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Fireworks blamed for some pets lost and found - msnbc.com Posted: 02 Jan 2011 11:15 PM PST While New Year's fireworks brought some outside to watch the show, others say they're still looking for pets startled by the noise. Mat-su Borough Animal Control says there's typically more missing pets during the holidays. In a desperate last attempt, Meg Lum continues to search for Lola, a small year-old black pug. Lola isn't not Lum's puppy, but she was dog-sitting Lola for a friend in Wasilla when the pug disappeared in the back yard on New Year's Eve. "She went down there and did her business," Lum said. "The fireworks went out in the sky and was very big -- she took off and I thought she'd be right back, and she didn't." Lum says she's searched everywhere, and that Mat-Su Animal Control told her she's not the only one. "He said because New Year's Eve is always a huge hit for them, and because we had four hours this year (for fireworks), he said it's going to take two days to know how many dogs are missing because of it," Lum said. Lum talked to neighbors on the street, knocked on doors, and made more than 100 signs and posters to hang on posts in the area. She even posted on Craigslist, where she joined dozens of others who say they lost or found a pet during the New Year's Eve celebrations. Many of them are blaming the fireworks. "Now the dog is gone, and I feel horrible about it," Lum said. A similar story in Anchorage had a different ending for Mary Sue Anderson and her missing dog, Sherman. "It was New Year's Eve and there were the fireworks," Anderson said. "It was noisy and loud and he always comes back, and he didn't come back -- not that night." Things looked up, however, when a couple found Sherman in the parking lot of a nearby Carrs grocery store. "Sherman had an adventure," Anderson said. "He was happy to come home with me and it was a big relief to find him." Lum says she'll continue to look for Lola. She has notified the owner and the family is offering a $1,000 reward for the puppy, which they say they bought after their children lost two uncles. Click here for or more information on what to do if you find a dog or if you lost one. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured site: So, Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing Again?.

Scarborough: Tea Party Congressmen Should Try Not to 'Scare Little Kids and Pets' - News Busters Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:29 AM PST Parade magazine, the Sunday newspaper supplement, interviewed MSNBC host Joe Scarborough for its January 2 issue and praised him by reporting he has "happily confounded expectations. He's a die-hard conservative who has hosted the Morning Joe show on liberal-minded MSNBC for more than three years.  He's openly critical of both President Obama and his own party." They didn't explain Mr. Die-Hard Conservative complains about both from the left, which doesn't confound anyone's expectations about MSNBC. Scarborough shared his usual arrogant thoughts about how this is "the Republican Party's last chance," and how Palin stinks: You wrote a blistering piece on Politico about Sarah Palin in November. Did you hear from her? No. I will say I flinched when I wrote it, because I know the personal impact words can have on candidates' kids and spouses. But I just know she's not qualified to be president. By the way, I don't think she's going to run. I don't think it was a coincidence that a lot of that presidential talk came when she was releasing her book. As Newt Gingrich said, "Tell people you're going to run for president—it helps move books!" What advice do you have for the incoming Tea Party members? In 1994 we were elected because of [dissatisfaction with] Bill Clinton, and we were seen as overreaching and shrill, so we effectively re-elected Clinton in 1996! If Republicans overreach in 2011, they will re-elect Barack Obama in 2012. They need to focus but make sure they don't scare little kids and pets. This is the Republican Party's last chance—not just for me but for the American voters. They will either mean what they say or be swept aside. In your 2009 book, The Last Best Hope, you favorably compared Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan. Would you still make that comparison today? No, I wouldn't. Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically. What Democrat do you admire most? Hillary Clinton. She's doing a great job as secretary of state. I was surprised that the woman we were deriding as an out-of-touch left-wing elitist in 1993 became the hero of working-class Americans in 2008. It was a remarkable transformation.  Parade boosted Scarborough's ego by boosting him for national office as the interview continued online: Might that ticket be you and New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, as the rumors say? If someone could figure out which one of us has the capacity to be vice president, I'd like that person to explain it. I've been around Mayor Bloomberg, and people who've been around me would laugh at the notion that either of us [could settle for being second-in-command]. And as usual, Scarborough reserves for himself the mantle of civility. He openly says being a host on MSNBC gives you more power than being a Congressman: Have there been moments--say, during the tax debate in December--when you wished you were back in Congress? Not yet. I think I may at some point. We have more influence doing the show. There are 435 members of Congress. There's one Morning Joe show. Hopefully, we can keep hammering the argument that you can disagree with other people and have debates but remain civil. This, from the guy who tells critics to "kiss my [bumper]" on air. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php Five Filters featured site: So, Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing Again?.

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