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Public Enemy #1 (In Boca Raton)

Have you seen this otter?

Out-Of-Control Otter Terrorizes Boca Raton

Two people, dog attacked by vicious otter

By BRIAN HAMACHER

Updated 9:00 AM EST, Tue, Nov 23, 2010

BUZZ UP!

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An out-of-control otter that has attacked two people and a dog in the past week has become public enemy number one in Boca Raton.

Animal Care & Control and the Palm Beach County Health Departmentsent out an alert Monday warning people of the nasty otter that could be rabid, according to the Sun-Sentinel.

The otter is behind an attack at the Boca Chase Development last Thursday on a an 8-year-old golden retriever named Chester, who escaped the encounter with just a few scratches.

Two more attacks, this time on two people, happened Sunday morning.

Animals in the News

Weirdest Creatures of the World

"The otter ran out and attacked the two people unprovoked," Animal Control spokeswoman Karen Buchan told the Sun-Sentinel.

There are several bodies of water in the Boca Chase neighborhood where the otter can come and go from. Animal control is trying traps baited with tuna to catch him, but so far he hasn't been found. They're also passing out fliers throughout nearby neighborhoods for people to be on the lookout for the otter.

First Published: Nov 23, 2010 8:49 AM EST

I guess this means THE GREAT GATSBY remake is still on

Engine Shuts Down on Leonardo DiCaprio's Plane

Nov. 22, 2010, 1:45 PM EST

Entertainment Tonight.

Leonardo DiCaprio narrowly avoided a plane crash, according to reports.

Us magazine says that Leo was on a Delta flight en route to Moscow when one of the engines shut down. The mid-air emergency forced the plane back to JFK International Airport in NYC to make an emergency landing. He "wishes to commend the actions of the pilot and flight crew in bringing the plane to a safe landing," his rep tells the mag.

No injuries were reported among the actor or other passengers. In fact, a source on the scene says the even signed autographs for crew members after they had landed safely.

Happy Thanksgiving from Spencer the Gardener

Score!

Bring me the Head of Baz Lurhmann!

He must be stopped!

It's Official: Carey Mulligan Cast as Daisy in 'Great Gatsby'

Baz Lurhmann, Leo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, The Great Gatsby

Which of these words don't belong in that list? Great. And Gatsby.

Are there no adult actors in Hollywood who could have been cast? This is Gatsby by way of Bugsy Malone.

Nooooooooooo.

(Or we can look at it this way. We all just saved $14 a piece.)

Attention Members of the Academy!

I'm not sure if this should be nominated in the Best Documentary category, Best Foreign Film category, or both. (My guess is: Both!)

Have you got your Rut on, yet?

"Part of me would love to live in the near-future world Scott Phillips has imagined in Rut, but only a little 

part. The rest of me is happy just to read about this, um, direction in which we humans might be headed. 

Another great novel from one of our best."  

 -- Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter  

 

RUT 

A wild (and free) novel by 

Scott Phillips 

 

LATEST NOVEL BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ICE HARVEST IS FUNNY AS HELL. 

 

RUT, Scott Phillips’ latest novel, takes readers to the Rocky Mountains circa 2050, where the once- 

thriving burg of Gower is about to become a 21st-century ghost town. Thanks to extreme weather and 

plenty of toxic waste, the skiers and celebrities are gone, along with the money and the veneer of 

civilization. What’s left? Old-time religion and brand-new pharmaceuticals, bad food and warm beer, 

mutated animals and small-town gossip. Can the town survive? We’ll see. 

A dystopian novel with difference—RUT is hilarious and horrifying. Phillips creates a richly imagined 

world that serves as a funhouse mirror for our own times. It’s filled with an unforgettable cast of spot- 

on original characters who struggle, steal, lie, fight, drink, cheat, and scheme their way to better days. 

Or China. Or anywhere but Gower. Sly and cool, absurd and archly perceptive, RUT resonates with the 

best work of Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon, all in a wonderfully weird tale unlike any other. 

RUT is the latest book from the renegade CONCORD FREE PRESS, which publishes novels 

and gives them away for free, asking that readers make a voluntary donation to a local charity or 

individual in need. Its first four books have already generated more than $150,000 in donations 

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in the publishing industry with its unique, generosity-based publishing model, while inspiring 

praise from writers and readers for its radical rethinking of what a book can be.  

 

Phillips is the author of three previous novels—THE ICE HARVEST, THE WALKAWAY, and 

COTTONWOOD. John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton starred in the 2005 feature film 

adaptation of THE ICE HARVEST, which was directed by Harold Ramis. Why did Phillips 

choose to publish with the admittedly unconventional Concord Free Press? “Having spent many 

many years in the gaping, bloody maw of mainstream publishing, I'm very excited to be working 

with the Concord Free Press, with its fresh take on the dissemination of literature and its eagerness 

to put something new and different into print,” he says. “Working with them has been one of the 

real pleasures of my professional life.”  

 

Beginning on October 25, 2010, the Concord Free Press will distribute all 3,000 trade 

paperback copies of RUT through its network of independent bookstores and requests via its 

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site, then pass the book on.  

 

ABOUT THE CONCORD FREE PRESS 

Founded in 2008 by novelist Stona Fitch, the Concord Free Press (www.concordfreepress.com) 

is a non-profit foundation dedicated to pushing the boundaries of publishing and connecting 

reading and giving like never before. Its Advisory Board includes Megan Abbott, Russell 

Banks, Hamilton Fish, Stephen McCauley, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, and others. 

 

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—ForeWord Magazine