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NEWS ABOUT: bulls

bulls stories: 8 news summaries

(Newser) - A man was gored to death during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, today—the first fatality at the celebrated festival since 1995. The victim, believed to be British, was rushed to the hospital with injuries to his neck and lung, but doctors failed to resuscitate him. The... More »

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Spain • death • bulls • fatality • Pamplona • running of the bulls

(Newser) - Thousands of daredevil tourists have descended on Pamplona, Spain, for the annual running of the bulls that began today. Four were injured on the first day, including one American, though nobody was gored. As Time reports, sprinting ahead of six half-ton angry bulls is pretty dangerous, but many injuries result... More »

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Spain • Basque • San Fermin • bulls • Ernest Hemingway • tradition • daredevil • Pamplona • running of the bulls

(Newser) - A British milk ad showing an angry black-spotted bull "purifying" himself white is racist, consumers are bellowing—charges a UK advertising council has labeled bull. "Viewers were likely to understand that the black-and-white bulls were intended as a metaphor for milk and were unlikely to interpret the purification... More »

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milk • cows • racism • bulls • black • advertisements • racist • television advertising • tainted milk

Wayward Bull Steers
Into Supermarket

Where's the beef?

Apr 26, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wayward bull nearly locked horns with employees as it slipped through sliding glass doors and raced up aisles in a supermarket in Ireland, reports the Guardian. The animal, which escaped from a nearly outdoor market, butted a shopping cart that workers used to try to corral him, and chased... More »

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beef • meat • bulls • Ireland • supermarket • animal • butcher

(Newser) - While seizing Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach possessions yesterday, US Marshals got an eyeful of the fraudster's home furnishings, reports the Palm Beach Post. And they weren't impressed. "I've never seen so much bull in my life," said one deputy. "Pictures of bulls, bull statues, even bulls on... More »

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Florida • fraud • crime • bulls • Palm Beach • U.S. Marshals Service • Bernard Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities

 At Testicle Fest,
 Visitors Go Nuts 

Utah event showcases beer-battered Rocky Mountain Oysters

Jun 1, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Attendees were urged to “have a ball” this weekend at the annual Testicle Festival in southwestern Wyoming, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The two-day event raises $30,000 for charity as it salutes cowboy traditions, offering guests the chance to munch on “Rocky Mountain Oysters”—known in... More »

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food • bulls • Utah • delicacy • festival

Olé! Breeder to Clone Prize Bull

US company to copy Alcalde's DNA

Feb 24, 08 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Alcalde is one in a million: The hulking black bull's sons have struck fear in the hearts of Spain's bravest matadors for more than a decade. But now, in his waning years, his famed breeder has commissioned a US company to make him two in a million—with the cloned... More »

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Spain • breeding • bulls • bullfighting • Vitoriano del Rio • clone • breeder • matador • animal cloning • Alcalde

Bulls Gore 2, Trample 7 in Pamplona Run

Herder among victims of charging giants

Jul 9, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Charging bulls gored two Spaniards and trampled seven during the second of eight bull runs in the San Fermin festival in Pamplona yesterday. One of the men gored was a bull herder appointed by the festival to keep the run orderly. None of the injured was killed, although one was... More »

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Spain • San Fermin • bulls

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