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In corporate news, Merck & Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA said they are combining their animal health businesses. The joint business will control about 29 percent of the $19 billion market for pet and livestock medicines. Major indexes were narrowly mixed
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ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) The father of a 14-year-old girl whose bones were found more than a year after she vanished walking to school urged supporters to behave like his late daughter’s favorite animal, the wolf, to hunt down child predators

Wyo animal rescue operator faces cruelty charges - Star-Tribune
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The operator of an animal rescue shelter near Carpenter faces two counts of animal cruelty after authorities seized more than 100 dogs, cats and rabbits. Fifty-year-old Marci Biesheuvel is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in