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A Hebridean island which spent £600,000 ridding itself of rats has now become over-run with rabbits. The last rat was seen on the tiny island of Canna four years ago after specialist pest controllers were brought in from more than 11,000 miles away to deal with the problem. But now islanders are complaining that the rodent's disappearance has led to thousands of rabbits invading the island because there are no rats to keep their numbers down. The problem is so bad that locals say historic monuments are being "devastated" by the rabbits and they are devouring the self-sufficient islanders' gardens...

Yellowstone Supervolcano Making Strange Rumblings Steam rises from hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, in a 2002 file photo. Supervolcanoes can sleep for centuries or millennia before producing incredibly massive eruptions that can drop ash across an entire continent. One of the largest supervolcanoes in the world lies beneath Yellowstone National Park, which spans parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.

A Colossal Leap of Faith In Fight Against Famine North Koreans See Potential in German Breeder's Giants By Craig Whitlock Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, February 2, 2007; A10 EBERSWALDE, Germany -- Few people raise bigger bunny rabbits than Karl Szmolinsky, who has been producing long-eared whoppers since 1964. His favorite breed, German gray giants, are the size of a full-grown beagle and so fat they can barely hop. Last year, after the retired chauffeur entered some of his monsters in an agricultural fair, word of his breeding skills spread to the North Korean Embassy in Berlin. Diplomats looked past...

Back in the 70's or earlier even,there was always a way for the adults to unwind a little while sittng back a moment or so with the kids and watch the "Wabbit" of choice on the Sat. morning cartoons. Now a days with the more ungly the more mouthy the better-cartoons have become a more groose picture then funny.The laugh is somewhere out in left field now along wth the lost Bugs Bunny, Tweety ,FogHorn Leghorn and good old Slyvester the cat! Hay Elmer Fud ,"Where's the Wabbit"? Are videos out yet? Anyone know and the not soooo old ones...

"We should work diplomatically and aggressively to give them reasons why they [the Iranians] don't need to build a bomb, to give them incentives. . . . I'd like to use carrots as well as sticks to see if we can change the nature of the debate. --Ned Lamont, April 25, 2006 Ned Lamont's victory over Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut primary was a triumph for the European wing of the Democratic party. So it's fitting that Lamont is pro-carrot. It was impossible to go to Europe during Bush's first term without getting a lecture about the utility of carrots,...

Man With Loaded Rifle Arrested In One Penn Plaza JANUARY 01ST, 2005 Police Friday arrested a man armed with a rifle inside a building a few blocks south of Times Square. The incident happened around 6:30 last night at One Penn Plaza, across the street from Penn Station. Police answering a 911 call about a man with a gun inside the plaza say they found him on the 12th floor. According to the officers who made the arrest, the man had a loaded, bolt-action military rifle. Investigators say the man worked in the building, and gave up without a struggle.

Thu Sep 30, 1:46 PM ET Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (news - web sites) gives a thumbs up as he gets into his vehicle in Bal Harbour, Florida September 30, 2004 to go to do a technical walk through of the site of his first debate with U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) at the University of Miami in Coral Gables. REUTERS/Brian Snyder US ELECTION

Hi The past few days I have been having pretty severe abdominal pains on my upper right side, right near my ribcage. The pain worsens after meals. I have a feeling it is my gallbladder but i am not positve. Does this sound like it is? also can anyone share there experience with me? Thank You kathy