Witnesses: Pregnant Boston teenager shot dead at own birthday party by uninvited guestSeptember 20th, 2009 Pregnant Mass. teen shot dead at own birthday bashBOSTON — A pregnant teenager has been shot and killed at a birthday party held in her honor in Boston.
San Diego Zoo's new panda cub is a boySeptember 3rd, 2009 San Diego Zoo's new panda cub is a boySAN DIEGO — The panda cub born at the San Diego Zoo nearly a month ago is a boy. The zoo said the yet-to-be-named cub's mother briefly left the den Thursday, allowing veterinarians to examine the 2.8-pound baby panda for the first time.
Okla. judge rules against state law requiring women to receive an ultrasound before abortionAugust 19th, 2009 OK judge tosses abortion law requiring ultrasoundOKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge on Tuesday overturned a state law that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson said the law violated constitutional requirements that legislative measures deal only with one subject.
Okla. judge overturns state law requiring women to receive an ultrasound before abortionAugust 18th, 2009 OK judge halts abortion law requiring ultrasoundOKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge has overturned a law that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the fetus. Oklahoma County District Judge Vicki Robertson granted a permanent injunction against the law Tuesday afternoon.
Fred Kinne, San Diego editor whose paper won Pulitzer for plane crash coverage, dies at 93August 11th, 2009 San Diego editor who helped win Pulitzer diesSAN DIEGO — Fred Kinne, a veteran editor who helped a San Diego newspaper win the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of a 1978 plane crash, has died. He was 93. His family says Kinne died Sunday night at a nursing center in La Mesa.
17-year-old panda at San Diego Zoo gives birth to 5th cub, 13th panda in the United StatesAugust 5th, 2009 San Diego Zoo super panda gives birth to 5th cubSAN DIEGO — Prized San Diego Zoo panda mom Bai Yun has given birth to her fifth cub, the zoo announced Wednesday. The cub, born to 17-year-old Bai Yun (White Cloud), becomes just the 13th panda in the United States.
17-year-old panda at San Diego Zoo gives birth to cub, 13th panda in the United StatesAugust 5th, 2009 San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cubSAN DIEGO — The San Diego Zoo says its prized giant panda has given birth to her fifth cub, the 13th panda in the United States. The zoo announced Wednesday that 17-year-old Bai Yun (by-yuhn) had delivered.
23 San Diego County show horses poisoned with oleander leaves in feed mixAugust 1st, 2009 23 San Diego show horses poisoned with oleanderRANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. — A San Diego County ranch owner says 23 show horses have been poisoned by someone who fed them highly toxic oleander leaves.
China announces first panda cub to be born from frozen spermJuly 24th, 2009 China announces first panda from frozen spermBEIJING — For the first time, a giant panda cub has been born in China after being conceived using frozen sperm, officials announced Friday — an innovation scientists hope will help the endangered species avoid extinction. The new cub's birth Thursday means breeders will no longer be forced to rely on semen from China's few virile males, and may even be able to bring in sperm from zoos in San Diego, Mexico City or elsewhere.
Dog nurses abandoned panda cubs in northern ChinaJuly 16th, 2009 Dog wet nurse saves panda cubs in ChinaBEIJING — Two red panda cubs abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother — a dog, state media reported on Thursday. The cubs, born June 25, were abandoned immediately by their mother after giving birth in front of a crowd of visitors at the Taiyuan Zoo in northern China's Shanxi province, according to Ha Guojiang, a zoo employee quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency.
San Diego Earthquake Measure 4.0July 11th, 2009 Early morning today a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck off the coast of San Diego. There were no immediate reports of property damage or injuries.
Thousands turn out to see baby panda's 1st public viewing at Thailand zooJuly 4th, 2009 Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on displayCHIANG MAI, Thailand — Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth six weeks ago. The coming-out party at the Chiang Mai Zoo included a parade led by an orangutan.
Fashion designer Zandra Rhodes crashes car into San Diego store, injuring customerJuly 1st, 2009 Fashion designer crashes car into Calif. storeSAN DIEGO — A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside.
Red panda at Red River Zoo in ND has triplets, a rarity for the Asian animalsJune 20th, 2009 Red panda at ND zoo has rare set of tripletsFARGO, N.D. — The Red River Zoo in North Dakota has welcomed a rare new set of red panda triplets.
Clive Granger, U. of Calif. economist who shared Nobel for work with statistics, dies at 74June 2nd, 2009 Nobel-winning economist Clive Granger dies at 74SAN DIEGO — Economist Clive W.J. Granger, who shared a Nobel Prize for work that changed how analysts look at financial data, has died in San Diego.
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August 2nd, 2009 at 6:11 pm
This is just another reason why the San Diego Zoo is the nation’s (and maybe the world’s) best zoo! Seeing a baby panda is an amazing experience, so wouldn’t it be great is she can carry these twins to term.
Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America’s Best Zoos