Planned wild horse roundup faces fierce opposition
Sparks Nevada AP reports a government plan to move up to 25 000 wild horses and burros from federal lands to Midwest and East pastures. Critics led by In Defense of Animals call the move inhumane and unnecessary amid drought and surplus estimates.
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Ed Harris
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Reno
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Nevada
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Nev
Thieves Tunnel To Million-Dollar Brazil Car-Company Heist
Brazilian authorities say thieves tunneled from a rented house to an armored car company's safe and fled with about 5.9 million dollars over the weekend. The tunnel reached 110 yards underground from the safe to the house where occupants had lived for four months. Some security cameras were off during the theft amid soccer finals shutdown.
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Sao Paulo
Ities
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Virgin Galactic reveals SpaceShipTwo in Mojave for suborbital flights
The six passenger capsule, carried by a jet to launch, debuts as the first commercial spaceship. Virgin Galactic aims to sell 200000 dollar tickets for 2 1/2 hour suborbital rides with about five minutes of weightlessness, targeting 2011 flights from New Mexico.
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Calif
Virgin Galactic
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Richard Branson
Burt Rutan
New Mexico
Branson
Rutan
Mojave Desert
California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Prisoner captured after weeklong Texas manhunt
Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr., a 49 year old convicted sex offender who escaped during a prison transfer, was captured in northeast Houston after tips from the public. He fled from guards after stealing weapons and a uniform, was barefoot and wet, and was found in a heavily wooded area near businesses and a charter school.
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Joseph Comeaux Jr
Alfredo Perez
U.S. Marshals Service
Comeaux
Huntsville
Beaumont
Baytown
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