Explorer Rialto makes strong ASX debut
Nine MSN – Mr Munyard said the permit was in an underexplored area of the Beagle sub-basin in a region where “we know there is oil and gas in the area”. The company is paying 60 per cent of the cost of a 2D seismic survey of the permit to earn its 30 per cent

today’s cartoons
Slate – doonesbury For months after we brought home our beagle, Sasha, to our two previously installed cats, I would look at the photos on the Internet of cats and beagles snoozing together or grooming each other and conclude these images were either

Vacationing has gone to the dogs
Detroit News – W e were on vacation for less than a day when Casey broke into someone’s house. To be fair, it was actually a small cabin. But that didn’t make me feel any less embarrassed when my playful, 20-pound beagle mix darted through the open doorway, scooted

Valley Outdoors: Mild temperatures make it ideal time to squeeze in
Tribune-Star – I think this weekend I ll have to get my beagle out one last time for the year. He s a little lame right now, but he keeps on hunting. If that doesn t work out, I guess I can shoot some crows. They re in until March and there are plenty of

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urns for your pet’s remains
Slate – When my beagle, Sasha, was convalescing from her ligament-severing encounter with a car, I dreaded hearing the defeated sound of her smashing her head-encasing plastic collar on the stairs each day. She had to wear the “Elizabethan collar” the hard