 billion over 10 years for the research and distribution of vaccines in the world's poorest countries.
Anonymous Donor Buys Sick Boy's Meds
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After appealing for help on Facebook when they couldn't afford their 4-year-old son's cystic fibrosis medications, an anonymous donor came forward to help the Contreras family. The donor, who saw Nathan Contreras' story on TV, met the family at a drug store and paid their out-of-pocket expenses -- $2,300.
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Mamma Mia! ABBA Theme Park Opens
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Fans of the movie and stage versions of "Mamma Mia!" and of ABBA in general have a new Mecca. ABBAWORLD, a new interactive museum-cum-theme park in London, opened Wednesday.
Koala Joey Finally Ready to Meet Public
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The new koala at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, S.C., is ready to face visitors and their cameras. Oliver the joey was born in April 2009, but even zoo workers weren't able to get a look at the little critter until October.
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Down on the FarmVille, Virtually
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Millions of frazzled urbanites are unwinding by tending to crops, feeding livestock and helping out their country neighbors, all on Facebook. FarmVille -- the most-mentioned app in Facebook status messages -- has become an online phenomenon, with 72 million monthly players worldwide.
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