'dog attack' prevention.

Family dog's attack on great-grandmother leaves indelible memories TN Nobody could have predicted a family dog's on a great-grandmother, especially the great-grandmother. Often, she went outside and put BJ, the 90 pound pit bull, back in his kennel and yard when he escaped it; he had never challenged her before. Nor could she fathom the ferocious strength of the dog as it almost ripped her arm off, while she attempted to keep it from her throat...  [Tallahassee Democrat]

[Dog News: weird, inspiring dog tales]
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Retail Borrowing Slowed in February. Household credit increased 1 percent, or $1.5 billion, in February, after rising by a revised $12.3 billion in January. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Business]
11:17:41 PM  #  

Stock Dealing at Union-Owned Insurer Creates a Schism. The nation's labor leaders are split into two feuding camps over how to respond to the stock trading under investigation at Ullico. By Steven Greenhouse. [New York Times: Business]
11:16:47 PM  #  

Managed Care Companies Win Ruling. Two managed care companies have won a Supreme Court decision allowing them to send a dispute with doctors to arbitration, at least initially. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Business]
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Holocaust Survivors' Insurance Ordeal. Generali, one of the world's largest insurance companies, is being sued by Holocaust survivors who say the company failed to honor victim's policies. By Joseph B. Treaster. [New York Times: Business]
11:15:48 PM  #  

How Accordion Guy's blog saved his ass.  I actually read AccordionGuy almost daily (I'm bummed that he's taking a weeks blog-ation (that's blog vacation for all you uncultured heathens) but since boingboing posted this before me I guess I should give them credit.  via [Boing Boing Blog]

In other news, Kim Jong Il has a livejournal!  It's pretty damn entertaining, and like most other livejournal users, Kim Jong Il likes to post transcripts of his IM chats with Dubya!  via [AccordionGuy]

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