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Victory and tragedy at the Derby [UPDATED]Saturday, May 03, 2008
The favorite to win the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby, Big Brown, made it first to the finish line. But the cheers of the crowd were cut short when the filly Eight Belles, who finished second, was euthanized on the track minutes after the race with a fatal injury. Update 2: From AOL Sports: Eight Belles, the only filly in this year's Kentucky Derby, collapsed to the ground after finishing second in the race, having suffered compound fractures in both front ankles. She was put down immediately, NBC reported on the live broadcast. Update 3: From Gina Spadafori at Pet Connection: I think that would have been better, in a sick way, if there’d been no horse to blanket with roses. There’d have been no ignoring the on-track tragedy by NBC, which did its very best to keep from showing what was happening on the track after the race. If there’d been no happy celebration to show, the network couldn’t have kept trying to distract viewers from the truth. (A truth that could be read on the face of Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, an NBC commentator who tried his best to play the party line, refusing to speculate on what he as someone who’d ridden in thousands of races knew had happened and would happen to Eight Belles.) A soldier's dogsFriday, Apr 18, 2008
The father of a deployed soldier who is taking care of his son's dogs has been ordered by Cumberland County authorities to give away two of the animals. The story was reported in the local media and got picked up nationally that night. As a result, Cumberland County got flooded with emails and phone calls protesting the action. At a hearing yesterday, the county sidestepped the issue, deciding it needed more "time" to consider the matter. From the local NBC affiliate: Henry Carroll went face-to-face with Cumberland County and the county blinked. Most limit laws are just that inflexible and useless. No one thinks someone should be able to have a house full of noisy, loose-roaming animals that create a public health problem and make neighbors' lives hell, but the truth is, all those things are already against the law. Limit laws should only be in place where they're really needed, and not used as a substitute for basic, enforceable, useful nuisance laws. And they definitely shouldn't be wielded against a soldier's father trying to keep a promise to his son. So that time you need, Cumberland County? Be sure to take at least until December. The dogs of Ontario need your helpSunday, Apr 13, 2008
Ontario. Don't let it happen. Get more information and find out how you can help here.
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