"We did a lot of hunting and hiking together when the kids were little, " said Menard, gesturing to a picture of Palin as a young teen with her sister and Menard's sons, surrounded by moose carcasses in a room for curing big game.

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He stopped the shot with his right pad, and the Devils' fans in the crowd sang out "Moose, " which has been Hedberg's nickname since 2001, when he kept wearing his old Manitoba Moose face mask even though he had been called up by Pittsburgh.

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And if the financial news is bad, if the economy is the conversation and it's more about the economy and less about moose meat, then obviously the Democrats fare better.

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Following in the wallaby's paw prints: Gallo's Black Swan and Constellation Wines' Four Emus and 3 Blind Moose.

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Now the country's research analysts have a platform from which to flog penny mining stocks and moose pastures.

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