Mo. woman says monkey a 'service animal'
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A southwest Missouri woman has asked the Springfield-Greene County Health Department to allow her to take her pet monkey into local restaurants as a service animal.
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By Keri Holt, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--Wildlife artist Janetta Gee of Fort Walton Beach sees her work as more than portraits of wildlife.
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The pastor at Anchorage First Free Methodist Church was mystified. Why was the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals chastising him? No animals are harmed in the church's holiday nativity display. In fact, animals aren't used at all.
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A souped-up version of a naturally  occurring immune system protein can protect female monkeys from  the AIDS virus, scientists reported on Thursday in a finding  they say may lead to a new way to prevent infection in people.
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Looks like someone's been makin' Wookiee. Resembling nothing so much as Chewbacca's children, two of the world's smallest monkeys recently debuted at a Swedish zoo.
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"Macaca" you are number one. The word "macaca," used by outgoing Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia to describe a Democratic activist of Indian descent who was trailing his campaign, was named the most politically incorrect word of the year on Friday by Global Language Monitor, a nonprofit group that studies word usage.
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A COUNCIL tenant claimed yesterday she was in danger of being evicted because of a foul-mouthed parrot called Sparky.   Paula Bedford said the parrot, which actually belongs to her lodger, is fond of phrases like "show us your knickers" as well as expletives.
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Martha Stewart lobbied, in a Christmas message posted on her Web site yesterday, for criminal sentencing reform and complained about the &quot;bad food&quot; at the West Virginia prison, where she
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CLARKSDALE, Miss. - When Dorothy Marie goes for a stroll, a few blocks can take a toll. Dorothy Marie is a 300-pound potbellied pig. On Christmas Eve, the Betty Streett family left their pet pig at home while they went away for the holiday.
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Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey, a stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creature they have named the Macaca munzala, or Arunachal macaque.
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A wildlife park is widening its collection of animals to include Japanese macaques.
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By Kris Wernowsky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Sep. 17--A shaky camera captures a man in a gorilla costume wearing a shirt that says, "Don't Monkey With Social Security." U.S. Sen.
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A 26-year-old woman is seriously injured when she is attacked by a dog, thought to be a rottweiler.
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A volunteer at the Eagle River Nature Center is recovering after being bitten by a brown bear sow. Alaska Department of Fish and Game officials say Sarah Wallmer was bitten on the buttocks on the Crow Pass Trail, about a mile from the nature center.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - A Cape Girardeau woman reportedly infected with the Hepatitis C virus faces felony charges for biting a police officer's finger.  Lillie Dry, 39, was charged with first-degree felony assault of a law enforcement officer.
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By Sara Semelka, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 17--Joe Neis isn't a photographer, but he managed to capture the best photo to date of a wild mountain lion in Missouri.
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A souped-up version of a naturally occurring immune system protein can protect female monkeys from the AIDS virus, scientists have reported