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Public domain map showing area of the two bear attacks. On February 15, 2026, a Slovenian father and son used a handgun or handguns to defend against an attacking European brown bear, ursus arctos. From bernama.com:Environment state secretary Filip Kuffa said the father and son had been inspecting timber in a mountain forest with a hunting dog when the bear attacked unexpectedly.According to Mr Kuffa, the father fired several shots from his pistol in self-defence, but the bear knocked him to the ground and bit him repeatedly.His son then shot and killed the animal with a handgun.The incident has been...

What's happening to all the bobwhite quail Arkansas used to have? It's a question that has stumped many a sportsman, bird-watcher and environmentalist in the Natural State, not to mention a mere newspaper columnist like me. But the other day I was informed I've been using the wrong term for the bird. And that the bobwhite quail, contrary to my innocent editorial assumption and the common Arkansas vernacular, is not a bobwhite quail at all. Yes, the bobwhite quail may look like a quail, sound like a quail, even be a quail, but it is not a bobwhite quail...

For 34 Years Lake Superior State University in Michigan has compiled a list of Useless, Over-used, and Misused Buzzwords that should be banned from the "Queen's English." Over 5,000 nominees were entered, and this year's list is a doozy (see below). Due to the global warming craze, this years list contains many "green" terms (such as carbon footprint) but also some from the political campaign and the recent economic nightmare. Below is their list, do you agree? What words do you thing should be banned from the Queen's (Brooklyn and Long Island too) English. Read the winning losing words below...