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Late Monday night, the woman was startled when she woke up staring at a kinkajou, which is a cross between a raccoon and monkey. The woman, who has not been named in reports, screamed in panic and the animal scurried away into the attic, according to a Cathy Moghari, a family friend who helped rescue the animal. Moghari came over to the house to try to catch the feisty 2-foot-long creature, which she recognized as a kinkajou because of her experience with exotic animals, according to CNN affilaite WPLG. "I start thinking, 'How are we going to get this animal...

FORT WORTH, Texas - A missing kinkajou suffering from frostbite to one paw has been reunited with its owner in Texas, sheriff's officials said. A kinkajou is a small mammal related to the raccoon, and it is normally found in Central and South America, but this animal belonged to a little girl, said the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram. The animal turned up in a Johnson County home after escaping from its owner, and apparently ran into another house to get out of the cold. "At first they thought he might lose his foot to frostbite," said Detective Steve Shaw of...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paris Hilton got no love this week from her pet kinkajou Baby Luv - in fact, the racoon-like animal bit her. The heiress was not badly hurt but did visit a hospital emergency room to receive a tetanus shot, her publicist, Elliot Mintz, told The Associated Press on Friday. Hilton was frolicking with her exotic pet early Tuesday morning "the way some people play with their cats and dogs" when the animal became excited, Mintz said. "Baby Luv bit her. It's a superficial bite on her left arm," he said. Hilton, concerned that she was bleeding,...

Excuse me for infiltrating your kingdom, but I need to vent. I just had to pay $2.41 a gallon for gas and I can't afford this. I blame Bush and his illegal wars for this travesty. And since you are part of the remaining 40% of dummies who still support that assclown, I blame you, too. I hope so much the Democrats take back Congress in 2006 so this nazi will be impeached and tossed in the clink. How you idiots can't see this man is pure evil, I don't know. Hopefully, both he and KKKarl Rove will be in...