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Abandoned dog dragging 6-pound tumor gets second chance at life

Authored by wlwt.com

Abandoned dog dragging 6-pound tumor gets second chance at life.

A 1-year-old dog was rescued after the dog's owner dropped him off at a shelter and told people there to euthanize him.

The dog was ailing with a very large tumor.

He's healing from a surgery to remove the tumor, that means he has another chance to find a forever family.

"He's only a year ... way too young for a death sentence," Shari Wyenandt with HART Animal Rescue said.

The dog named Clyde is alive despite his former owner's wishes, who left him for dead at the Gallatin County Animal Shelter.

Wyenandt said in Clyde's short life, he's been weighed down by the tumor. »

Eminem's Daughter Hailie Scott Crowned Homecoming Queen

Authored by people.com

She was immortalized in a song when she was just a baby, and now Eminem‘s daughter, Hailie, is famous at her high school.

The rapper’s daughter was crowned homecoming queen of Chippewa Valley High School on Friday during a football game in Clinton Township, Mich., the Macomb Daily reports.

The teen’s dad, Eminem, 40, (aka Marshall Mathers III), watched the coronation from a classroom at the school so as not to take the attention away from his daughter. »

Google Will Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year

Authored by inverse.com

Google Will Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year The company is primarily powered by wind and solar energy.

Google has announced that after 10 years a carbon-neutral company, it will be able to brag running on entirely renewable energy at the end of 2017.

That means that all of the electricity the company consumes in both its data centers and offices are provided by wind and solar energy. »

FCC’s claim that one ISP counts as “competition” faces scrutiny in court

Authored by arstechnica.com

The FCC failed to justify its claim that a market can be competitive even when there is only one Internet provider, the groups said.

But the FCC's claim that "potential competition" can rein in prices even in the absence of competition doesn't stand up to legal scrutiny, critics of the order say.

The FCC's order also "reasonably concluded that the presence of two providers imposes competitive discipline," the commission told judges. »

The war on coal is over. The war on breathing has begun.

Authored by baltimoresun.com

Burning coal produces large quantities of air pollution, including mercury, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

And that’s not even counting the carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

The only way electricity created by burning coal can be regarded as “cheap” is to ignore these human costs — to effectively subsidize the grid by ignoring premature death, asthma attacks and billions in medical expenses. »