Strait-Jacketed Teddy Bear Brings Protests
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MONTPELIER, Vt. - The Vermont Teddy Bear Co. said Wednesday it would continue selling its strait-jacketed "Crazy for You Bear" through Valentine's Day, despite protests from mental health advocates.
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I recall this on the news one morning, as I helped the kids get ready for school and take their various medications... "He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol," the story says.  Jerry Falwell, the founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority, contends the "subtle depictions" are intentional and in a statement issued Tuesday said, "As a Christian, I feel that role modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children." I was astounded.
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About 60 peaceful demonstrators, including several dressed as polar bears, were arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday protesting the Iraq war and global warming, authorities said.
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The Berlin zoo's polar bear, Knut Â who garnered worldwide fame by being hand-raised by his keepers from a pint-sized fluffball to adulthood Â now has company.
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Berlin Zoo's star polar bear cub Knut welcomed his millionth visitor Thursday, showing he hasn't lost his drawing power even if he's growing up.
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What will Germany's new polar bear celebrity be called?Nuremberg Mayor Ulrich Maly has asked a jury to deliberate Friday on a flood of suggestions _ which arrived in more than 25,000 e-mails and postcards _ for the official name of the 5-week-old white ball of fluff.The decision was to be announced in the afternoon.The bear cub rose to star status after being taken from her mother, Vera, on Jan. 8 amid concerns that she could harm or even kill the newborn.The Bavarian city's zoo made the decision to bottle-feed the cub and not return her to her mother after keepers spotted Vera carrying the cub around in her jaws and tossing it around her enclosure. Read more
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Ed Mierzwinski is trying to get the word out to college students that the free T-shirt or teddy bear or sub sandwich they accept in exchange for signing up for a credit card could end up costing them a lot of financial heartache.
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Cuban students protest in front of the US mission in Havana amid a row over a Christmas display.
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Anti-whaling protesters displayed whale-shaped chocolates and activists sent Japan's Health Minister a giant chocolate urging him to "Be Our Valentine and Resign!" as the country's sweet-giving tradition took on a bitter tinge on Wednesday.
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An animal rights group said on Thursday that some retailers were selling coats made with real animal fur that were advertised as having fake fur.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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Staff at Berlin&#39;s internationally renowned zoo were working to restore public confidence yesterday after a 110kg South American bear escaped from its enclosure and spent more than half an hour frolicking in a children&#39;s playground before being knocked out
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A campaigner dressed as Batman, from  the fathers' rights group that pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair  with flour-filled condoms, staged a dramatic protest on a  Buckingham Palace balcony Monday.
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Jes Overmaat, a mother of five,  thought she had bought a sweet old-fashioned Teddy bear for a  present, when it suddenly started talking.
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A plan to gift an Indian elephant to Armenia is being opposed by animal rights activists, reports the BBC's Habib Beary.
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An effort to honor the NFC Champion Chicago Bears hit a snag Tuesday morning when a huge football helmet broke as it was being placed on one of the lion statues that stands guard outside the Art Institute of Chicago.
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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - The last thing Lorraine Grossman expected to see as she gazed out the kitchen window of her daughter's home was a 211-pound bear. &quot;I was making a pot of coffee, and I turned around and there he was in the window looking at me,&quot; said Grossman.