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NEW YORK -- A restaurant-goer says she was struck by the decor at a Manhattan restaurant -- but not in a visual way. Raina Kumra says in a negligence lawsuit filed last week that a stuffed moose head plummeted off a wall and onto her head at the Scandinavian-themed White Slab Palace on Oct. 4. She says she suffered a concussion and other injuries after being hit by the 150-pound moose head, adorned with 3-foot-wide antlers.

Leominster, Mass. -- A 500-pound moose crashed through the windshield of a car late Thursday and ended up sitting in the passenger seat with its head sticking through the glass. Emergency personnel had to cut the roof off the car to extricate the moose, which was later euthanized by state environmental police because of severe injuries,

To the editor: Proponents of a moose hunting bill that died in the House last week ("Beacon Hill Roll Call: Moose Hunting (H 4986)") claim that it is necessary for stabilizing the population and preventing car-moose collisions. However, research in other states has shown that a moose hunt will not stop the moose population from growing nor significantly reduce the number of moose/car collisions. The state of Maine, which celebrates its large moose population, has two hunting seasons for moose, yet the population continues to grow. Public officials in Maine have studied a myriad ways to reduce the incidence of...

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