2 puppies found emaciated in New Jersey park

2 puppies found emaciated in New Jersey park

But there"s nothing amusing about how they came to be there. Someone willfully starved them nearly to death. "It was just plain neglect, abuse, and the person who did this should go to jail," said Chief John deCando, of Paterson Animal Control. Early …
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Marlow Moss: forgotten art maverick

Amusing though it is, this story suggests two things. One is that Moss"s gender-bending appearance, her membership of that ambiguous group known as garçonnes, bothered people. Presumably it was meant to. Posterity, though, likes neatness. Although …
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Angry Birds First Theme Park Opens In Finland

The world’s first Angry Birds theme park will officially open inside Finland’s Särkänniemi Adventure Park on June 8 2012. Angry Birds developer Rovio Entertainment helped the park's staff design the experience.

There are 12 rides at the park, including a roller coaster, a lighthouse and an adventure course, along with themed food areas. Visitors can also play the game on screens throughout the park.

“The opening of Angry Birds Land in Särkänniemi is a really big deal for us. The theme and design of Angry Birds is internationally renowned, so we are delighted to welcome visitors from around the globe to experience the product for themselves,” says park manager Miikka Seppälä.

Canada's Most Beautiful National Parks

Although America's Yellowstone was the world's first national park, Canada was the first country to create an agency specifically devoted to national park creation, management and preservation. Parks Canada celebrates its 100th birthday this year, and in a century of park stewardship it has safeguarded some of the world's most famous landscapes and icons, including the Prince of Wales Hotel in Alberta's Waterton Lakes National Park. Parks Canada's scope includes 10 World Heritage Sites and four UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, ranging from remote marvels to easily accessible human playgrounds. Fourteen of our favourites follow.

Car Failures

A couple experienced an extremely lucky get away right after almost reversing their vehicle off a 15m drop in southern China. They were parked at the top of a car parking when the event took place. Its believed that the person who was driving a vehicle wrongly trod on the accelerator, which causes the vehicle to reverse. This directed it smashing throughout the wall surrounding the borders of the car parking and left the car teetering precariously over the 15m drop beneath. They were forced to crawl very carefully out of the car and were fortunately uninjured.