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The South Delhi Police on Tuesday claimed to have seized a zebra skin stolen from the house of a Mumbai-based businessman with the arrest of 31-year-old man. "The animal skin that was made into a trophy measuring 3 meters in length and two meters in width and is suspected to have been brought to India from abroad," said HGS Dhaliwal, deputy commissioner of Police (South). The accused have been identified as Deepak Yadav. He was apprehended on a tip-off from Jor Bagh area, where he was coming to hand it over to another businessman. Yadav told police that he had...

By newsdesk@thestar.com.my POOR sanitation, waste management and damaged drains are causing a rodent population explosion in the Klang Valley and the problem is becoming serious. It was reported last month that there are about 4.4 million rats in Kuala Lumpur alone — that is two rats for each Kuala Lumpur dweller. Malaysia Pest Control Association president Ang Tan Loong said the rat population had multiplied tremendously over the years caused by poor sanitation and waste management. Proud lot: Some children showing a rat they caught during a clean-up campaign held in Pandan Jaya recently. “We estimate that the population has...

Alert out as spate of goat robberies plague farm in CanadaMore than 50 goats have been stolen from farms in the Chilliwack-Agassiz area over the past couple of months after a wave of rustling incidents. The latest involved the theft of seven pregnant goats from a Chilliwack farm. Six of the animals, valued at $500 to $800 each, were later recovered alive at a Langley farm. No charges have been laid, according to Cst. Tracy Wolbeck of the Chilliwack RCMP. An investigation is ongoing. Susan Barker, who has about 450 goats at her Meadow Croft Goat Dairy, has had 18...

For families that lost loved ones, holidays bring pain, but also honorThis Thanksgiving, Xiomare Mansilla and husband Martin will be with their daughter Jessica. Their spirits united in a world no parents should ever know. Jessica, an army soldier, was killed in Mosul, Iraq when a mortar round came in to her base camp. "People like my daughter saw a need for this country and they filled it," said Martin Mansilla. "She was the center of our lives." For the families that lost loved ones, the holidays are a time that brings pain, but also honor. "Those that lost loved...

God Bless America! "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." -Psalm 90:12 "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven , A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away stones,...

Hey, fellow Freepers. I just wanted to extend my prayers for a blessed and safe Thanksgiving Day to all of you, your families, and especially to our nation's finest men and women in the Armed Forces far from home, defending us so we can celebrate in safety. I know that not all among us celebrate this day in its original Christian context. But I hope such among you will not mind my saying how blessed I feel to be counted among you here. I am thankful for you. We still have much to do. Fill up, and mount up. Love...

The Zappa Family trust just released a 3cd recording of a live 1978 concert. GREAT stuff.

For the last couple of months, I thought my elder kitty was just going senile. She turned 19 this summer and has the usual "old cat" look....frail back and hind legs, loss of muscle and weight and just looks "old". She also started tinkling and pooping outside her liter box and seemed obsessed with her water bowl (hovering over it for hours). She has hip dysplasia and "old cat back", which cortisone shots took care of 2-3 years ago, then they stopped working. I found Syn-Flex for pets online and she made a miraculous recovery. The vets did all kinds...

I give thanksgiving today for the great country that we live in. I give thanksgiving that this nightmare of our current administration will be over in two years. I give thanks to having a loving and caring family. I give thanks to all the military that makes this possible to type these words. I thank God that we live in a country that can worship freely and have a constitution that gives us the rights given by GOD to live life as free men. And I know I misses a lot but I give thanksgiving for this site called FreeRepublic...

It's just not Thanksgiving without Alice's Restaurant.

In September, Kanye West apologized to Taylor Swift via Twitter.. "She had nothing to do with my issues with award shows," the "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" artist wrote. "She deserves the apology more than anyone.". West uttered a retraction of sorts Wednesday during a 1 a.m. performance at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. He stopped the concert for 10-minutes to rant about the media's scrutiny of his career.. West said he does not regret interrupting Swift's first Video Music Award win speech to champion Beyonce instead.. "When you do things like what happened last year, it's disrespectful to...

Nocturnal pleas for help were ignored by neighbours, police sayFrench firefighters freed a 69-year-old woman who spent three weeks trapped in her bathroom and whose nocturnal pleas for help - by tapping on pipes - were ignored by neighbours, police said. The woman emerged in a "very weakened" state when rescue workers, alerted by neighbours worried because they had not seen her for some time, broke into her home Friday in the Paris suburb of Epinay-sous-Senart to extricate her. She had got stuck after the bathroom door lock broke. The woman, who is recuperating in hospital, survived by drinking warm...

For the sixth time in five months, there's been gunfire during a South Knox County home robbery. The latest incident, Monday night, involved a woman shooting and killing a man with a lengthy criminal history during a home invasion robbery after the intruder had struggled with and shot her husband, authorities said Tuesday. A second interloper escaped, apparently uninjured, and was being sought by police.

God bless America, if not for ourselves then for our fathers. If this generation is less worthy of His blessing, may He remember the generations that came before us, going back to Plymouth and Jamestown. God make us worthy of your blessings. When we live up to our national motto – In God we trust – then will we truly deserve to be blessed.

An argument over candy turned violent after a convenience store owner shot a customer who he thought was trying to rob him. Tamer Hanna was charged with attempted murder for shooting Marquice Williams in the head after the two got into a fight Tuesday in West Palm Beach, WPTV reports. The shooting is the second violent incident in the past seven days involving a South Florida store clerk and a customer. Last week, a Miami store owner beat a man to death with a crowbar after they got into an argument over seven cents. Hanna thought Williams was trying to...

Why not Palin? .

Gun rights advocates are unhappy with President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Obama announced on Nov. 15 his intent to nominate Andrew Traver, presently the special agent in charge of the ATF's Chicago office, to be the director of the agency. Both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) criticized the president’s selection. According to the NRA, "Traver has been deeply aligned with gun control advocates and anti-gun activities. This makes him the wrong choice to lead an enforcement agency...

I have some very sad news out of Duluth , Minnesota this morning to share with everyone. This will bring about change in North & South Dakota,Minnesota , Wisconsin , Iowa and parts of Canada . This will bring far reaching ramifications that will strike at the very core of our Midwest Heritage and Souls. I must report the tragic news that OLE was SHOT . He was up by the Canadian border on his 4 Wheeler cutting some trees when some rangers looking for Terrorists spotted him. According to the news reports, the Rangers shouted to him over a...

losing can sometimes be the best prize. Bristol Palin was a good loser, leaving Dancing with the Stars as a gracious lady. I hope she remembers the pride she felt when she reached so far out of her comfort zone and did so well. I hope that she doesn't turn into another media blitzed wild child.

For all you travelers .. Found this neat site where you put in the start and ending addresses and you get an animated street view map of your destination route. You can get the standard directions, without the movie if you prefer. I didn't see anywhere to put the state or zip code so I just put the zip in where I put the addresses and it worked.