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Colllierville family gets OK from town to keep goats as pets (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:16:44 -0700
Collierville on Monday night joined towns that allow miniature goats as pets. But the permission is for only two pygmy goats, Silvie and Lilly, that reside with the Caswell family at the corner of Booth Lane and Collierville-Arlington Road.

Rach's Sluggy Evening

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:35:00 -0700
I'm feeling utterly exhausted and quite sluggy. My A/C at work is still broken, it was ten million degrees in my room (okay, maybe only 9 million, but still...), I had a meeting after school and I'm done. Between the worry about Brien, listening to Lil cough--she too seems to have allergy attacks like mine (sniffling and coughing, not sneezing)--while she's trying to sleep, and sitting down to look up something on the internet instead of getting straight to work on my evening chores, I'm tired

Karzai Vows To Change Controversial Law

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:46:23 -0700
'Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai Vows To Change Controversial Law On Sex', Los Angeles Times, 28 April 2009EXCERPT: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged Monday to change a law critics say legalizes marital rape to remove concerns that it violates human rights. The law, which sparked an international outcry after it was signed last month, says a husband can demand sex with his wife every four days unless she is ill or would be harmed by intercourse. It also regulates when and for what reasons a w