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Biden Blames Bush Administration for Deficit
Sat,29 Sep 2012 11:44 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News -

Biden Blames Bush Administration for DeficitFORT MYERS, Fla. — Vice President Joe Biden placed the blame for the ballooning deficit on the Bush administration today, arguing that the previous administration saddled the country with the burden of trillions of dollars in debt. "Let's get serious here! How did we get...


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Where did the mammoth US budget deficits come from?
Fri,28 Sep 2012 02:19 PM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - What's the cause of the federal government's huge budget deficits? That's a question that is harder to answer in the particular than you might think. The general problem is obvious: Uncle Sam has been spending more money than he takes in. The specific reasons as to why this state of affairs exists are a mix of human decisions, economic circumstance, and the cumulative effect of time. Full Story
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North Carolina Teacher Allegedly Cuts Disabled Student's Hair
Fri,28 Sep 2012 11:36 AM PDT
ABC News -

North Carolina Teacher Allegedly Cuts Disabled Student's HairThe North Carolina mom of a 7-year-old girl with Down Syndrome is accusing a teacher of cutting off several inches of her daughter's beloved hair without her consent. "Most of the time, she's always brushing her hair, always doing something with her hair," Jesslyn's mother,...


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Experts: Mayas prophesized, but not end of world
Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:25 PM PDT
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2011 file photo, a Mayan priestess prays during a ceremony marking the Mayan solar new year in Guatemala City. Archaeologists and experts in Mayan culture are racing against time to prove that despite the approaching end of that civilization's calendar, the end of the world is not coming. Many agree that Dec. 21, 2012 is the end of the 13th Baktun, a measure of 394 years that the Maya used, and the rebirth of a new era. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)As the clock winds down to Dec. 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing to convince people that the Mayas didn't predict an apocalypse for the end of this year.


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Obama calls on Congress to approve refinance plan
Sat,29 Sep 2012 03:14 AM PDT
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak at a campaign event in Washington, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Citing historically low mortgages, President Barack Obama is pressing Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help struggling homeowners refinance their debts and prevent foreclosures.


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Voter registration problems widening in Florida
Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:52 PM PDT
Associated Press - What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in at least seven counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida. Full Story
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Iranian news agency duped by Onion story on Obama poll
Fri,28 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT
Iran's leading news agency published a mock poll that claimed rural whites in the U.S. favored Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over president Barack Obama. The mock poll was originally published on a popular U.S. media site, The Onion. The FARS news agency—which touts itself as Iran's leading independent news agency while others note its ties [...] Full Story
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High debate stakes: Romney looks to gain momentum
Sat,29 Sep 2012 05:14 PM PDT
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FILE - In these Sept. 26, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both campaign in the battleground state of Ohio. Fierce and determined competitors, Obama and Romney each have a specific mission for the string of three debates that starts Wednesday night, Oct. 3, 2012. Obama, no longer the fresh face of 2008, must convince skeptical Americans that he can accomplish in a second term what he couldn't in his first: restore the U.S. economy to full health. Romney, anxious to keep the race from slipping away, needs to instill confidence that he is a credible and trusted alternative to the president, with a better plan for strengthening the fragile economy. (AP Photos)Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he's still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the White House. Mitt Romney is grasping for his last, best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous September.


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Whitney Kropp: Bullied Michigan Teen Shines at Homecoming Game
Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:42 AM PDT
ABC News -

Whitney Kropp: Bullied Michigan Teen Shines at Homecoming GameFor bullied high school sophomore Whitney Kropp, looking good was the best revenge. Earlier this month, the West Branch, Mich., teen said she thought about killing herself after some classmates told her she was nominated to homecoming court as a joke. On Friday, Kropp had...


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Mass. chemist in drug test flap is arrested
Fri,28 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT
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Annie Dookhan, 34, of Franklin, Mass., stands near a court officer during her arraignment Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Boston Municipal Court on two counts of obstruction of justice and pretending to hold a degree for a college or university. Dookhan's alleged mishandling of drug samples prompted the shutdown of a state drug lab in Boston in August and resulted in the resignation of three officials, including the state's public health commissioner. (AP Photo/Boston Herald, Patrick Whittemore, Pool)A Massachusetts chemist accused of faking drug test results now finds herself in the same position as the accused drug dealers she testified against: charged with a crime and facing years in prison.


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U.S. intelligence takes blame for mixed Libya attack messages
Fri,28 Sep 2012 02:39 PM PDT
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's office on Friday tried to explain the shifting public explanations for who was behind the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the American compound in Benghazi, Libya. DNI public affairs director Shawn Turner said U.S. intelligence concluded "in the immediate aftermath" of the assault that it had  begun "spontaneously" in the [...] Full Story
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Connecticut Teacher Didn't Know He Shot Masked Son Until Police Identified Body
Fri,28 Sep 2012 09:42 AM PDT
ABC News -

Police: Masked Boy Killed by Dad Had KnifeMan who gunned down teen son didn't know until he was identified by police.


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Border Patrol agent shoots, kills woman in Calif.
Fri,28 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT
Associated Press - A Border Patrol agent fatally shot a 32-year-old mother of five Friday in suburban San Diego as he rode on the hood of her car after she ran into him, authorities and family members said. Full Story
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Why there is an Electoral College and how it works
Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:34 AM PDT
Associated Press - Presidents are elected not by national popular vote but by an 18th century constitutional compromise called the Electoral College. Full Story
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UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You Decide
Fri,28 Sep 2012 05:13 AM PDT

UFO or Lens Flare in Google Street View? You DecideGoogle Maps helps many people do various things, but tracking UFOs might be a new one. Andrea Dove contacted ABC News affiliate KLTV in East Texas with an interesting tip. Dove was using Google Maps to get directions to visit her aunt in Jacksonville, Texas,...Some think it could be a lens flare, or the reflection of a nearby object like the one Jamey Boyum of KLTV stumbled upon in his report above. See what you think


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Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up
Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:04 AM PDT
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a rally at Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012 in Wayne, Pa. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Here's the rap on the presidential candidates' plans for cutting federal deficits: Mitt Romney's is too bold and the numbers don't add up, while President Barack Obama's is too timid and his numbers don't add up, either.


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Chemist in Mass. lab scandal could see new charges
Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:06 AM PDT
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Annie Dookhan, center, is escorted to a cruiser outside her home in Franklin, Mass., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Dookhan is accused of faking drug results, forging signatures and mixing samples a state police lab. State police say Dookhan tested more than 60,000 drug samples involving 34,000 defendants during her nine years at the lab. Defense lawyers and prosecutors are scrambling to figure out how to deal with the fallout. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)A chemist accused of lying about drug samples she tested at a state lab could face additional charges as prosecutors and defense attorneys sift through thousands of criminal cases that could be upended by her actions.


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Schwarzenegger admits affair with Brigitte Nielsen
Sat,29 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT
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FILE - In this Feb 11, 2009 file photo, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a bust of Abraham Lincoln are seen in profile during a celebration of Lincoln's 200 birthday held at the California Museum of History, Women and the Arts in Sacramento, Calif. Schwarzenegger, who came to office during California's historic 2003 recall election, will soon be releasing his autobiography, "Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story."(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)Arnold Schwarzenegger is confirming that he had a "hot affair" with actress Brigitte Nielsen at a time he and Maria Shriver were dating and already living together.


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Fox News Airs Footage of Man Shooting Self in Head
Fri,28 Sep 2012 12:48 PM PDT
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Carjacking Pursuit Ends With Suicide on Live TVArizona Carjacking Ends in Suspect Shooting Self


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Romney talks about longtime friend Netanyahu, jokes about bomb graphic
Fri,28 Sep 2012 02:49 PM PDT
ON THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN PLANE--Flying from Philadelphia to Boston, Mitt Romney gave reporters in the press cabin some quality candidate time. After joking with a reporter who had been accidentally left behind by the press bus and later passing out beef jerky, the GOP candidate was back again—this time to give reporters a read-out about [...] Full Story
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Fox News blames live airing of suicide on "severe human error"
Sat,29 Sep 2012 03:33 PM PDT
Reuters -

Handout of a vehicle is shown being pursued by police in a high-speed chase in this still image from video in Phoenix, ArizonaPHOENIX (Reuters) - Fox News apologized for a "severe human error" that resulted in viewers seeing a suspected carjacker fatally shoot himself after a police chase. The coverage of the Friday incident, which sparked outrage on social media and a quick on-air apology by anchor Shepard Smith, showed a man stumbling from an allegedly stolen car into the desert near Phoenix on Friday. As a camera in a helicopter provided live coverage, the man s topped a short distance away, pulled the trigger of a gun pointed to the right side of his head and crumpled face-forward into the ground. ...


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Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change on Earth
Sat,29 Sep 2012 06:22 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -

Asteroid Dust Could Fight Climate Change on EarthTo combat global warming, scientists in Scotland now suggest an out-of-this-world solution — a giant dust cloud in space, blasted off an asteroid, which would act like a sunshade for Earth.


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Libya attack: GOP goes after the White House, especially Susan Rice
Sat,29 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - As the presidential debates and the election approach, questions about how the Obama administration has handled the attack in Libya that killed the US ambassador on Sept. 11 have taken a harder political edge. Full Story
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Masked Conn. teen killed by dad called a good kid
Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:23 AM PDT
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State Trooper Matt Losh emerges from the backyard of a home in New Fairfield, Conn., where a fatal shooting took place, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. Police say Jeffrey Giuliano shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, Tyler. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Carol Kaliff)Tyler Giuliano had no trouble with the law. The teenager loved flying small planes as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and seemed happy as he played an online game with friends Wednesday night. But hours later, authorities say, Tyler was outside wearing a black ski mask and wielding a knife when he was shot by his father, who thought he was a prowler.


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Police in north Fla. rescue puppy buried alive
Fri,28 Sep 2012 08:12 AM PDT
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An undated photo provided by the Williston Police Department shows a puppy that police officers found buried alive Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 in Williston, Fla. Williston Police Chief Dennis Strow told The Gainesville Sun that officers were disposing of evidence per a court order on Thursday when they heard whimpering sounds, started digging and rescued the puppy. They believe he's about two weeks old and estimate that he'd been buried for less than an hour. The chief says the puppy will be placed "in a loving home." (AP Photo/Williston Police Department, Wayne Carson)Police officers found a puppy buried alive near a pit in north Florida.


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Obama, Netanyahu seek to get past Iran differences
Sat,29 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally at Eden Park in CincinnatiWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a show of unity on Friday on preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, seeking to tone down the acrimony between the two leaders that has become an issue in the final stretch of the U.S. presidential race. Obama, widely seen as having snubbed Netanyahu by not meeting face to face with him during his U.S. visit, spoke instead by phone to the Israeli prime minister amid signs of movement toward a truce in their war of words over how to confront Tehran. Netanyahu used his U.N. ...


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Hillary Clinton: Iran will do 'whatever it takes' to prop up Syrian 'crony'
Fri,28 Sep 2012 03:45 PM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - According to the United States, a lack of coordination among the various rebel groups taking control of growing swaths of Syria is one of their principle weaknesses. Full Story
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Democrats Defend Susan Rice Amid Call for Her Resignation
Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:13 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Top Democrats are defending Ambassador Susan Rice after a top House Republican called for her resignation because of questionable statements she made about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has been hammered by Republican... Full Story
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Woman got loaded gun past TSA: report
Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:17 AM PDT
At less than six inches and just under 10 ounces, the Ruger .380 is considered by gun owners to be a great little pocket pistol. So small, in fact, that you can sometimes get one onto an airplane. D'oh! Yep, the New York Daily News reports that a woman flew 938 miles from Orlando, Fla., [...] Full Story
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Calif. creates state-run private retirement plan
Fri,28 Sep 2012 07:01 PM PDT
Associated Press - California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that will create the nation's first state-run retirement savings program for private-sector workers, over the objection of critics who said it creates a new liability for taxpayers. Full Story
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Electoral College math: Not all votes are equal
Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:33 AM PDT
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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2008 file photo, sportswear bearing the name of a college that doesn't exist: the Electoral College, are seen in Glenburn, Maine, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. When it comes to voting for president, not all votes are created equal. Chances are yours will count less than a select few. Each state's Electoral College votes are based on the size of its congressional delegation, not its population. Because of that, a presidential vote in Wyoming mathematically counts more than three times as much as a vote in Ohio, at least in terms of choosing electors.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)When it comes to electing the president, not all votes are created equal. And chances are yours will count less than those of a select few.


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6 teens arrested in taped beating of Pa. woman
Fri,28 Sep 2012 08:05 PM PDT
Associated Press - Six teenagers were in custody Friday on charges they brutally beat a neighbor on her stoop "just for fun" and then posted cellphone video of the attack on Facebook, authorities said. Full Story
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Anti-Islam filmmaker held at Los Angeles federal jail
Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:12 AM PDT
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File photo of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula escorted out of his home by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officers in Cerritos, CaliforniaLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California man behind an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was being held at a federal high-rise jail in downtown Los Angeles on Friday over possible probation violations, a prison official said. Federal officials, citing safety concerns, were tight-lipped about the conditions of Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's confinement, including whether he was being held with the general population or was isolated from other inmates. ...


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With charts and charm, Paul Ryan aims to steady a shaken ticket
Sat,29 Sep 2012 07:06 AM PDT
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Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan gestures as he speaks to supporters during a campaign event in DerryVANDALIA, Ohio (Reuters) - Trailing in the must-win state of Ohio, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney asked his running mate Paul Ryan to meet him here this week. After 24 days apart, Romney and Ryan reunited on an airport tarmac on Tuesday amid grumbling from some Republicans that the campaign has grown complacent, leaving Ryan, its strongest advocate, off the national stage. "Wow, that's quite a guy, Paul Ryan," Romney shouted to the crowd. "Isn't that something?" Romney's many conservative critics share that assessment. ...


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Will Ohio's Economic Uptick Be a Boon for Obama?
Sat,29 Sep 2012 06:50 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Will auto bailout and uptick in Ohio economy be a boon to Obama's re-election chances? Full Story
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"Gospel of Jesus' wife" fragment is a fake, Vatican says
Fri,28 Sep 2012 08:11 AM PDT
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Handout image of an ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian CopticVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - An ancient papyrus fragment which a Harvard scholar says contains the first recorded mention that Jesus may have had a wife is a fake, the Vatican said on Friday. "Substantial reasons would lead one to conclude that the papyrus is indeed a clumsy forgery," the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, said in an editorial by its editor, Gian Maria Vian. "In any case, it's a fake. ...


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Jackson's absence testing patience in Chicago
Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:29 AM PDT
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FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill. speaks in Chicago. With the November election only five weeks away, Jackson's absence from work and the campaign trail is testing patience in Chicago. His GOP opponent is now criticizing him for it after pledging not to. Friendly editorial writers are now urging he come forward and finally explain himself. And Jackson's alderman wife, Sandi, is having to deny in public that she might step in to replace him. The Jackson camp says only that the congressman is still on the ballot and will only return to work when cleared for that by a doctor, but the uncertainty and mystery is feeding talk of what happens if he resigns and needs to be replaced, a process with a sordid history in Chicago and Illinois. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)His home in Washington is for sale. His wife says he'll come back to work only when a doctor approves. He vowed to return to the campaign by Labor Day, a deadline that came ... and went.


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Drunken Man on Horseback Leads Police on Chase Across Florida Town
Fri,28 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT
A man allegedly was drunk when he rode a horse around a Florida town, disrupting traffic and making a spectacle as he led police on a low-speed chase that was caught by surveillance cameras. Charles Larkin Cowart, 29, of Bunnell, Fla., was arrested Monday and... Full Story
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Biden: Days into job, news of $1 trillion deficit
Sat,29 Sep 2012 10:28 AM PDT
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Vice President Joe Biden greets supporters during a campaign event at the Century Village Clubhouse in Boca Raton, Fla., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)Vice President Joe Biden says that he and President Barack Obama had been on the job less than a week when a top economic adviser told them the country was facing a trillion-dollar budget deficit.


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APNewsBreak: NY pet cemetery deemed historic
Sat,29 Sep 2012 12:05 AM PDT
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This 2011 photo provided by the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Whtie Plains, N.Y., shows a scenic view of the first burial ground for animals named to the National Register of Historic Places. The 116-year-old Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, final home to some 75,000 animals and a few hundred humans, is being designated for its "social history and landscape architecture." (AP Photo/Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, Mary Thurston)Another cemetery has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, but this one's a little different. It has dogs and cats and iguanas and a lion cub.


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