Ringling Bros Circus Faces Animal Welfare Scrutiny and Shifting Shows
Feld Entertainment owners Nicole and Alana Feld balance tradition and innovation as Ringling Bros adapts after removing lions and tigers and three rings. The company, drawing over 10 million yearly, faces animal-rights pressure and a $270000 USDA fine for welfare violations amid extensive regulatory inspections.
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Nicole Feld
Vienna
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Ringling
Animal Welfare Act
Mount Zion treasurer plans church growth and education wing
Elvira, 57, Mont Zion Missionary Baptist Church treasurer on West River, oversees contributions and spending with a four-person staff. The 92nd anniversary is April 15 and plans include an education wing, parking lot, and kitchen. She also works as a transit accounting supervisor and cherishes family and reading.
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Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
West River
Mount Zion
Marcettes Cunningham
Mount Zion Baptist Church
RTA - Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Lawana Simmons
Macedonia
Dujuan
Hunger Games tops box office for third straight weekend
The Hunger Games grossed 33.5 million to lead the domestic box office, raising its total to 302.8 million. American Reunion and Titanic in 3-D opened solidly, while Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror rounded out the top ten.
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Los Angeles
Lionsgate
Universal
Paramount
20Th Century Fox
James Cameron
Mirror Mirror
Cabin in the Woods mocks horror tropes in campy spoof
Orlando stars Fran Kranz and Kristen Connolly discuss The Cabin in the Woods a horror comedy that lampoons standard conventions such as split ups and escalating deaths. Writers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard aim to shift horror away from torture porn while delivering self aware scares.
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Fran Kranz
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Connolly
Kranz
Joss Whedon
Drew Goddard
Cloverfield
Whedon
Anna Hutchison
Chris Hemsworth
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David Germain
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Dr. Seuss
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