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• Doctors: No hamsters, exotic pets for kids
CHICAGO - Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease. That's according to the nation's leading pediatricians' group in a new report ...
• Dalai Lama hospitalized in India
Animals blessed in Peru Oct. 6: Hundreds bring their pets, including dogs, cats, pigs and turtles, for the annual "Blessing of the Animals" in Lima, Peru. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. 
• Bus beheading suspect ruled fit for trial
Oct. 6: Hundreds bring their pets, including dogs, cats, pigs and turtles, for the annual "Blessing of the Animals" in Lima, Peru. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.  TORONTO - A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a fellow bus passenger has ...
• Pope begins Bible-reading marathon on TV
Jews pray at the Mount of Olives, matzoh is baked in Brooklyn, and thousands of rabbis pose for a group photo. Oct. 6: Hundreds bring their pets, including dogs, cats, pigs and turtles, for the annual "Blessing of the Animals" in Lima, Peru. Msnbc ...
• Nepal declares young girl new living goddess
Matani Shakya, a newly appointed "kumari," or living goddess, looks on as farewell rituals are performed before she is taken to Katmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday. Oct. 6: Hundreds bring their pets, including dogs, cats, pigs and turtles, for the annual ...