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February 15 Round-Up: Bob Barker and Elephants, Hannah Montana Ruined Billy Ray Cyrus’ Family and Coke’s Secret

What we’re reading today:

Former Price is Right host Bob Barker wants all the elephants out of Canada. “Canada is no place for elephants. It’s too far north. If we can get all of the elephants out of Canada, they’re gonna be much happier,” he said. He specifically wants Lucy from the Edmonton Valley Zoo moved to California, but when asked, he said that moving the Toronto Zoo’s three elephants would be a “step in the right direction.” Via Toronto Star

Why can’t one-hit-wonders just collect their royalties and be happy drifting into obscurity? No, Billy Ray Cyrus had a talented daughter who needed to be known. OK, that’s way unfair. Sorry Billy Ray. In next month’s issue of GQ, Cyrus opens up about his divorce and not knowing the right way to guide his daughter. With Miley’s various scandals, he seems to have to swoop in and take the heat off his daughter. It’s too much and it’s all Hannah Montana‘s fault.

News and Culture Five

News Round-Up February 9

What we’re reading today:

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama told the Today Show that the first kids don’t have Facebook. She doesn’t see why young kids need it.

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You oughta know that Alanis Morissette has posted a baby picture of young Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway. And he’s cute.

Do toy guns = bad parenting? Rick Marin on Salon says that giving his kids Nerf guns “hits the fantasy of bringing justice to an unjust world.

And while Rick Marin’s kids are fighting imaginary outlaws, the Hipster Mom‘s kid is becoming one. Have you ever had to teach your kids about why we don’t shoplift?

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