PETA Protests CBS Survivor Over Rat Treatment
PETA demonstrators, including a person in a giant rat suit, protested outside CBS offices against Survivor for risking rats on Pulau Tiga. They criticized the episode showing rats trapped, eaten, and fish spearing, urging viewers to empathize with animals. CBS said contestants were instructed not to harm native species.
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PETA Protest Targets CBS Over Animal Cruelty Claims
PETA members across the country urged a protest against CBS describing its promotion of hunting as archaic and barbaric. CBS spokeswoman said activists could have shown humane food alternatives, urging people to consider rats as sentient as pets.
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Misprinted Washington dollar could lift Ark. man from bankruptcy
Frank Wallis, fresh from personal bankruptcy, found a misprinted gold Sacagawea dollar bearing George Washington on the front and Sacagawea on the back. The double denomination error, possibly unique, could fetch up to 100000 at an August auction in Philadelphia. Wallis, Baxter Bulletin business editor, had pending debts and a 1993 hospital stay.
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Pride Becomes First Black Member In Country Music Hall of Fame
Nashville announces Charley Pride, born in Sledge Mississippi, is the first black inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He rose with RCA after 1965 and hit singles including Just Between You and Me. Faron Young, from Shreveport Louisiana, also inducted.
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