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FOR MOM: THE PERFECT GAME

The odds a Major League game will be a perfect game are 1 in 11,500. It is slightly more likely that a male in the US is named Mary (1 in 11,110).

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DOGS AND RACISM: WHO IS THE REAL BIGOT?

Suspicions that some dogs, like some people, make judgments on the basis of skin color are so common they have become a part of pop culture.

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: SHOW US THE FUNNY (WOMEN)

When 88-year-old Betty White hosts Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2010, it won’t be because the producers had the bright idea to invite the veteran comedienne.

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STUDY: VIDEO GAMES HURT ACADEMICS IN BOYS

New research on young boys, published in Psychological Science in March 2010, suggests playing video games may retard the academic progress of young boys.

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SHUTEYE: ANIMALS AND SLEEP

Dog-tired.Cat nap. Let sleeping dogs lie. It’s idiomatic, and axiomatic: Our pets are sleep experts.

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IS MY DOG GAY?

Could your dog be gay? This question, which has been applied to albatrosses, macaques, orangutans, barnyard animals, not to mention our very own pets, has recently been the subject of renewed scientific inquiry.

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GIANT GEORGE, WORLD'S TALLEST DOG

Giant George recently became famous for being 43 inches tall. At 3'7 '', what makes George a giant? He’s a dog.

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ANIMALS LEND HELPING HANDS, PAWS, HOOVES, ETC.

Guide dogs go where their owners go—to the store, the bank, even out to eat. It's a law people seem to accept readily —not surprising when you take into account that 53% of dog owners (1 in 1.87) consider their own dog to be a family member, not just a pet.

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RESCUE ME: HOMELESS ANIMALS IN THE UNITED STATES

Between six and eight million animals end up in shelters each year, and between three and four million of those are euthanized. The odds an animal that enters a shelter will be adopted are 1 in 4.

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COFFEE, COFFEE EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP IN BOSTON

With the water taps shut off all across Boston and throughout nearby suburbs, the deprivation that might be felt the most is the sudden lack of take-out coffee.

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