Turtle on the move
Visitors on Monday at Jerusalem’s Biblical zoo watch Arava, a disabled turtle, move with a custom skateboard attached to her shell. Officials say the 10-year-old turtle has started mating since being fitted with the wheels to overcome paralysis of her hind legs.
Nightclub payments
The state of Rhode Island and the town of West Warwick have each agreed to pay $10 million to those left behind after the 2003 nightclub fire that killed 100, according to court documents.
Smile, New York
The New York Police Department is working on a plan to track every car, truck or other vehicle entering Manhattan and screen them for radioactive materials and other terror threats.
Severe flooding
Authorities on Monday evacuated more tourists and residents from a remote offshoot of the Grand Canyon where weekend flooding caused by rain and a breached dam nearly washed away some rafters in the rugged gorge.
Gay-rights measure
Argentina on Monday announced its first nationwide gay-rights measure: granting same-sex couples the right to claim their deceased partners’ pensions. Couples must prove they have been living together for at least five years to receive the benefit.
Rice warns Russia
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that Russia is playing a “very dangerous game” with the U.S. and its allies and warned that NATO would not allow Moscow to win in Georgia, destabilize Europe or draw a new Iron Curtain through it.
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