The Water Bowl: Piano-Playing Nora Wins Cat of the Year! Plus, Deer Tackles Boy During Football Game

10/16/2009 at 10:30 AM EDT

The Water Bowl: Piano-Playing Nora Wins Cat of the Year! Plus, Deer Tackles Boy During Football Game
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The ASPCA announced that it would honor Nora, the 5-year-old shelter cat and piano-playing Internet star, as Cat of the Year at the ASPCA Humane Awards Luncheon on Oct. 29 in New York. See the full list of winners, including Dog of the Year and Firefighter of the Year, here. --ASPCA.org

When a 7-year-old boy was tackled by a deer (ironically, during a game of football), his 9-year-old friend hit the deer off with a stick. --AP via foxnews.com

Forbes does an analysis of the "strange and strong" bond between women and cats. --Forbes.com

Photographer Mark Carwardine is on a search for blue whales in a series for the BBC called Last Chance to See. --news.bbc.co.uk

This weekend's Meet the Breeds show in New York City will include a Cat Idol competition featuring Barack Obama, the cat. --catchannel.com

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