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LAKE WORTH-- You can barely hear it's meow and that's understandable. A 4-week-old dark brown kitten and his white and silver-haired litter mate are downright tired after struggling to stay alive. "They found them all bound up and they were near death," says Inga Hanley of Adopt A Cat Foundation. A couple found the kittens on a boat in a Lake Worth storage yard Sunday. The kittens were tied together with fishing line, their little front paws so tightly wound, they are now 3 times the size they are supposed to be. "We still don't know if their front...

Ize don't noze teh whyze, but dis me touchdez. Kthxbai! Dis is found in teh Book of Matthew 6 an in teh Book of Luke 11, srsly. Dis beez teh Ceiling Cat Prayer. Teh Ceiling Cat of us, whu haz cheezeburger, yu be spechul Yu ordered cheezburgerz, Wut yu want, yu gets, srsly. In ceiling and on teh flor. Giv us dis day our dalee cheezburger. And furgiv us for makin yu a cookie, but eateding it. And we furgiv kittehs who be steelin our bukkits. An do not let us leed into teh showa, but deliver us from teh...

I have a wee tiny suggestion for Free Republic. Is it at all possible to have a ZOT category, just as for General chat, or smokey back room? It would be genuinely nice to have a place where the shame of so many trolls could be put on public display! Thanks Mods!

Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered to read, "Zombies Ahead." Chris Lippincott, director of media relations for the Texas Department of Transportation, confirmed that a portable traffic sign at Lamar Boulevard and West 15th Street, near the University of Texas at Austin, was hacked into during the early hours of Jan. 19. "It was clever, kind of cute, but not what it was intended for," said Lippincott, who saw the sign during his morning commute. "Those signs are deployed for a reason —...

FELINE LAWS OF PHYSICSCats have their own rules of physics. Here are some of them.Newton's First Law of Cat Inertia A cat at rest will tend to remain at rest, unless acted upon by some outside force - such as the opening of a can or the sight of a prey. Newton's First Law of Cat Motion A cat will move in a straight line, unless there is a really good reason to change direction. Newton's Law of Feline Acceleration A cat continues to accelerate at a constant speed until he needs to stop. Newton's First Law of Pill Rejection...