Showing posts with label Kurt's Harpers Weekly Highlights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kurt's Harpers Weekly Highlights. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

This Week From Harpers

A motorist in upstate New York was arrested during a traffic stop when police discovered a cat locked in his trunk, "marinating" in pepper, salt, and oil. The driver explained that Navarro, the cat, had been "mean" to him, and was "possessive, greedy, and wasteful."

The U.S. beef industry was testing methods of cloning dead cows from ideal cuts of meat and mating those clones with natural cows to create the ultimate beef-producing livestock. "We identify carcasses that have certain carcass characteristics that we want," explained Brady Hicks of the agribusiness firm J. R. Simplot. "Through cloning we can resurrect that animal."


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Kurt's Harpers Weekly Highlights


Members of the Winnemem Wintu Indian tribe traveled from California to New Zealand to beg forgiveness of the salmon.

A Bavarian baby-food company said it was planning to market its product to adults who dislike chewing.

Can you imagine disliking chewing so much you'd buy and eat baby food?
 
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