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Investing in the Animals' Future, and Our Own

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Enforcement, Funding, Animal Welfare Act, Animals, Humane Slaughter, Animal Fighting, Animal Kindness, Animal Rights, Animal Humanity, Humane Treatment of Animals, Horses, Animal Legislation, Green News
Michael Markarian

We've seen time and time again that the animals' fate is intertwined with our own, and that addressing animal welfare policies helps to safeguard all of us.

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Concern for Ponzi Ponies

Vicky Ward | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Westridge Capital, Horses, Ponzi Scheme, Sec, Stephen Walsh, Paul Greenwood, Business News
Vicky Ward

For all those worried about the hundred or so valuable show ponies stabled in North Salem by alleged fraudster Paul Greenwood and his wife Robin, here's an update.

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The Seven Great Challenges of Sustainability

Tri Robinson | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Protection, Energy Sources, Sustainable Economics, Sustainability, Horses, Conservation, Alternative Energy Sources, Amish Community, Fresh Water, Wildlife, Environment, Green Living, Green News
Tri Robinson

I had always thought of the Amish as being a people who weren't troubled with the cares of the outside world, especially those that were living as sustainability as this family clearly was.

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Horses Out of the Gate Quickly in 111th

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Video, Horse Slaughter, Slaughter, Dan Burton, Horses, Mexico, Animals, Canada, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Every month, thousands of horses are crammed into trucks and shipped hundreds of miles to Canada and Mexico. There, they are slaughtered for food exports to Europe and Asia, where horse meat is considered a delicacy.

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The Luckiest Horse in Reno: A Christmas Story

Deanne Stillman | Posted 01.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Christmas, Horses, Nevada, Animals, Home News
Deanne Stillman

When the men approached, the black foal might have been nursing. Or she might have been on her side, giving her wobbly legs a rest, leaning into her ...

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Ted Stevens Juror Lied, Left Trial To Go To Horse Races

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Trial, Ted Stevens Juror, Ted Stevens Corruption, Ted Stevens Guilty, Alaska, Alaska Politics, Horses, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and fle...

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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Quit Horsing Around on Slaughter and Transport

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Congress, Judiciary Committee, Livestock, Dan Burton, Agriculture, Horse, Horses, Animals, House Judiciary Committee, Legislation, Transportation, Mark Kirk, Horse Slaughter, Illinois, Oregon, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Eleven lucky horses got a new lease on life yesterday. Authorities still don't know who discarded the malnourished horses. The owner might not come forward since he/she could face criminal charges.

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South African Wildfire: An Allegory for Journalists

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Reporting, Journalists, Politics, World's Worst Disasters, Horses, Fire, Animals, South Africa, Truth, Barack Obama, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

Journalists have an important moral responsibility to find the path of integrity through moral minefields that have opened old political wounds and ignited a firestorm of misunderstanding about small town America.

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Take Off That Hat, Dick Cheney

Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rough Riders, Wisdom, Coast Guard Commencement, Gamechangers, Dick Cheney, Bush, Reagan, Beltway Bandits, Humility, Honesty, Lbj, Beauty, Hat, Valor, Cowboy, Horses, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

The Bush Gang was not the first to appropriate cowboy iconography for politics, but since they did, to be called a cowboy has, almost impossibly it seems to me, become some kind of slur.

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