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Wisconsin Landlords Are DNA Testing Dog Poop to Catch Negligent Pet Owners

Many communities rely on the honor system to keep dog poop off shared lawns and sidewalks. But all it takes is one inconsiderate pet owner to ruin it for everyone. Thanks to DNA testing, some property ... read more

Sleuthing out a doggie whodunnit

Pet owners who fail to pick up after their pets can no longer stay under the radar at some Minnesota apartment complexes. Their landlords are scooping up the evidence and sending it to a lab for DNA t... read more

No leash for felines: Michigan laws unequal for cats, dogs

Ypsilanti has a similar ordinance, in that dogs and cats must have rabies vaccines if they are in public places. The two cities are the only municipalities in the county to require pet owners to vacci... read more

Kushman By The Bottle: Arsenic Levels Lawsuit

(In this lab’s test, 93 percent were under ... it could be negligence, even criminal negligence. And here is a link to the list of the wines: Wines Named In Lawsuit Over High Arsenic Levels (Note: The... read more

McCain Spokesman's Retort: Obama Lives in "a Frickin' Mansion"

SEDONA, Ariz. -- A spokesman for Sen. John McCain vowed to retaliate against today's story about how many houses the GOP candidate owns with a renewed focus on Sen. Barack Obama's ties to a Chicago de... read more

why would anyone poison my pooties?

But my rescue cat often went outside and he didn't catch any more birds ... A lot of types of pet animals don't do that, which is why "outdoor" cats are much more dangerous than most breeds of "outdoo... read more

Reckoning with the God Squad

We also know that the “violence-of-God” tradition remains embedded deep in the DNA of monotheistic faith. Inside that logic you cannot read part of the Bible allegorically and the rest of it literally ... read more

In the News

Presidential candidate Jeb Bush commented on the decision not to indict the police officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice yesterday, saying, "I think that Chicago's got a lot of work to do to rebu... read more

Q and A with Knight Ridder Reporters

Tonight's broadcast, "Buying the War" introduced you to intrepid Knight Ridder (now McClatchy) reporters Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, who between them have over 40 years experience reporting on ... read more

Jenny McCarthy plans to ring in 2012 with antivaccine propaganda on Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve

In fact, I think I'm starting to see a pattern here among antivaccine organizations. You might remember that in November 2010, the antivaccine group SafeMinds bought ad space in AMC Theaters over the ... read more

Does the Truth Matter Anymore?

This is not false naivete: I am genuinely surprised that John McCain and his campaign keep throwing out false charges and making false claims without any qualms. They keep talking about Sarah Palin’s ... read more