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Durango Chicken Man Disrupts City Council Meeting (VIDEO)

Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: City Council, Lays Egg, Chicken, Fowl, City Council Chicken, Durango-Colorado, Person in Chicken Suit, Man Dressed as Chicken in Colorado, Durango Chicken, Colorado Chicken City Council, Denver News

DURANGO, Colo. - A person in a chicken costume ruffled the feathers of Durango's city council as its members discussed rules for backyard fowl. At a c...

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Has Warren Gone Off the Rails?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Investment Strategy, Chicken, Investments, Warren Buffett, Railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Warren Buffett is investing $32 billion in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the nation's 2nd largest railroad. At first blush, this is radically counter-intuitive. A railroad? Isn't that hopelessly brick-and-mortar?

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Community Coup: Chickens Are the New Dog

Zem Joaquin | Posted 10.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Solar, Organic Garden, Domestic Pets, Grow, Trends, Urban Agriculture, Rural, Organic, Agrarian, Urban, Eggs, Chicken, Poultry, Environment, Hens, Green News
Zem Joaquin

We got our hens after we had to give up our dog due to my son's allergies. I decided that if I was getting a new pet, it was going to reciprocate and have some positive environmental claw-print.

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Going Where No Food Writer Has Gone Before

Ed Levine | Posted 10.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Chicken, Shake Shack, Chelsea Restaurants, Hot Dogs, Barbecue, Dallas Bbq, New York Restaurants, Baby Back Ribs, Restaurant Reviews, New York News
Ed Levine

I have an inviolable rule when I order, particularly in restaurants like Dallas BBQ: If any menu item is described as "the best" or "famous," I have to order it.

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The Month in Viral

Jessica Amason | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Obama, Buzzfeed, Teabaggers, Viral, Kanye West, The Emmys, Jenny Slate, Star Wars, Erine Anastos, Chicken, Youtube, Viral Media, Media News
Jessica Amason

As BuzzFeed's resident "viral scientist," I investigate how the most contagious items on the Web enter our hearts, minds and inboxes.

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Kaparot: Yom Kippur In Crown Heights (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Chicken, Yom Kippur, Jews, Kaparot, Judaism, Brooklyn, Yom Kippur Brooklyn, Slidepoll, Kaparot Crown Heights, Chicken Slaughter, Pictures, New York News

Photographer Matt Rodigheri has been documenting the Orthodox Jewish community in Crown Heights for a year. Kaparot, or "Atonement" is a custom per...

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Finally Food Safety is the Main Course

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Eggs, Chicken, Shopping Tips, Prevention, Contamination, Exports, Consumer Confidence, Food Safety, Salmonella, Consumer Protection, Simple Steps From NRDC, Food Safety Regulation, Safe Handling, Living News
Wendy Gordon

The bill gives the FDA broad new powers to regulate produce at the farm level and review corporate records on activities ranging from food-processing to pathogen-testing.

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Red Meat vs Chicken: An Argument Against The False Distinction

Kathy Freston | Posted 05.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Chicken, Red Meat White Meat, Personal Health, Mark Bittman, Diet, Meatless Mondays, Vegetarianism, Red Meat, Living News
Kathy Freston

People often tell me that they've given up eating red meat out of concern for animals, the environment, or their health (or all three). But cutting out red meat while still eating chicken doesn't address the whole problem.

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Why Are Meat Industry Apologists Afraid to Defend Themselves?

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green

Read More: McDonald's, Chicken, Peta, Kfc, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Jeffrey Armstrong, Meat, Michigan State University, Green News
Bruce Friedrich

Although PETA is always happy to discuss and debate animal rights issues, the animal exploiters are no longer willing to.

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A Survival Guide to Eating Chicken you Can Feel Good About

Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Chicken, Certified Humane, Sustainable Food, Livestock, Barefoot Contessa, Sustainable Agriculture, River Cottage Cookbook, Csa, Green Living, Green News
Jerusha Klemperer

Without getting into the gory details, industrially produced chickens lead a (how do I say this nicely?) less than charmed life. I outline your various options for how/where to get chicken you can feel good about.

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Superbowl 2009: a Chicken Wing Extravaganza

Karen Leland | Posted 02.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Chickenwings, Food, Superbowl, Party, Chicken, Superbowl 2009, Superbowl Party, Style News
Karen Leland

Wings are the perfect sports-event munchies, since they can be securely retained in one hand while the other is being madly waved about in the air, accompanied by shouts of "Go Steelers!"

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Chickens As Pets: An Urban Farmstead

Los Angeles Times | Deborah Netburn | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Chicken, Chickens, Pets, Eating Matters, Local Food Movement, Urban Farming, Environment, Urban Farms, Cage Free Eggs, Animals, Los Angeles, Local Farmers, Green News

Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne started keeping chickens in their Echo Park backyard a little more than a year ago. The two are co-authors of "The Urban ...

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How to Fix the Economic Meltdown and Stop Terrorism: Legalize Heroin and Whores

David Henry Sterry | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Master of Ceremonies, Law Enforcement, Serial Killer, Marijuana, Economy, Sex Trafficking, South America, Drugs, Asia, War on Drugs, Prohibition, Economic Recovery, Prostitution, Chicken, Ecstasy, Cigarettes, Alcohol, Sex Worker, Abraham Lincoln, Empowerment of Women, Willie Nelson, Sexual Predators, Al Capone, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Pimp My Ride, Bloomingdale's, Pimp My Crib, Victimization, Free Enterprise, Gangsters, Exploitation, Pimp, Economic Meltdown, Taliban, Afghanistan, Harry Potter, Afghan Taliban, Whores, Politics News
David Henry Sterry

The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.

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Oh, yeah? Shove a Beer Can Up Your Butt.

Sophie Brickman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Chicken, Culinary School, Barbecue, Smoking, Cooking, Beer, Bbq, Food, Grilling, Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits, Slow Cooked Chicken, Texas Cooking, Texan Dan, Style News
Sophie Brickman

Now almost done with the first level of culinary school, I found myself on the plane to Austin equally excited about the music festival I was going to as about the food.

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Don't Be Chicken, Senator McCain

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chicken, Lady Lynn Forester De Rothschild, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John McCain, Katie Couric, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Teamsters, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Hurricane Gustav RNC, David Letterman, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

Letterman showed a feed of McCain as he was getting made up for his interview with Katie Couric -- and then asked McCain if he needed a ride to the airport.

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