The male owl at Top Hill Low Nature Reserve was the only one of six breeding birds to survive through the winter.

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Three days later, a 12-week-old male puppy was dumped in Salt Hill Park.

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Harry Hill scored three nominations, including best male TV comic and comedy entertainment programme.

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Then on a hill we spotted him: Kalawari, a dominant male, grazing quietly in the tall grass.

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The notion was first proposed by Martie Haselton and David Buss, two of Dr Hill's colleagues, to explain a puzzling quirk in male psychology.

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When ABC News airs a group interview with 19 of the 20 female representatives of the newly elected Congress tonight, Diane Sawyer will solicit their take on topics including the fiscal cliff, political gridlock, their male colleagues, and what it will be like to have more women on the Hill.

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