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Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:51:56 -0700

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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:14:50 -0700

Oh, God.

Danielle Scache tries to avoid using the term "capitalism" in her economics class because it has negative connotations in France.

Instead, she teaches her high school students about the market economy, a slightly less controversial term she started using last year after a two-month internship at the dairy giant Danone. That was an experience that did away with more than one of her own prejudices, she said.

"I was surprised to see that people actually enjoyed working in a company," said Scache, who is 59. "Some of them were more enthusiastic than many teachers I know."

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Thu, 06 Apr 2006 12:28:02 -0700

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Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:36:26 -0800

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Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:47:03 -0800

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Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:12:08 -0800

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Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:10:23 -0800

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Wed, 04 Jan 2006 10:14:14 -0800

Cat Calls 911 to Help Owner, Police Say

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

``I know it sounds kind of weird,'' Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.

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Daugherty said police received a 911 call from Rosheisen's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check things out.

That's when Daugherty found Tommy next to the phone.

Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons - including a speed dial for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.

``He's my hero,'' Rosheisen said.

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Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:23:23 -0800

Thanks, yu-huang. :)

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Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:15:25 -0800

Logan Students Pick Mummified Cat For Mascot

LOGAN, Utah The Egyptians have King Tut, the Incas have ice maidens and one Cache Valley school now, officially, has joined them with its own preserved artifact.

Students at the Cache Valley Learning Center, a private school in Logan that moved to a new location this fall, voted Tuesday for the school's first mascot: a Mummycat.

The idea didn't just come from nowhere. A real, naturally mummified cat sits on a shelf in the 116-year-old building's basement, just a few feet from where it was found in a dark crawl space. About 3 feet long, the cat appears to have died while on its back, looking upward and stretched out. While parts of it seemed to have decayed, others are completely intact, including its whiskers and ears.

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Of the 78 students who voted at the K-8 school, 35 students wanted to be the Mummycats. A wolverine and raven came in second and third in the mascot poll."

Thanks, mojo. ;)