Oregon panel bans canned hunting on exotic game farms
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to end canned hunting, targeting the Clover Creek Ranch in the Ochoco Mountains as the only local site. Hunters paid to bag exotic species such as Russian boar, Hawaiian black sheep, and Israeli Ibex goats, with bans spreading in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission
Clover Creek
Ochoco Mountains
Texas
FTC settles complaints over laundry balls fraud
The FTC and 11 states reached settlements with Tradenet Marketing Inc. and Top Marketing Business Consulting Inc. over two laundry ball products The Laundry Solution and The SuperGlobe. Tests showed minimal cleaning effect, while marketers claimed they replaced detergent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
U.S. District Court
Tampa
Tradenet Marketing Inc
Top Marketing Business Consulting Inc
Jodie Bernstein
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Gator danger rises as spring awakens Florida lakes
In St. Petersburg a large alligator grabbed a dog near a hospital lake, showing how rising temperatures move gators into residential zones. Florida officials note 248 human attacks since 1948, with nine fatalities, and explain peak activity from late March to June as gators seek food and mates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Huffstock
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
United States
North Carolina
Rio Grande
Texas
Florida
Huffstadt
Jordan
Fort Myers
The
State Commission
St. Petersburg
Fish and Game Commission
Christopher Tucker
Tucker
Pete
Grandpa
Talk show guest killer had history of low mood and violence
Jonathan Schmitz, accused of killing Scott Amedure after a Jenny Jones Show taping in 1995, had longstanding low mood, drinking binges, and prior suicide attempts. Friends described violence toward Kristin Joyce, his girlfriend, and repeated psychiatric concerns. Amedure's family sues Telepictures Warner Bros for 50 million alleging the show drove him to kill. Schmitz, a waiter, faced a retrial after an earlier murder conviction was overturned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Mich
Jonathan Schmitz
Jenny Jones
Scott Amedure
Schmitz
Schimitz
Amedure
Telepictures Inc
Warner Bros
Ed Glavin
Kristin Joyce
Kevin Downey
Apphore Allyn Schmitz
Pontiac, Mich
Congress hears firsthand on North Korea prison camps abuses
Kang Chul-Hwan and Lee Soon-ok testified before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, recounting ten years in a North Korean camp and months of torture. They described torture, family punishment, and abusive state coercion tied to bloodlines and supposed crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasiington
Kang Chul-Hwan
North Korea
Lee Soon-ok
Kang
Lee
Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee
Craig Thomas
R-Wyo
South Korea
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Drvis
Oregon Wildlife Panel
Seattle
Safeco Field
Charles Hasse
National Education Assn
Olympia
New Jersey
Newton
Thomas Koskovich
Jeremy Giordano
Koskovich
Jayson Vree
Jimmy Jordan
AP Prats
Siesta Bay
Fla
Frank Bartram
Slayer
Ms. Joyce
Zoloft
Joyce
Twasi
Jennifer Yeakum
Congress
N. Korea
Hamill
M-S
Thomasville
Arling
Mon
Thurs
Eri
Sal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!