Pack of flea-infested DACHSHUNDS mauls mother-of-two to death...
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Daily Mail ^
| 16 May 2018 | Iain Burns
A 52-year-old woman has been mauled to death by a pack of seven flea-infested dachshunds. Mother-of-two
Tracy Garcia was brutally attacked by the savage dogs - which belonged to her neighbor - near her home outside Ardmore in Oklahoma. Cops said they shot and killed one of the beasts on Thursday night when it charged at them. They captured the others, which were put down at the request of the owner. Six of the dogs are believed to have been mixed with a terrier, but one - the biggest and oldest - is thought to be part-border collie.
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Deputies: Flea market vendor pepper sprays competing vendor over insult
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Daytona Beach News-Journal ^
| Patricio G. balona
A Daytona Beach Flea Market vendor was arrested after she pepper-sprayed a competing vendor and threatened to kill him while pointing a BB gun at him, Volusia deputies said. Deputies’
investigation revealed that Lynda Woodruff, 68, and Salomon Tivoli, 70, have similar competing businesses identified in reports as “smoke shops” at the flea market located at 1425 Tomoka Farms Road, officials said. Woodruff was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery on a person over 65 years old or older. Court records show she is free on $7,500 bail. (snip) On Saturday, deputies were called to the...
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The Latest: Russia says 30,000 flea besieged east Ghouta
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abcnews.go.com ^
| 3/18/18
2:15 p.m. The Russian military says more than 30,000 people have fled Syria's besieged east Ghouta and that the flow is continuing. Maj.
Gen. Vladimir Zolotukhin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying the civilians were leaving Saturday through a government-run humanitarian corridor monitored by the Russian military. "As of this time, more than 30,000 people have left and people are continuing to exit," he was quoted as saying Saturday afternnon by Russian news agencies. Zolotukhin is spokesman for the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria.
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Film Of San Francisco After 1906 Quake Found At Flea Market
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SF CBS ^
| March 4, 2018
More than a century after San Francisco’s deadly 1906 earthquake, a film reel with nine minutes of footage capturing the city two weeks after the devastation surfaced at a flea market and it will soon be shown to the public, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. The long-lost find
portrays some of the city’s post-quake decimation, including City Hall with its dome nearly destroyed, the Chronicle said Saturday. Much of the city was flattened and thousands were killed in the so-called “Great Quake” and ensuing fire on April 18, 1906. The nitrate film reel discovered at San...
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1906 Film of San Francisco After Quake Found at Flea Market
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NBC Bay Area ^
A newspaper says a long-lost film reel with nine minutes of footage capturing San Francisco two weeks after the deadly 1906 earthquake surfaced at a flea market in the city. The
San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday that the rare find portrays the city's post-quake devastation, including City Hall with its dome nearly destroyed. The so called "great quake" and ensuing fire on April 18, 1906 killed thousands. The newspaper says the nitrate film reel was shot by early filmmakers the Miles Brothers. The footage is a bookend to their most famous work ``A Trip Down Market Street,'' a 13-minute silent...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea blames doctors for the opioid crisis
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dailymail ^
| 27 February 2018 | Megan Sheets
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea blames doctors for the opioid crisis as he reveals he was prescribed OxyContin after 20 years clean Flea, the lead bassist for alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, wrote an opinion piece for Time magazine about his struggle with drugs The performer, 55, born Michael
Balzary, got clean at age 30 in 1993 In 2015 he was prescribed OxyContin for a snowboarding injury and got hooked He says that the opioid epidemic is caused by doctors over-prescribing strong medicines and failing to follow-up with patients Red Hot Chili Peppers bass guitarist Flea says...
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Flea market pops up around improperly parked Ferrari
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The Extract ^
| 7.11.17
Driving an expensive sports car does not make you immune to parking restrictions, as one driver in England recently found out.
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Centuries-Old Flea Market In France Canceled This Year Over Terrorism Fears
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NPR ^
| August 5, 2016 | CAMILA DOMONOSKE
For centuries, the northern French town of Lille has been home to an autumn flea market — as famous for its party atmosphere as for its wealth of secondhand goods. Last
year, more than 2 million people came to the weekend festival to gulp down oysters, drink all night and haggle over goods. But La Braderie de Lille has been called off this year. After recent terrorist attacks in France, authorities say it is impossible to ensure security, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
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Between a Louse and a Flea
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PJ Media ^
| March 21, 2016 | Roger Kimball
Back in January, I asked: “Why the Sudden Love Among Establishment Republicans for Donald Trump?” “It has," I wrote, “been quite an experience -- half amusing, half alarming -- to behold the sudden transformation of Donald Trump from pariah to desperate hope of the Republican Party.”In the weeks that have followed, more
and more GOP-friendly pundits, functionaries, factota, courtiers, lackeys, lobbyists, consultants, and eminences grises have boarded the Trump Express. They explain, if pressed, that: a) Trump is inevitable and one has to get with the program; and/or b) the only alternative is Hillary Clinton, and you wouldn’t want that,...
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Ikea's Billionaire Founder a Frugal Fan of Flea Markets (All His Clothes)
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Channel News Asia ^
| 09 Mar 2016
Ingvar Kamprad, who turns 90 on Mar 30, has a reputation for penny-pinching, which he claims helped Ikea to become one of the world's top brand names.Frugal billionaire Ingvar Kamprad, founder of the flatpack furniture chain Ikea, buys his clothes at flea markets to save money, he said in a documentary
to be broadcast Wednesday (Mar 9) on Swedish television. Kamprad, who turns 90 on Mar 30, has a reputation for penny-pinching, which he claims helped Ikea to become one of the world's top brand names. "I don't think I'm wearing anything that wasn't bought at a flea market....
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Police Called After Nazi, Confederate Memorabilia Seen At Flea Market (Video)
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Opposing Views ^
| July 13, 2015 | By Tony Tran,
Law enforcement officials in Connecticut were called into a flea market over the weekend after someone called in to report a person selling Confederate and Nazi memorabilia. Despite
the controversy surrounding the nature of the objects, nobody was arrested since no laws were technically broken, WTNH reported (video below). The items were being sold on private property, according to the chief of police. William Moore is the co-owner of Military Specialties Inc. in Newington, Connecticut, which sells authentic objects from Nazi-era Germany, Civil War-era United States, and reproductions. He told WTNH that such items can often be found in Connecticut.
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‘Offended’ flea market shopper calls 911 over Confederate merchandise
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The American Mirror ^
| 7-12-2015 | Kyle Olsen
A shopper perusing the merchandise at the Redwood Country Flea Market was so offended by a vendor selling Confederate and Nazi historical memorabilia, the person actually called 911. Wallingford,
Connecticut police were dispatched to the flea market to investigate. The police chief William Wright tells News 8 “the reason no one was arrested was because the items were being sold on private property” — not to mention no laws were broken. “There was a table set up with this material,” Wright says, according to Journal-Record. “It’s not criminally illegal, but obviously it offended this person. It causes some people a...
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Flea-Market Shopper Calls 911 Over Confederate Goods
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WND ^
| 07/12/2015 | WND
'I was shaking and almost vomiting' Local police received a complaint when a shopper discovered Nazi and Confederate merchandise at a popular flea market last weekend, according to Chief William Wright. An officer responded to the Redwood Flea Market on South Turnpike Road Sunday to investigate the report and found Nazi and
Confederate memorabilia for sale. He told the complainant, who is Jewish, there was nothing police could do because the merchandise was on private property.
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[CT] Wallingford police called after Nazi, Confederate merchandise found at flea market
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WTNH ^
| 7/10/15
Over the weekend, Wallingford police were dispatched after someone called them to say there was a merchant selling Nazi and Confederate memorabilia at flea market, which some had found deeply offensive. The
police chief says no one was arrested because no laws were broken; the items were being sold on private property. It’s not clear if the items that were being sold were authentic, but they’re easy to find in Connecticut. Military Specialties, Inc. in Newington sells a variety of historical military objects, including those produced by the Third Reich and Confederate reproductions. “It’s here and you’re likely to see...
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UPDATE: WV Fire Marshals say Milton Flea Market fire caused by faulty wiring
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WOWKTV ^
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MILTON, WV - UPDATE: Donald Barker spent Friday morning sifting through rubble, trying to salvage what he could after a fire tore through the Milton Flea Market. He and his family have been vendors for years and lost everything in their booth to the blaze. “It's
not as bad as some of the other people, they lost a lot of money,” Barker said. A Milton police officer first spotted the blaze around 8 a.m. Four fire departments responded and were able to contain the fire within an hour. News spread quickly through social media, sparking a frenzy among vendors praying...
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The D.I. with Jack Webb - The Sand Flea Burial Detail
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My favorite scene from the great old Jack Webb movie, The D.I....
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