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• Lawn chair balloonist achieves his dream
People were racing down the road with cameras. They were all talking and laughing." 235 miles in nine hours Couch covered about 235 miles in about nine hours after lifting off at dawn from his gas station riding in a green lawn chair rigged with an ...
• Scientists put a price on happiness
These folks, she worries, will always be racing toward their next purchase, always inwardly questioning: Will this make me happy? The happiness that follows a pricey purchase may be in part an immediate attempt to rationalize the money you just ...
• Ford Flex fails to wow at car show
... Flex Ford Expedition, a version of the SUV designed for hip-hop impresario Funkmaster Flex, an F-150 pickup truck redesigned by car customizer Chip Foose and the 540-horsepower “King of the Road” Shelby GT500KR Mustang, devised by racing legend ...
• Good Humor man goes to the dogs
Want to bet who will win the races at Israel's first official horse racing track? You can't. Most forms of gambling are illegal in Israel, with Jewish religious law forbidding most types of betting and any activity that may suggest cruel treatment of ...
• Tale of two reefs: Diving Australia
Sure enough, when I turn my head I see a dark, imposing shadow and an impenetrable curtain of rain racing across the water’s surface. I watch as the famous heart-shaped reef and the gold and blue coral fields are overrun by this gloomy cloak and ...

See also:

• Society: Issues: Animal Welfare: Specific Animals: Dogs  (11)
• Society: Issues: Animal Welfare: Specific Animals: Horses  (63)
• Society: Organizations: Animal Welfare: Rescues and Shelters: Horses  (168)
• Sports: Equestrian: Racing  (745)
• Sports: Greyhound Racing  (108)
• Sports: Winter Sports: Sledding: Sled Dog Racing  (60)

» Australian Racing Industry Welfare Guidelines - Adapted from recommendations by the International Group of Specialist Racing Veterinarians, these guidelines cover all aspects of racing, from the initial preparation of horses to their retirement.
» GreyhoundRacingSucks.com - Personal page dedicated to trying to end greyhound racing.
» Grey2K USA - A national organization dedicated to ending greyhound racing. Provides contacts, reasons for their motivation, news items, membership details, volunteer opportunities, and upcoming events.
» The Jockey Club - Regulates horseracing in Great Britain, owns and operates thirteen racecourses, manages the Newmarket training grounds, and raises and manages charitable funds for horseracing in the UK.
» PETA: End the Suffering of Dogs in the Iditarod - Activism site campaigning against sponsorship of the race.