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Do you have a tattoo? Have you ever wanted one? Having our bodies adorned with "skin art" is a very personal choice, and one which should not be taken lightly. I myself have a very nice tattoo on my upper left arm which features the heads of five of nature's big cats. It's a one-of-a-kind piece, it...

You've probably heard the old saying; "Get the lead out," used on soldiers or teenagers. But did you ever hear the saying; "Get the zinc out," relative to cats and their food?Independent testing has revealed the startling truth that cat fanciers may be legally and unwittingly feeding toxic doses of...

"Won't somebody please think of the children?"Those words, whined facetiously by a religious female character on the TV show "The Simpsons," were taken to heart recently by California's highest ranking labor official -- who might possibly have nothing better to do than make a situation where there...

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take a hard line with cell phone executives at a hearing about the escalating cost of sending text messages.The hearing, at 2:30 p.m. June 19, was brought on in part by the concerned voice of Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl. A story from News Junkie indicates...

Let's all please take just a moment and look around ourselves. How far do we have to look to find something made with plastic? In truth, we don't even have to look away from our computer monitors to complete the exercise. The plastic is there -- and it's laughing at us.Uganda's leading Web site,...

His name is Sanford Wallace, and his alleged spamming might possibly make him the most disliked man on the Internet. Facebook has a civil lawsuit pending against him, which has been stalled by his filing for bankruptcy. Myspace has already been granted a $230 million judgment against him for...

We've probably all had the experience of relaxing while quietly watching a movie, only to be blasted off the couch when a commercial message for life insurance or a male enhancement product came on at three times the decibel level of the movie we were watching. It's absolutely maddening, and it's...

While indicating that he has no other choice, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed the complete elimination of cash assistance payments for that state's poorest individuals. Needless to say, the proposal has met with stiff resistance.According to a story released by MercuryNews.com,...

Let it be known that in America, personal liberty is not dead yet. With a little help from the Constitution, University of Washington art professor Shirley Scheier and U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour delivered that pleasing message to three heavy handed law officers.According to a...

The rampant exploitation of a huge loophole in the city of Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary moratorium has created a glut in that niche. The moratorium, which was imposed by that city in 2007, intended to limit the number of medical marijuana outlets to 186. However, the non-existent...