Alta Utah Dog License Lottery Sparks Townwide Hype
In Alta Utah residents anxiously await January dog license renewals tied to a fixed annual limit under an ordinance that restricts licenses to 42 for the town of 370. Residents scramble over departed pets, seek compassionate licenses from Mayor Pollard, and face fines or jail for violations while property owners and seasonal workers vie for remaining licenses.
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Alta
Utah
Tom Pollard
Stephan Otte
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Bill Levitt
Mimi
Levitts
Levitt
Tom Bolen
Bolen
Crashy helicopter carries guards and agents near border
A California National Guard helicopter carrying five Border Patrol agents and four Guardsmen crashed in Otay Mountain area near the U S Mexican border. All nine on board survived with neck and back injuries. responders treated five at hospitals. Authorities cited no confirmed cause yet and noted lines down near the site. The flight was part of Operation Jumpstart assisting border enforcement.
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San Diego
California National Guard
Border Patrol
U.s-Mexico
Dave Baldwin
Jan Caldwell
San Diego County
Sheriff's Department
National Guard
Brennan Blue
California Department of Forestry
National Weather Service
mid-Thesday
Mike Morgan
Bush
U.s.-Mexico
Parkinsons drugs may raise heart valve risk says studies
Italian researchers found about 25 percent of Parkinsons patients on pergolide or cabergoline had moderate to severe valve problems. A German study reported users of these drugs were five to seven times more likely to have leaky valves than those on other Parkinsons meds. The findings, in the New England Journal of Medicine, prompt reevaluation of these drugs as doctors weigh alternatives for treatment.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Bryan Roth
C. Warren Olanow
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York
Renzo Zanettini
Instituti Clinico di Perfezionamento
Milan
Fewer Migrants Stopped at Sea in 2006 Says Coast Guard
The Coast Guard reported a 40 percent drop in migrants stopped at sea in 2006 from 10 279 in 2005, with 6 061 detained offshore South Carolina Florida and the Caribbean. Haitians fell 60 percent to 769, Dominicans 50 percent to 2 203, and Cubans detained on land rose modestly. Officials cited weather patrols and political shifts in home countries as factors.
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Miami
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
South Carolina
Florida
Caribbean
Cuba
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Marleine Bastien
Rene Preval
Bastien
U.S
Border Patrol
South Florida
Miami Border Patrol
Victor Colon
Wilfredo Allen
Fidel Castro
Allen
South
Ports workers face up to $159 fee for Homeland Security card
Truck drivers longshoremen and mariners would pay up to 159 for a new Transportation Worker Identity Credential to access US ports. The fee draws opposition from drivers groups noting jobs may be quit. TSA and Coast Guard plan test readers and rollouts with random checks before full implementation.
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Washington
Homeland Security Department
Coast Guard and Transportation Security Administration
TSA
Kip Hawley
Coast Guard
Todd Spencer
Independent Drivers Association
Grain Valley
Spencer
Congress
Transportation Workers
Steve Stallone
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Associated Press
University OF North Carolina AT Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina At
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Homeland Security
Transportation Security Administration
Hawley
Kevin Hayes
Long Beach Container Terminal, Inc
Port of
Los Angeles
Long Beach
PPAR
Lawton
Anadarko
Durban
Madill
Ardmore
Sibel Netjaeart
Milo Gordon
Cache Rd
MiloGordon.com
United Way
Raza
PHONS
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Lady
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Ana
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Pillow
Rochester
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