Lawsuit to Save Bear Stuck at Pennsylvania Ice Cream Shop
Ricky the bear has endured 18 years in an undersized chain-link and concrete
cage with very little enrichment and poor overall care. Watch Ricky's
video:
Bears require large, environmentally complex
spaces in which to engage in their typical movements, such as bathing,
exploring, climbing, and denning. Yet Ricky is confined to a small chain-link
and concrete pen without enrichment or protection from the weather. And she has
been in these conditions despite public complaints.
ALDF filed the
lawsuit on behalf of concerned Pennsylvania residents against Jim Mack’s Ice
Cream for displaying Ricky in inhumane and dangerous conditions. The lawsuit
argues that the conditions of Ricky’s confinement also pose a threat to public
safety at the
Lincoln Highway-based store.
ALDF's pledge has
reached
over 12,000 signatures, a Care2 petition has
reached
over 100,000 signatures, and celebrity
Ricky
Gervais recently took up her cause on social media.
N.Y.
Post Says Twitter Feed 'has Been Hacked' Following Erratic Tweets
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N.Y. Post Says Twitter Feed 'has Been Hacked' Following Erratic
Tweets
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The
New York Post said some of its Twitter accounts were hacked on Friday, in the
wake of a series of inaccurate posts on the social network relating to the
Federal Reserve, Bank of America and U.S. military engagement with
China.
Similarly peculiar messages appeared on a Twitter account controlled
by United Press International.
"Some New York Post Twitter accounts were
briefly hacked and the matter is being investigated," the Post said in a
statement issued through a public relations firm.
A message appeared for a
short time on the Post's "@NYPostBiz" account, which focuses on business news,
reading: "Our Twitter feed has been hacked." The message was deleted soon after,
and its authorship was unclear.
The message on the UPI account included one
saying that Pope Francis had announced the start of " World War III."
Those
messages remained on the "@UPI" Twitter feed early on Friday afternoon.
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Espn
First Take, Friday 16th January 2014 |
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Espn First Take, Friday 16th January 2014
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Skip
Bayless and Stephen A. Smith break down the Cavs' drama, pick this weekend's
conference championship matchups, and wonder if Cardale Jones should have gone
pro.
1:20 Green Bay Packers vs Seattle Seahawks ?
8:02 Indianapolis
Colts vs New England
18:50 Are you buying what David Blatt said ?
30:45 Is
Kobe Bryant changing the way he plays ?
39:45 Should Cardale Jones have gone
pro ?
46:50 Jerry Jones named executive of the year, did he deserve it
?
53:07 Austin Rivers to join Doc Rivers in Los Angeles
1:01:10 Green Bay
Packers vs Seattle Seahawks ?
1:13:35 Indianapolis Colts vs New England
?
1:23:46 John Fox to be the next head coach for Chicago Bears
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"Man
Has Slapped Nature in the Face": Pope Francis Urges Climate Action in
Philippines Visit |
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"Man Has Slapped Nature in the Face": Pope Francis Urges Climate
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http://democracynow.org
- Just weeks after Pope Francis announced he would urge 1.2 billion Catholics
worldwide to take action on climate change, he is visiting the Philippines and
meeting with survivors of several typhoons that devastated the country. The
Philippines is Asia's largest Catholic nation, and 80 percent of its 100 million
residents are Catholic. On Saturday, the pope heads to Tacloban to have lunch
with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan -- known as "Typhoon Yolanda" in the
Philippines. We go to Manila to speak with Naderev "Yeb" Saño, the country's
climate change commissioner. Until recently he was the country's lead climate
negotiator at the United Nations climate conferences, where he drew links
between climate change and the deadly typhoons the country has faced. He is
leading a group of eco-volunteer bikers for the papal convoy -- they are
monitoring the papal route's cleanliness and ensuring the implementation of the
church's zero-waste policy.
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As
Nigerian Massacre Evidence Grows, Questions Swirl over Collusion Between Boko
Haram & Military |
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As Nigerian Massacre Evidence Grows, Questions Swirl over
Collusion...
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http://democracynow.org
- Satellite images and witness accounts have emerged of what Amnesty
International calls the "catastrophic destruction" from a massacre in northern
Nigeria. Hundreds are feared dead after Boko Haram militants attacked Baga and
surrounding areas earlier this month. Before and after images taken of two
adjacent towns show thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed. The Nigerian
military has claimed a toll as low as 150, but it could be as high as 2,000.
Boko Haram is also suspected in a pair of suicide attacks over the weekend where
explosives were strapped to young girls. It was nine months ago that the hashtag
#BringOurGirlsHome drew the world's attention to the group's abduction of some
270 schoolgirls, most of whom remain unaccounted for. We host a roundtable
discussion on the latest developments and the rise of Boko Haram with three
guests: Adotei Akwei, managing director of government relations for Amnesty
International USA;
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Faster
than a speeding Bullet Meet the World's first 1,000 mph CAR
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Faster than a speeding Bullet Meet the World's first 1,000 mph
CAR
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Faster
than a speeding bullet Meet the world's first 1,000 mph car
What has a jet
engine, a rocket booster and travels on a set of aluminum wheels? It's the
Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) and it has plans to hit the world land speed
record at 1,000 mph.
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Joel
Klein on the NYC School System: America's "Most Complex Bureaucracy"
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Joel Klein on the NYC School System: America's "Most Complex
Bureau...
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"If
[Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña] don't hold
schools accountable for their performance, they're going to pay a big price,"
Joel Klein told Reason magazine Managing Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward during a
recent interview at the National Summit on Education Reform in Washington,
D.C.
The former schools chancellor, who has a new memoir out about his
eight years in charge of "the most complex bureaucracy in America," issued his
warning in response to a question about a new plan by de Blasio and Fariña to
spend $150 million in an attempt to turn around 94 struggling
schools.
Klein took a different approach during his tenure: He closed
dozens of schools.
"We felt that sending kids to perpetual failure
factories hoping and wishing for change is not a winning strategy," said
Klein.
About 5 minutes.
Shot by Todd Krainin and Joshua Swain.
Produced and edited by Jim Epstein.
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Pope
Francis Plea for Climate Action Revives Concept of "The Commons" to Rethink
Economy & Society |
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Pope Francis Plea for Climate Action Revives Concept of "The
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http://democracynow.org
- We continue our coverage of Pope Francis's visit to the Philippines, the
country most impacted by global warming, ahead of his plans to issue the
first-ever comprehensive Vatican teachings on climate change. The pope recently
said the warming planet is "frequently exploited by human greed and rapacity."
We are joined by Nathan Schneider, a columnist at America magazine, a national
Catholic weekly magazine published by the Jesuits, where he has been covering
Catholic engagement with climate change. "This is a different way of thinking
about economics that is a part of Catholic tradition," Schneider says. "Pope
Francis talking about the environment, about creation, is not an innovation; it
is a response to a contemporary crisis. But it goes way back, to the scriptures,
to Genesis." Schneider's recent article is "A Global Catholic Climate Movement,
None Too Soon." He is also an editor at Waging Nonviolence and the author of
"Thank You, Anarchy:
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