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Five-Year-Old Arkansas Boy Shoots, Kills Bear

December 11th, 2007 · 36 Comments

Tre Merrit, a 5-year-old Arkansas boy, gained 15 minutes of fame recently after being credited with shooting and killing a 440-pound Black Bear while on a hunting trip with his grandfather.
As soon as they catch wind of the boy’s exploits, animal rights activists will likely come out of the woodwork and cause a stir by [...]

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British Man’s Memory-Loss Scheme Unraveling

December 5th, 2007 · No Comments

TIME magazine jumped on the opportunity to write the dramatic headline, The Man Who Returned From the Sea, which appeared above a grainy photo of John Darwin, the 57-year-old man who surfaced at a British police station yesterday five years after being declared dead, the apparent victim of a canoeing accident.
Today, it appears articles like [...]

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‘Teddy Bear Teacher’ Pardoned

December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

According to an Agence France Press report, the British school teacher whose plight inspired the creation of MY NAME IS MOHAMMED THE BEAR plush teddy bear has been released:
KHARTOUM (AFP) — A British woman jailed in Sudan for insulting religion was released on Monday after being granted a presidential pardon for insulting religion by giving [...]

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‘MOHAMMED THE BEAR’ Makes Drudge Report

November 30th, 2007 · 14 Comments

MY NAME IS MOHAMMED THE BEAR earned a mention on Drudge Report late this afternoon!

In the photo above, the Cafe Press link shown below the photo leads to my shop where folks can purchase the teddy bears, the inspiration for which is explained in a post published yesterday, ‘MY NAME IS MOHAMMED THE BEAR’ on [...]

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Scrooge Report Tackles Teddy Bear Issue

November 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Under the headline below, my friend over at The Scrooge Report tackled the issues surrounding Gillian Gibbons (a.k.a., the “Teddy Bear Teacher”) in a more serious manner than I have to date. I encourage you to read it:
Sudan: Officials seize a British teacher’s approval of students ‘Muhammad’ teddy bear to play the culture card
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