Dogs now in shade, mist after donations

July 21, 2011
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Donations have helped make life in at the animal shelter a little more bearable. Last month, publicity went out that the Humane Society of Williamson County needed carports and misters to help shade the dogs in outdoor kennels. The staff was having to spray them down with water, once...
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Children with fireworks blamed for Salt Lake fire

July 21, 2011
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SALT LAKE CITY — Fireworks started a fire at a shed attached to a carport at a Salt Lake town home. The fire started Saturday night near a 12-unit town home on Independence Boulevard. The Salt Lake City Fire Investigation Unit said children playing with fireworks 3 feet away from the shed accidentally started...
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York Sheriff’s Office seeking details on thefts

July 21, 2011
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— The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on crimes that took place in the jurisdiction between July 13 and July 19. One incident includes a black and yellow Suzuki dirt bike motorcycle that was stolen between 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on July 13 from the 1500 block of 4th Street in Bethel...
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Pet owners report rash of raccoon attacks on cats

July 21, 2011
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Pet owners report rash of raccoon attacks on cats

Sara Dubois still can’t believe that raccoons in Richmond are attacking and eating cats. “I’d literally have to see it to believe it,” said the manager of wildlife services for the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. While raccoons and cats are known to fight, raccoons aren’t aggressive by nature, and...
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Quirky Crimes in the Capital City

July 21, 2011
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Quirky Crimes in the Capital City

Forest Acres tCarriage House Road, 3000 block: A woman went to police headquarters at 6 p.m. Thursday to complain about a woman harassing her for money. The 66-year-old woman told officers that a 30-year-old woman she only knew by her first name had been borrowing money from her since April. She said the younger...
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Building a soggy reputation

July 21, 2011
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Building a soggy reputation

HECKLER Illustration: Simon Letch. I ADMIT it – this week’s atrocious weather has been totally my fault. There is an indisputable link, proven on any number of occasions, between any building project I undertake and the start of unprecedented levels of bucketing rain and high winds. The lesson should have been learned when we...
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