SPECIAL KUDOS to Lance Richmond, of Seattle, who sent a comprehensive analysis of the actors who have appeared in the most best picture Oscar-winning movies. Fifteen actors are tied for first place with roles in three best picture films. The newest “club” member: Jack Nicholson, thanks to “The Departed.”
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Paternity test results in retired chimp pregnancy say Conans the man 
KEITHVILLE, La. (AP) The paternity tests are in: The retired chimpanzee whose monkey business made Teresa a mother despite his own vasectomy is 21-year-old Conan.
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Judge throws out lawsuit to reopen primate center 
A federal judge yesterday dismissed a psychology professor?s lawsuit against Ohio State University that sought to reopen a closed primate research center and bring back the chimpanzees that survived a move last year to a troubled sanctuary.
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BioMed Central - In an assemblage where lice are often highly host specific, humans host two different genera of lice, one that is shared with chimpanzees and another that is shared with gorillas. In this study, we reconstruct the evolutionary history of primate lice
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The World’s Most Expensive City
Time - Instead, at the edge of town, he built a sanctuary for gorillas, chimpanzees, wild pigs, deer and other animals rescued from hunter traps or injured on the roads. His self-financed foundation is part scientific institute, part environmental lobby
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Television movies for the week of March 18
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective ‘94. Jim Carrey. A bungling gumshoe uncovers more than just a simple kidnapping when he searches for the Miami Dolphins’ missing mascot. (PG-13) (1:30) TMC: Sun. 1:30 P.M., 5:35 A.M., Wed. 1:30 P.M., Sat. 9:30 P.M. (CC) The
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