Horse Rescued After Swimming Two Miles off California Coast

 

William, a seven-year-old Arabian horse, was spooked while filming a commercial Tuesday on a Southern California beach and ran into the water, finally being rescued after swimming some two miles, reports CNN.com.

Depopulation in Indian Country, 21st Century Style

A strange thing is happening in and across Indian country: the number of federally recognized tribal nations continues to increase—the Tejon people of California were readmitted to the ranks in early January of this year, bringing the number of such groups to 566—while the population figures for existing federally recognized native peoples continues to decline because of the ongoing number of disenrollments of tribal members.