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President Donald Trump is eyeing Herman Cain, a former pizza executive who dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination amid sexual harassment allegations, for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board.Larry Kudlow, the President s top economic adviser, confirmed Cain was under consideration, which was first reported by Bloomberg News. Kudlow said there is no rush for Trump to make a final decision and that the list of
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA released a statement Sunday denouncing zoos and zoogoers in light of the death of 17-year-old silverback gorilla Harambe at the Cincinnati Zoo Botanical Gardens.Zoo visitors left flowers and cards at a gorilla s
stanley usa tatueHarambe was shot and killed after he picked up and dragged a 4-year-old who fell into the gorilla enclosure. Yet again, captivity has taken an animal s life, PETA Primatologist Julia Gallucci said in statement. The gorilla enclosure should have been surrounded by a secondary barrier between the humans and the animals to prevent exactly this type of incident. Zoo Director Thane Maynar
stanley usa d saidthe boy crawled through a barrier and landed in the moat. He was walking and splashing. Harambe, a 17-year-old male gorilla weighing more than 400 pounds, picked u
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