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The Nose: The Pope's Pups, Sports in the Court, and The Lawyer Who Paid Too Much

Connecticut Public Radio | By Colin McEnroe
Published December 12, 2014 at 6:00 AM EST
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Tracy Wu-Fastenberg is the Director of Development at the Mark Twain House & Museum.
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James Hanley is the co-founder of Cinestudio at Trinity College.
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Pope Francis changed our plans for The Nose today when it was revealed informally that the souls of animals may go to heaven. In fairness, the Pope was consoling a boy whose dog had died but nonetheless, the pronouncement kicked off a larger conversation that ranged from the outreach Christian wing of PETA - who knew there was one - to the National Pork Producers Council.  

If animals go to heaven, would that include the Anaconda who unsuccessfully tried to swallow a TV naturalist this week and disappointed viewers by failing to make a meal of him.

Speaking of meals, we couldn't pass up the story of the Harvard Business School professor who tried to teach a lesson to a mom and pop Chinese restaurant that overcharged him $4 dollars.

And lastly, the story of a high school football team that went to court to overturn a ref's bad call. 

Headlines we were considering for the show:
  1. Go to ... Hartford, Young Man?
  2. Unlike people, monkeys aren’t fooled by expensive brands
  3. President Obama Filled in for Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report Last Night
  4. Behind The Alarming Rise Of The Online Vigilante Detective
  5. Leonardo DiCaprio enters club without girlfriend Toni Garrn, leaves with 20 women

What do you think? Comment below, email Colin@wnpr.org, or tweet @wnprcolin.

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Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.
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