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World's Number 1 surfer Mick Fanning backs GoPetition campaign
Published onWorld Number One surfer Mick Fanning of New South Wales, Australia, has endorsed the Stop the B.A. Surfboard Ban campaign that is sponsored by the British Surfing Association with GoPetition. Since British Airways (BA) announced a ban on surfboards on all flights (effective from 6th Nov), the surf community across…
Surfers miffed as BA bans boards
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Morning Briefing Two bits, four bits, six bits and a petition
Published onAmazing what love, devotion and a whole lot of nagging can accomplish. Patty Rodriguez has successfully petitioned Chivas USA to give boyfriend Mike Munoz a tryout with the soccer team. After a season on the Chivas developmental squad, Munoz, who starred at Los Alamitos (Calif.) High School, injured his ankle…
Alabama ban on selling sex toys goes into effect
Published onIt’s official. You can buy a gun in Alabama but you can’t buy a vibrator. After nine years of arguing the constitutionality of the law, the state ban on the selling of sex toys will finally go into effect. On Monday, Oct. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear…
Drivers are frustrated with frontal licence plates
Published onThe latest campaign to bump off those front bumper eyesores most of us call licence plates has sprung up in New Brunswick. On the heels of an Ontario man's fight to cruise around without an unsightly slab of metal perched on the front of his car, Terry Cormier of Moncton…
Sign up to keep Denmark Hill Station on line
Published onHUNDREDS of people are protesting against plans to cut a direct train service to central London. Nearly 300 commuters who use Denmark Hill station have signed a petition to keep the service - which runs from Victoria to London Bridge - saying it is vital for the community. Network Rail…
KFYR-TV News Stories - Wandering Persons Alert
Published onKFYR-TV News Stories, North Dakota's NBC News Leader, reports: Wandering Persons Alert October 11, 2007 Parents have a lot to worry about. If their child has a developmental disability, like autism, there is a whole new set of worries. For example, what if a child gets…
Drop front licence plates in New Brusnwick
Published onA Moncton resident has started an online petition lobbying the provincial government to no longer require drivers to have a New Brunswick licence plate displayed on the front of their vehicle. Terry Cormier said he was surprised when a police officer approached him in a parking lot recently to tell…
Rabbit centre under threat
Published onA RABBIT rescue centre could be forced to close after complaints from residents, claims the owner. Caroline Collings has been running her Rabbit Residence Rescue at Wallers Close, Great Chishill, since 1998. However, following a series of complaints she has been asked by South Cambs District Council to make an…
Net effect: Have a cause, will plead
Published onYou want to save your neighbour’s dog, the dancing bear, trees, monkeys or the Ram Setu, go online. Free petition sites give you space to pour your grievances on the Internet and an opportunity to find like-minded people from across the world to back your cause. Log on and write…