Wild dogs turn green after eating at dump

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HEADLINE: Wild dogs turn green after eating at dump
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/world/wild-dogs-turn-green-after-scavenging-at-illegal-dump/story-e6frfkyi-1225811011638
CLIP:

PHOTOS have emerged of wild dogs in Russia that are reported to have turned bright green.

The pack of some 20 dogs were spotted roaming the outskirts of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

While wild dogs aren't unusual in the area, this pack in particular were reported to the police after fears they had become contaminated scavenging for food near and illegal dump. PHOTO LINK: WILD DOGS TURN GREEN

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HEADLINE: Canada Buzzing Over Ads Saying to Leave Beer for Santa Instead of Milk
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580326,00.html?test=latestnews
CLIP:

Santa might knock back a cold one or two while making his way around Canada this Christmas Eve — and not everyone up north is happy about it.
New advertisements for Labatt's Blue de-alcoholized beer have appeared in convenience stores across Canada with the slogan, "Leave one out for Santa. He's driving," The Toronto Sun reports.
Some consumers told the newspaper it sends the wrong message.
"Children see that and they think we'd better leave beer for Santa instead of cookies and milk," 65-year-old Kathleen Clifford told The Toronto Sun.
But Mothers Against Drinking and Driving say it has no problem with the ad because it's alcohol-free beer.

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HEADLINE: NYC Holds Condom Design Contest
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/health/main5982248.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.10
CLIP:

Health officials want more people to wear condoms. New York City's next official condom could be wearing a new design — by you.
The city health department is inviting the public to submit their suggestions for a special limited-edition design. The winning art will be featured on several hundred thousand official condom wrappers.
In recent years the city began jazzing up the wrapper on its free condoms. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration now gives away more than 40 million condoms a year, up from 3 million in 2002

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HEADLINE: Cop who drank himself to death 'a hero'
SOURCE LINK: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/cop-who-drank-himself-to-death-a-hero/story-e6frfku0-1225810795730
CLIP:

A POLICE officer in China has been declared a revolutionary hero after drinking himself to death at an official dinner.
Chen Lusheng, 38, a traffic policeman in the southern city of Shenzhen, "died in the line of duty" following an evening of binge drinking at a dinner with local officials in October, the state-run China Daily said.
Chen was awarded the designation of "martyr" after his family complained that the compensation offered over his death was inadequate, the newspaper said.

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HEADLINE: Boy, 8, Sent Home From School for Jesus Drawing
SOURCE LINK: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580282,00.html
CLIP:

TAUNTON, Mass. — A Taunton man says his 8-year-old son was sent home from school and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after drawing a stick figure Jesus on a cross.

The man told the Taunton Daily Gazette his second-grader made the drawing after his teacher asked children to sketch something that reminded them of Christmas. He said the teacher at Maxham Elementary School thought the drawing was too violent.
The father, who asked that his name not be used, said the family had recently seen a Christmas display at a religious shrine.
Superintendent Julie Hackett said she could not discuss an individual student and the school followed proper protocol.

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HEADLINE: Newlyweds' Bed Rigged to Twitter Sex
SOURCE LINK: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/14/ap/strange/main5979730.shtml?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.11
CLIP:

The best man at a wedding has rigged the newlyweds' bed so it broadcasts a Twitter message every time the happy couple has sex.
The best man explains in the Twitter feed that he was asked to house sit for his friend the groom while the couple went on its honeymoon and - apparently as payback for the groom's previous pranks on him - rigged the bed with a pressure-sensitive pad to detect when the couple is doing the deed.

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