The remains of Hadiya Pendleton are taken to her final resting place at the Cedar Park Cemetery Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Calumet Park, Ill. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, when a gunman opened fire on her and some friends seeking shelter in a park from the rain about a mile from President Obama's Chicago home. First lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral with Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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The remains of Hadiya Pendleton are taken to her final resting place at the Cedar Park Cemetery Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, in Calumet Park, Ill. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, when a gunman opened fire on her and some friends seeking shelter in a park from the rain about a mile from President Obama's Chicago home. First lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral with Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, former former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a gunshot to the head in 2011, during a mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., sits ready with her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss legislation to curb gun violence after the death of 20 schoolchildren in the shooting rampage late last year in Newtown, Conn. Giffords told the committee that Congress must reform the nation's gun laws, and Kelly got into a terse discussion at the witness table with National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, left, husband of former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who survived a gunshot to the head during the mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., in 2011, shakes hands with National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre after they testified about gun violence and legislation during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kelly got into a terse discussion at the witness table with LaPierre, and Giffords told the committee that Congress must reform the nation’s gun laws. Gayle Trotter, senior fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, who also testified, stands at center. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House in Washington. Obama has called for a ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and is pushing other policies in the wake of the mass shooting in December 2012 at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. In response, gun-rights advocates have accused Obama and others of ignoring the Second Amendment rights of Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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In this Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 photo, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, speaks to reporters following a rally in support of three Iowa Supreme Court justices who are up for retention votes in the November election, in Des Moines, Iowa. Harkin says he will not seek re-election in 2014, The Associated Press reports Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, and Secretary of Defense-nominee and former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., left, listen to reporters' question following their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with Secretary of Defense-nominee and former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., speaks to journalists following their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2011 file photo, Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough speaks at an interfaith forum at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society in Sterling, Va. People familiar with White House thinking say President Barack Obama is likely to name top national security aide Denis McDonough as his next chief of staff, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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FILE - This Jan. 17, 2009 file photo shows traffic redirected from Pennsylvania Ave. in downtown Washington, with the Capitol in the background. From a transportation perspective, Inauguration Day won’t be all that different from most regular workdays in the nation’s capital: If you want to get downtown on time, you’re probably better off not driving. Instead, the hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the city are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle. And no matter what they choose, they’ll eventually end up on foot _ and possibly walking several miles _ to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
Bob Barker urges NC senators to oppose possum bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (
AP) — Former game show host
Bob Barker is telling North Carolina lawmakers that caging a live possum for a New Year's Eve event in the mountains isn't good show business.
Barker wrote this week to a state Senate committee's members asking them to oppose a bill that would let the organizer of the Brasstown "Possum Drop" keep suspending a possum in a box every Dec. 31 and lowering it gently to the ground.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals complained about the event. A judge ruled state regulators don't have explicit authority to permit the display. A House bill approved this week would change that.
Barker says the event is inhumane and that loopholes for animal abuse shouldn't be created.
PETA released the letter. The 89-year-old Barker is a longtime animal rights activist.
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