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GPS for pets finding success with owners

GPS for pets finding success with owners

Here, kitty-kitty.

Kitty? Where are you?

If you’ve ever experienced losing your cat or dog — or any runaway pet, for that matter — you know the agony involved in not being able to find a beloved member of your family.

Now there’s help.

Many pet owners are using GPS-type devices to locate their missing tabby or pup, and with much success.

Kristie Littrell, adoption manager at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, recently found a wandering lab-shepherd mix with a penchant for escaping by using a device called Loc8tor, which costs $100 for a basic model.

"I would never have found him without the GPS device on his collar," Littrell told the Associated Press.

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Occupy Black Friday could lead to employee layoffs for large retailers

Occupy Black Friday could lead to employee layoffs for large retailers
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The “Occupy” movements around the United States have come up with another idea to hit the 1 percent where it hurts - and it’s called Occupy Black Friday.

According to th...

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MLB decision not to ban smokeless tobacco use disappoints N.J. Rep. Pallone

MLB decision not to ban smokeless tobacco use disappoints N.J. Rep. Pallone
BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Rep Frank Pallone (D-6th.) said Tuesday he is disappointed that the new health and safety issues addressed in Major League Baseball’s new collective bargaining ag...

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Jerry Sandusky gets no sympathy from Sarah Palin

Jerry Sandusky gets no sympathy from Sarah Palin
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Fox News contributor Sarah Palin has made her position known on the sexual misconduct accusations surrounding former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

Palin, no...

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N.J. voters give Gov. Christie higher marks than President Obama

N.J. voters give Gov. Christie higher marks than President Obama

Poll finds they like Christie's performance more

President Obama’s favorably rating among New Jersey voters has improved by 8 percent in the past three months to 52 percent, according to a Rutgers-Eagl...

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U.S. Postal Service looking to Congress for help

U.S. Postal Service looking to Congress for help
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The U.S. Postal Service pointed at the struggling economy and increased Internet usage as reasons they had lost $5.1 billion in fiscal year 2011.

Previous estimates of t...

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Mark Kelly and Gabrielle Giffords interview focused on road to recovery

Mark Kelly and Gabrielle Giffords interview focused on road to recovery
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Former astronaut and New Jersey native Mark Kelly says he’s not interested in running for wife Gabrielle Giffords’ seat in Congress if she is unable to return.

Giffords,...

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Cockroaches on Air Tran flight lead to lawsuit

Cockroaches on Air Tran flight lead to lawsuit

Bugged by nauseating stowaways hitching a ride on their flight from Charlotte to Houston, a North Carolina couple is suing Air Tran Airways.

Attorney Harry Marsh and his fiancé Kaitlin Rush said that c...

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Citadel sex abuse and Penn State scandal: It was about trust

Citadel sex abuse and Penn State scandal: It was about trust
BY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, has reported that a counselor at its summer camp and an alumni, Louis Neal "Skip" ReVille, faces charges including cr...

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