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Oil spill could be ‘hairy’ situation – May 2010
For several weeks, Americans have watched anxiously as oil leaking from the catastrophic explosion of a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico edges closer and closer to the Louisiana coast. The oil spill began with an explosion and fire April 20 on the Deepwater Horizon...
ctpost – Hair raising: Local salons aid in oil cleanup
A group of local hair salons is doing its part to help clean up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. And they're doing it one strand at a time. CONTINUE READING... ctpost, May 14th, 2010 ...
Haircut today, greener tomorrow – May 2010
Bad news continues to flow more than three weeks after a massive oil-rig explosion 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, fueling collective senses of not just dread but frustration. Yet many Americans looking for a way to help counter this environmental (and economic)...
Pet groomer collects fur, hair to use on oil spill – May 2010
MERRIMACK – Jack’s pretty doggone psyched about the nice haircut he got last week. The handsome yellow Labrador from Henniker was trimmed down, his blonde coat shiny and short. Perfect for spring. Little does Jack know that his shed fur – which ordinarily would end up...
Barber Brandon Leon snips hair to aid Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup – May 2010
By Robert Janjigian Daily News Fashion Editor When island barber Brandon Leon heard about efforts in Delray Beach to collect human and animal hair for use in making naturally oil-absorbant mats and booms that would aid in cleaning up the Gulf Oil spill, he thought...
Alle-Kiski hairstylists make unique effort to combat oil spill – May 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a hairy situation, but Sarah Boley intends to make it even hairier. Boley, 29, a Leechburg native now living in New Kensington, owns four Fantastic Sam's hairstyling shops in the Alle-Kiski Valley where stylists are gathering and...
Sideswipe: Leaf it out – May 2010
Christopher Bligh of Birkenhead couldn't believe it when the North Shore City Council road marking contractors didn't bother sweeping the leaves out of the way when they redid the yellow lines outside his house (pictured). Todd off Nightline's 20-year anniversary...
Local pet groomers donate fur to catch oil slick – May 2010
A Tibetan terrier named Misty is groomed by Kirsten Krause at the End of the Leash in Mukwonago. The hair from about 60 dogs groomed at the pet store during the past week will be donated so it can be used in material being made to absorb some of the oil gushing into...
Friends of Lighthouse Field collects hair and fur to help with gulf oil cleanup – May 2010
SANTA CRUZ -- Friends of Lighthouse Field, a group of Santa Cruz dog lovers, has taken on the task of collecting hair and fur from local hair salons and dog groomers to help clean up the oil spilling off the Gulf Coast. The operation was put together by the San...
PETCO donating fur from grooming salons to assist Gulf oil cleanup – May 2010
The forces working to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are receiving aid from an unlikely source: PETCO. On May 7th the company began shipping donations of animal fur from its nationwide network of grooming salons to the Gulf Coast region. The fur is used...