Beulah couple murdered in calculated home invasion
Florida Pensacola area investigators report a chilling break in at Byrd and Melanie Billings home. Three suspects were arrested with more possible as many as eight may be involved, and the crime prompted ties to the Capote In Cold Blood book. The Billings family, with 16 children including 12 adopted, kept a wide surveillance system in a nine bedroom house.
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Kansas
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Beulah
Alabama
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Melanie
Bailey
Florida Panhandle
Boston zoos seek state funds after euthanasia scare
Boston lawmakers moved to restore 4 million in state funding for Zoo New England's Franklin Park and Stone Zoos after operators warned animals might be euthanized without aid. Gov Patrick rejected the scare, pledging no animals would be killed, while House Speaker DeLeo backed restoring funds and urged a quick fix. John Linehan, Zoo New England CEO, said the group is working with the legislature toward a positive outcome.
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New York
Robert DeLeo
DeLeo
John Linehan
Linehan
Alabama doctor tapped for surgeon general role
President Obama nominated Reginala Benjamin a Bayou La Batre Alabama family physician and clinic founder to be surgeon general. A trailblazer she was the first black woman and youngest AMA board member in 1995 and earned a MacArthur genius grant in 2008 for serving Gulf Coast patients regardless of ability to pay. Benjamin built and rebuilt a rural clinic amid hurricanes and fire, mortgage and credit tolls, while stressing rural primary care and affordable care. If confirmed she would lead national public health messaging for four years.
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America
Orangutan Escapes briefly at Perth Zoo by Rope Swing
Perth Zoo officials report Pulang the orangutan used a rope to bolt free and swing into the visitor area for a short time on Saturday. Keepers coaxed her back minutes later and the CEO says security is under review. An Adelaide zoo earlier evacuated visitors after an orangutan escaped by climbing its enclosure fence.
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Western Australia
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Australia
Fairfax News
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Adelaide
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