Archive for October, 2011
Obama voters, Muslims need not apply for Texas gun course
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO | Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:25pm EDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A central Texas gun dealer ran radio ads advising “Socialist” liberals, those who voted for President Barack Obama, Arabs and Muslims that they need not apply for his concealed gun license class. Crockett Keller, who owns Keller’s Riverside Store, [...]
Despite low risk, paranoid parents scan Halloween candy
By Matthew A. Ward CHESAPEAKE, Va | Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:36pm EDT CHESAPEAKE, Va (Reuters) – Creating a colorful pile of wrappers, the medical center technician upends a basket of Skittles, Hershey bars, Twizzlers and other candy onto the bed of an x-ray machine. Suzanne Mailler is demonstrating a procedure that will be repeated [...]
Despite low risk, paranoid parents scan Halloween candy
Creating a colorful pile of wrappers, the medical center technician upends a basket of Skittles, Hershey bars, Twizzlers and other candy onto the bed of an x-ray machine.
Abu Dhabi delays opening dates for Louvre, Guggenheim museums
DUBAI | Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:49am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi government-owned Tourism Development and Investment Co (TDIC) said on Saturday it was postponing the opening of three museums, in a fresh delay for one of the largest cultural projects in the Middle East. The company gave no new date for opening the [...]
Tales of happy reunions boost interest in pet microchipping
By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK | Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:33pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – In the weeks since the highly publicized return of long lost Willow the microchipped cat to her Colorado owners from New York City, microchipping of pets has jumped 185 percent, according to industry statistics. News this week of the [...]
