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TheHill.com 

Animal rights groups call for police probe after 'Russian spy' beluga whale shot to death

Animal rights groups are calling for a criminal investigation into the recent death of a white beluga whale who became famous amid speculation he could be a "Russian spy." The organizations OneWhale and NOAH said Wednesday they filed a request for a criminal investigation with the Norwegian police, saying the whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, was killed...

Playak 

SUP Magazine: Patient Died After Surgeons Removed Wrong Organ, Lawsuit Alleges

The family of an Alabama man who died during surgery have sued the Florida hospital where it was performed, alleging that surgeons removed the wrong organ, U.S.A. Today reported. On August 18, 70-year-old William Bryan went to Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Walton County, FL, for a splenectomy, according to Joe Zarzaur, the Bryan family’s attorney. Bryan had begun to suffer “severe abdominal pain” while on vacation with his wife of 33 years, Beverly...

Business Standard 

Hit by cloud burst, about 50,000 trees uprooted in Telangana's forest

In an ecological disaster, an estimated 50,000 trees spread over about 500 acres in the forests of Mulugu district in Telangana were uprooted following a huge gale and a sudden cloud burst. This happened on the night of August 31 because of local climatic conditions that suddenly developed there due to cloud formation, a senior forest official said on Wednesday. "We never saw such an incident in our lives," the official told PTI. With the massive wind and water gushing (in a particular width and length)... Читать дальше...

United Press International (UPI.com) 

U.S. July job openings lower than expected at 7.7 million

U.S. job openings in July were 7.7 million, according to a Wednesday Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Openings were at three and a half year low and were significantly fewer than expected by Dow Jones economists.