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Here, kitty: Police expect house cat, get cougar

Oct. 1, 2008
A police officer didn't think much of a call to shoo off a bothersome "kitty cat" at a home in Casper, Wyo. Then the officer arrived at the home of Beverly Hood. It was no ordinary domestic feline _ but a male mountain lion weighing 80 to 90 pounds. Officer...
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Mountain lion mistaken for large cat

CASPER, Wyo., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Casper, Wyo., woman said she initially thought the mountain lion resting on her back porch was simply a large house cat.

Man survives mountain lion attack

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 14 (UPI) -- Officials in Palo Alto, Calif., said they were forced to shut down two parks after the city's first ever mountain lion attack on a hiker.

Mountain lion rumor shot down in N.D.

MINOT, N.D., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Wildlife experts, after a young mountain lion was reported sighted in Minot, N.D., stress the odds of seeing a cougar in a city are slim.

Another lion/bobcat sighting in Ohio

NEWARK, Ohio, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Another lion sighting has been reported in Central Ohio by Dan Gartner and Holly Hanbaum, who said they saw a golden cat the size of their dog.

Big cat sighted in Chicago suburbs

LYNWOOD, Ill., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Police spotted a large wild cat -- possibly a mountain lion or cougar -- weighing 60-75 pounds taking a Sunday stroll in Chicago's rural south suburbs.

Powell meets feline namesake

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met with his feline namesake Friday, the Cat Fanciers' Association's cat of the year.

Mountain lion attack victim improves

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The condition of the victim of a southern California mountain lion attack was upgraded to fair Saturday night., CNN reported.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch