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		<title>CAPITAL CULTURE: 1 measure of US-India relations? Trail of broken bread, crumbled Triscuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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CAPITAL CULTURE: 60 years of US meals for India
WASHINGTON — In the history of U.S.-India relations, there&#8217;s been plenty of broken bread and even a few crumbled Triscuits.
American presidents have entertained India&#8217;s leaders over fine wine and even finer food for the past 60 years — at grand White House dinners ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/capital-culture-1-measure-of-us-india-relations-trail-of-broken-bread-crumbled-triscuits-235161/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : CAPITAL CULTURE: 1 measure of US-India relations? Trail of broken bread, crumbled Triscuits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tammy the wild turkey who played chicken with NJ turnpike traffic finally caught</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Henry</dc:creator>
		
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Turkey that played chicken on NJ Turnpike caught

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A wild turkey that&#8217;s taken up residence at a New Jersey tollbooth and spends its days scooting around 18-wheelers won&#8217;t have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. State Fish and Wildlife officials netted the bird Wednesday after failed attempts during the weekend.
The turkey had been trotting ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tammy-the-wild-turkey-who-played-chicken-with-nj-turnpike-traffic-finally-caught-231966/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Tammy the wild turkey who played chicken with NJ turnpike traffic finally caught</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey that played chicken with NJ Turnpike traffic and taunted toll collectors is captured</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Henry</dc:creator>
		
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Wild turkey on NJ Turnpike captured
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A wild turkey that has been playing chicken along the New Jersey Turnpike won&#8217;t have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic.

State Fish and Wildlife officials netted the bird Wednesday after failed attempts during the weekend.
The turkey has been trotting around toll booths at the 14B interchange in Jersey .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/turkey-that-played-chicken-with-nj-turnpike-traffic-and-taunted-toll-collectors-is-captured-231962/">Turkey that played chicken with NJ Turnpike traffic and taunted toll collectors is captured</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tammy the wild turkey finally caught at NJ turnpike after motorists&#8217; complaints intensify</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Turkey that played chicken on NJ Turnpike caught

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A wild turkey that&#8217;s taken up residence at a New Jersey tollbooth and spends its days scooting around 18-wheelers won&#8217;t have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic. State Fish and Wildlife officials netted the bird Wednesday after failed attempts during the weekend.
The turkey had been trotting .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tammy-the-wild-turkey-finally-caught-at-nj-turnpike-after-motorists-complaints-intensify-231956/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado parents charged in alleged balloon boy hoax; attorney says they&#8217;ll plead guilty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Solomon Banda</dc:creator>
		
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Colo. balloon boy parents charged in alleged hoax

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado prosecutors say they&#8217;ve filed criminal charges against the parents accused of staging a hoax when they reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon.
Prosecutors said Thursday that Richard Heene was charged with attempting to influence a public servant, a felony. They ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/colorado-parents-charged-in-alleged-balloon-boy-hoax-attorney-says-theyll-plead-guilty-227241/" title="Colorado parents charged in alleged balloon boy hoax; attorney says they&#8217;ll plead guilty">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: Colorado parents to plead guilty to some charges in alleged balloon boy hoax</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Lawyer: Colo. balloon boy parents to plead guilty

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado parents who reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon will plead guilty to some charges so that the family can stay together, the attorney for the boy&#8217;s father said Thursday.
Richard Heene will plead guilty in the alleged Oct. 15 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-colorado-parents-to-plead-guilty-to-some-charges-in-alleged-balloon-boy-hoax-226956/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Lawyer: Colorado parents to plead guilty to some charges in alleged balloon boy hoax</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Citing full recovery, government says it will take brown pelicans off endangered species list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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Gov&#8217;t says brown pelicans are endangered no longer

WASHINGTON — Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.
Interior Department officials on Wednesday announced that they were taking the bird off the endangered species list, after a nearly four-decade struggle to keep the brown pelican population .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/citing-full-recovery-government-says-it-will-take-brown-pelicans-off-endangered-species-list-226005/">Citing full recovery, government says it will take brown pelicans off endangered species list</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming Game and Fish agency sets wildlife protection guidelines for wind energy developers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Joyce</dc:creator>
		
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Wyo. sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released recommendations for protecting wildlife during wind energy development, including restrictions in sage grouse habitat and in big game winter range and migration corridors.
The department characterized this week&#8217;s draft document as &#8220;advanced disclosure&#8221; of potential wildlife concerns. The department .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wyoming-game-and-fish-agency-sets-wildlife-protection-guidelines-for-wind-energy-developers-219448/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Wyoming Game and Fish agency sets wildlife protection guidelines for wind energy developers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pipeline company grants to pay for restoring, protecting Indiana bird habitats</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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Pipeline company grants to help Ind. bird habitats

INDIANAPOLIS — Seven new grants from a company building a huge natural gas pipeline will help protect bird habitats in Indiana.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Conservation Fund and energy industry members say the grants totaling $1.1 million will protect more than 1,300 acres of migratory bird .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pipeline-company-grants-to-pay-for-restoring-protecting-indiana-bird-habitats-216278/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Pipeline company grants to pay for restoring, protecting Indiana bird habitats</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UCLA study: Gay spouses similar to heterosexual married couples in age, income, parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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Report: Gay couples similar to straight spouses

SAN FRANCISCO — Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday that provides a demographic snapshot of gay families in America.
The study released by a think ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ucla-study-gay-spouses-similar-to-heterosexual-married-couples-in-age-income-parenting-215662/" title="UCLA study: Gay spouses similar to heterosexual married couples in age, income, parenting">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>If OK&#8217;d, new NJ panel would review, vote on development plans that impact Dismal Swamp area</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Shipkowski</dc:creator>
		
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NJ towns move to preserve area, limit developments

TRENTON, N.J. — One of New Jersey&#8217;s most significant environmental areas may soon get new protections that probably would limit development projects.
Dismal Swamp — which covers about 660 acres in the central Jersey communities of Edison, Metuchen and South Plainfield — is one of the last remaining New .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/if-okd-new-nj-panel-would-review-vote-on-development-plans-that-impact-dismal-swamp-area-215025/" title="If OK&#8217;d, new NJ panel would review, vote on development plans that impact Dismal Swamp area">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Guard scoops up hundreds of gallons of fuel after oil tanker spill in San Francisco Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Coast Guard scoops up oil in San Francisco Bay

SAN FRANCISCO — Crews worked Saturday to clean up fuel leaked into San Francisco Bay and care for a dozen birds one day after an oil tanker spilled hundreds of gallons into the water.
The Coast Guard dispatched 10 boats to scoop up shipping fuel about 2.5 miles ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/coast-guard-scoops-up-hundreds-of-gallons-of-fuel-after-oil-tanker-spill-in-san-francisco-bay-213834/">Original article on  : Coast Guard scoops up hundreds of gallons of fuel after oil tanker spill in San Francisco Bay</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Family&#8217;s attorney in boy-in-balloon case says clients are willing to turn themselves in</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A lawyer representing the parents accused of concocting a story that their son was in an escaped balloon says his clients are willing to turn themselves in to face any charges.

Denver attorney David Lane says he&#8217;s representing Richard and Mayumi Heene. He says he wants to avoid &#8220;the public spectacle and ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/familys-attorney-in-boy-in-balloon-case-says-clients-are-willing-to-turn-themselves-in-199402/">Family&#8217;s attorney in boy-in-balloon case says clients are willing to turn themselves in</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado sheriff says parents concocted tale of boy&#8217;s flight in balloon, charges expected</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The story that a little boy had floated away in a giant helium balloon was a hoax concocted to land a reality television show, authorities said Sunday, and the boy&#8217;s parents will likely face felony charges.

The stunt two weeks in the planning was a marketing ploy by Richard and Mayumi Heene, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/colorado-sheriff-says-parents-concocted-tale-of-boys-flight-in-balloon-charges-expected-199393/" title="Colorado sheriff says parents concocted tale of boy&#8217;s flight in balloon, charges expected">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado sheriff says parents&#8217; report that boy was in runaway balloon was publicity stunt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The parents who set off a worldwide drama by reporting their 6-year-old son was inside a flying saucer-like helium balloon hurtling over Colorado concocted the stunt to market themselves for a television show, a sheriff said Sunday.

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said at an extraordinarily candid news conference that the boy, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/colorado-sheriff-says-parents-report-that-boy-was-in-runaway-balloon-was-publicity-stunt-199355/" title="Colorado sheriff says parents&#8217; report that boy was in runaway balloon was publicity stunt">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheriff says officials have no indication Colo. family carried out hoax with balloon flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Solomon Banda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A Colorado official said Friday there&#8217;s no indication a family was carrying out a hoax when they reported their 6-year-old son was in a helium balloon that floated away from their home, causing a massive rescue effort before the child was found hiding in the garage.

&#8220;We believe at this time that .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sheriff-says-officials-have-no-indication-colo-family-carried-out-hoax-with-balloon-flight-198289/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Boy, 6, said to have floated off in homemade hellium balloon found safe at his Colorado home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Solomon Banda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family&#8217;s garage Thursday after being feared aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky on live television.

The discovery marked a bizarre end to a saga that started when the giant silvery balloon floated away from ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/boy-6-said-to-have-floated-off-in-homemade-hellium-balloon-found-safe-at-his-colorado-home-197537/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Boy, 6, said to have floated off in homemade hellium balloon found safe at his Colorado home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>6-year-old boy feared floating away aboard homemade balloon found safe at Colorado home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Solomon Banda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Boy feared floating away in homemade balloon found

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy was found hiding in a cardboard box in his family&#8217;s garage Thursday after being feared aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 50 miles through the sky on live television.
The discovery marked a bizarre end to a saga that started when .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/6-year-old-boy-feared-floating-away-aboard-homemade-balloon-found-safe-at-colorado-home-197536/">6-year-old boy feared floating away aboard homemade balloon found safe at Colorado home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Family of boy in Colorado who was thought to be in balloon featured twice on ABC&#8217;s &#8216;Wife Swap&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The family of a 6-year-old boy who set off a nationally televised scramble when he was thought to be in a balloon over Colorado has been featured twice in the ABC show &#8220;Wife Swap.&#8221;

Falcon, the son of Richard and Mayumi Heene of Fort Collins, Colo., was found hiding in a cardboard box ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/family-of-boy-in-colorado-who-was-thought-to-be-in-balloon-featured-twice-on-abcs-wife-swap-197485/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Family of boy in Colorado who was thought to be in balloon featured twice on ABC&#8217;s &#8216;Wife Swap&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In Paraguay, secret archive may shed light on dictatorship-era repression in South America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pedro Servin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay&#8217;s persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner&#8217;s 1954-1989 rule.

The basement archive in the Ministry of Defense appears to hold some records about Operation Condor, a coordinated campaign by South American military governments against leftists .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-paraguay-secret-archive-may-shed-light-on-dictatorship-era-repression-in-south-america-196224/">In Paraguay, secret archive may shed light on dictatorship-era repression in South America</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tough owl survives after crashing into pickup truck, which needs a tow from Indiana highway</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAYSVILLE, Ind. — Talk about one tough owl. Police in southern Indiana said a great horned owl flew through the pre-dawn darkness into the front of a moving Ford F-250 pickup truck — and survived even as the collision mangled the truck&#8217;s radiator.

The bird was left trapped inside the grill of the truck driven by .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tough-owl-survives-after-crashing-into-pickup-truck-which-needs-a-tow-from-indiana-highway-194042/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Tough owl survives after crashing into pickup truck, which needs a tow from Indiana highway</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EPA chooses $50 million plan to cap huge DDT deposit on ocean floor off Southern California</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Clean sand and silt will be used to cover a vast deposit of the pesticide DDT and toxic compound PCB on the ocean floor off Southern California, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.

The $50 million plan will target a Superfund site lurking in the waters off the scenic Palos Verdes Peninsula ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-chooses-50-million-plan-to-cap-huge-ddt-deposit-on-ocean-floor-off-southern-california-187570/" title="EPA chooses $50 million plan to cap huge DDT deposit on ocean floor off Southern California">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. woman clawed, flown to hospital after trying to take wild emu to animal shelter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSSY HEAD, Fla. — A Florida Panhandle woman was flown to the hospital after being clawed by a wild emu she was trying to corral. The woman, who was not identified, purportedly wanted to take it to an animal shelter. An emergency responder said the incident didn&#8217;t seem like an attack — the animal was ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fla-woman-clawed-flown-to-hospital-after-trying-to-take-wild-emu-to-animal-shelter-187543/">Fla. woman clawed, flown to hospital after trying to take wild emu to animal shelter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Migrating raptors take flight at Pa.&#8217;s Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, celebrating its 75th birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KEMPTON, Pa. — Peering through binoculars, Arlene Koch spies something tiny and dark on the horizon. Though it&#8217;s still a few miles away and difficult to see even with magnification, she can identify the shadowy figure by its shape and the characteristics of its flight.

&#8220;That&#8217;s a broadwing over five,&#8221; Koch declares from her perch atop .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/migrating-raptors-take-flight-at-pas-hawk-mountain-sanctuary-celebrating-its-75th-birthday-181853/">Source article &nbsp;: Migrating raptors take flight at Pa.&#8217;s Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, celebrating its 75th birthday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP answers your questions on the news, from wildlife and wind farms to unemployment benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind power has its fans, but the turbines that turn breezes into energy are also generating concerns: Some worry that the huge contraptions might put wildlife at risk.

So has anyone considered illuminating them with floodlights or painting them hot pink, so animals know to stay away?
Curiosity about more wildlife-friendly wind farms inspired one of the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-answers-your-questions-on-the-news-from-wildlife-and-wind-farms-to-unemployment-benefits-178618/">Original source &nbsp;: AP answers your questions on the news, from wildlife and wind farms to unemployment benefits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Miss. police officers use Taser and handcuffs to capture emu running loose on a roadway</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOREST, Miss. — Officers had to use a stun gun and handcuffs to capture an emu running loose on Interstate 20 in central Mississippi on Sunday. Police Officer Kiley Culpepper told WLBT-TV in Jackson that motorists had been calling 911 since Friday to report sightings of two emus on I-20 and nearby U.S. Highway 80.

Authorities .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/miss-police-officers-use-taser-and-handcuffs-to-capture-emu-running-loose-on-a-roadway-174515/">Miss. police officers use Taser and handcuffs to capture emu running loose on a roadway</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Yale lab tech awaits fate as it&#8217;s revealed graduate student was suffocated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building was suffocated, according to autopsy released Wednesday, hours after a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; was questioned and released.

Dr. Wayne Carver&#8217;s office released the results three days after the body of 24-year-old Annie Le was found in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yale-lab-tech-awaits-fate-as-its-revealed-graduate-student-was-suffocated-170557/">Original article on  : Yale lab tech awaits fate as it&#8217;s revealed graduate student was suffocated</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. medical examiner says Yale grad student found in wall was asphyxiated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Yale graduate student whose body was found hidden in a wall in her lab building was asphyxiated, the state&#8217;s chief medical examiner said Wednesday, hours after a &#8220;person of interest&#8221; was questioned and released.

Dr. Wayne Carver&#8217;s office released the results three days after the body of 24-year-old Annie Le was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/conn-medical-examiner-says-yale-grad-student-found-in-wall-was-asphyxiated-170434/" title="Conn. medical examiner says Yale grad student found in wall was asphyxiated">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. medical examiner says Yale grad student found in wall died of traumatic asphyxiation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The chief state&#8217;s medical examiner said Wednesday that a Yale University graduate student whose body was found stuffed inside a basement wall died of traumatic asphyxiation.

Dr. Wayne Carver&#8217;s office released the results three days after the body of 24-year-old Annie Le was found in a Yale medical school research building. Carver .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/conn-medical-examiner-says-yale-grad-student-found-in-wall-died-of-traumatic-asphyxiation-170406/" title="Conn. medical examiner says Yale grad student found in wall died of traumatic asphyxiation">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CAT scans show extinct eagle in New Zealand may have eaten humans, researchers say</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Casey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast&#8217;s eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.

The researchers say they have determined that the eagle — which lived in the mountains of New Zealand and weighed about ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cat-scans-show-extinct-eagle-in-new-zealand-may-have-eaten-humans-researchers-say-165937/" title="CAT scans show extinct eagle in New Zealand may have eaten humans, researchers say">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers say Arctic warming has widespread effects on Arctic plants, animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Arctic warming is affecting plants, birds, animals and insects as ice melts and the growing season changes, scientists report in a new review of the many impacts climate change is having on the far north.

As the global climate changes, the Arctic Circle has been warming faster than other regions and scientists have documented ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/researchers-say-arctic-warming-has-widespread-effects-on-arctic-plants-animals-165120/" title="Researchers say Arctic warming has widespread effects on Arctic plants, animals">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>From Shakespeare&#8217;s pen to national nuisance, pesky European starlings stubbornly hang on</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — The next time the sky darkens with a flock of noisy unwelcome starlings, blame Shakespeare — or, better yet, a few of his strangest fans.

Had the Bard not mentioned the starling in the third scene of &#8220;Henry IV,&#8221; arguably the most hated bird in North America might never have arrived. In ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/from-shakespeares-pen-to-national-nuisance-pesky-european-starlings-stubbornly-hang-on-161250/" title="From Shakespeare&#8217;s pen to national nuisance, pesky European starlings stubbornly hang on">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bugged by decline in native ladybug species, NY researchers talk about the birds and bees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ITHACA, N.Y. — A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.

Cornell University entomologist John Losey launched the Lost Ladybug Project to figure out why common native ladybug species had all but disappeared.
This summer, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bugged-by-decline-in-native-ladybug-species-ny-researchers-talk-about-the-birds-and-bees-160093/">Read : Bugged by decline in native ladybug species, NY researchers talk about the birds and bees</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ban smoking in the military? No way, say many troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Riechmann</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq — Gen. Douglas MacArthur had his signature corncob pipe. Soldiers got cigarettes in their C-rations during World War II. Even today, America&#8217;s war on tobacco seems to have largely bypassed the military.

Now a proposal to make the forces smoke-free is drawing strong reactions from troops who have served in Iraq .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ban-smoking-in-the-military-no-way-say-many-troops-153669/">Ban smoking in the military? No way, say many troops</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Continued killing of once-endangered cormorants sparks criticism as bird population levels off</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Flesher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALPENA, Mich. — The mostly bird-free skies above Lake Huron&#8217;s Thunder Bay during the recent Brown Trout Festival were a welcome sight to anglers who have spent years competing — often unfavorably — with double-crested cormorants for their catch.

Federal and state agencies have waged war in recent years against the large, black waterfowl notable for ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/continued-killing-of-once-endangered-cormorants-sparks-criticism-as-bird-population-levels-off-150905/">Original article on  : Continued killing of once-endangered cormorants sparks criticism as bird population levels off</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Troublesome wild turkeys in Washington tourist town spared from death by adoption proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA CONNER, Wash. — Troublesome wild turkeys in the small northwest Washington tourist town of La Conner have been spared the chopping block.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports the City Council has decided that adoption is the best way to thin the flock of about 20 birds down to a more manageable number of seven. The ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/troublesome-wild-turkeys-in-washington-tourist-town-spared-from-death-by-adoption-proposal-150807/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Troublesome wild turkeys in Washington tourist town spared from death by adoption proposal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chile confirms swine flu in turkeys, alerts WHO to possibly dangerous development</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Federico Quilodran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic.

Top flu and animal-health experts with the United Nations in Rome and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were monitoring the situation, but said the infected turkeys have suffered .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chile-confirms-swine-flu-in-turkeys-alerts-who-to-possibly-dangerous-development-146279/">Chile confirms swine flu in turkeys, alerts WHO to possibly dangerous development</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Army&#8217;s medic-training headquarters turns to songbird ordinance to fend off San Antonio sprawl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN ANTONIO — The U.S. Army is turning to an unlikely weapon in a fight against sprawl in Texas. An endangered songbird.

Camp Bullis is where every medic in the U.S. military will report starting in 2011. It&#8217;s also smack in the middle of one of the fastest-growing parts of San Antonio, where ranchland has given .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/armys-medic-training-headquarters-turns-to-songbird-ordinance-to-fend-off-san-antonio-sprawl-144672/">Source &nbsp;: Army&#8217;s medic-training headquarters turns to songbird ordinance to fend off San Antonio sprawl</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>North Dakota company says farm product may help in limiting bird strikes at airports</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST FARGO, N.D. — A West Fargo company that&#8217;s marketing an ecologically friendly repellent designed to keep blackbirds away from sunflower fields is trying to find out if its product can help limit bird strikes to airplanes.

An experiment earlier this summer at a regional airport in northeastern North Dakota showed the repellent, known as Flock .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-dakota-company-says-farm-product-may-help-in-limiting-bird-strikes-at-airports-140777/">Source &nbsp;: North Dakota company says farm product may help in limiting bird strikes at airports</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORICK, Calif. — The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.

&#8220;It can soar the highest, so we figured that was the one to get our prayers to heaven when we were asking for the world ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yurok-tribe-works-for-return-of-condor-to-northwest-to-help-fix-world-gone-wrong-2-140694/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrong</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORICK, Calif. — The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.

&#8220;It can soar the highest, so we figured that was the one to get our prayers to heaven when we were asking for the world .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yurok-tribe-works-for-return-of-condor-to-northwest-to-help-fix-world-gone-wrong-140691/">Source article &nbsp;: Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrong</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prairie grouse&#8217;s listing as threatened, endangered could slow wind development in 5 states</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Blaney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUBBOCK, Texas — A little prairie grouse could give the wind energy industry big fits.

Should the lesser prairie chicken become listed as threatened or endangered — and it&#8217;s close now — there would be significant restrictions on companies hoping to plant towering turbines across a five-state region believed to have some of the nation&#8217;s best ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prairie-grouses-listing-as-threatened-endangered-could-slow-wind-development-in-5-states-130676/">Prairie grouse&#8217;s listing as threatened, endangered could slow wind development in 5 states</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Safety board says aircraft not designed to withstand collisions with large birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The risk of commercial airplanes crashing because they&#8217;ve struck large birds is increasing and design standards should be strengthened so that aircraft can withstand the collisions, federal safety officials said Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board voted to recommend the Federal Aviation Administration revise its current standards, which require airframes be able to withstand .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/safety-board-says-aircraft-not-designed-to-withstand-collisions-with-large-birds-123578/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Safety board says aircraft not designed to withstand collisions with large birds</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Safety board told aircraft not designed to withstand collisions with large birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The risk of commercial airplanes crashing because they&#8217;ve struck large birds is increasing and design standards should be strengthened so that aircraft can withstand the collisions, federal safety officials said Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board voted to recommend the Federal Aviation Administration revise its current standards, which require airframes be able to withstand .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/safety-board-told-aircraft-not-designed-to-withstand-collisions-with-large-birds-123063/">Safety board told aircraft not designed to withstand collisions with large birds</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Safety board to weigh implications of Oklahoma business jet brought down by pelican, killing 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials are considering whether more needs to be done to prevent bird-plane collisions as they study results of an investigation into the cause of a crash in Oklahoma last year that killed five men.

Documents already made public by the NTSB show the Cessna Citation 500 had climbed to 3,100 feet and .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/safety-board-to-weigh-implications-of-oklahoma-business-jet-brought-down-by-pelican-killing-5-122559/">Safety board to weigh implications of Oklahoma business jet brought down by pelican, killing 5</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Safety board to consider 2008 Oklahoma City bird collision that killed 5 aboard business jet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — For the five men who took off from a small Oklahoma airport aboard a business jet that ran into a large bird, there was no miracle river landing.

The twin-engine Cessna Citation 500 had climbed to 3,100 feet and was passing over a corner of Oklahoma City&#8217;s Lake Overholser on March 4, 2008, when .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/safety-board-to-consider-2008-oklahoma-city-bird-collision-that-killed-5-aboard-business-jet-122293/">Source article &nbsp;: Safety board to consider 2008 Oklahoma City bird collision that killed 5 aboard business jet</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Toucan&#8217;s giant bill, not just for peeling fruit, attracting mates, scientists say</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randolph E. Schmid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The toucan&#8217;s colorful bill gives new meaning to the phrase cool dude.

Indeed, that gigantic schnoz turns out to be a radiator the rain forest dweller uses to lose body heat.
The bill of the Toco Toucan makes up about one-third of its body length and ornithologists have long wondered about the purpose for the .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/toucans-giant-bill-not-just-for-peeling-fruit-attracting-mates-scientists-say-118829/">Toucan&#8217;s giant bill, not just for peeling fruit, attracting mates, scientists say</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth II witnesses her first swan census</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael G. Satter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II took to the River Thames in a steam launch Monday to watch red-suited boatmen carefully count all her swans

A Buckingham Palace official said it was the first time the 83-year-old queen, who has reigned for 57 years, was on hand for the venerable practice of &#8220;Swan Upping.&#8221; The annual census ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-queen-elizabeth-ii-witnesses-her-first-swan-census-115090/">Britain&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth II witnesses her first swan census</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Interior finds Bush plan to boost Oregon logging violates Endangered Species Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Obama administration on Thursday scrapped the Bush administration&#8217;s last-ditch attempt to boost logging in Northwest forests by scaling back protection for the northern spotted owl.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that a plan to increase logging on federal lands in western Oregon could not stand up to challenges under the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/interior-finds-bush-plan-to-boost-oregon-logging-violates-endangered-species-act-111805/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Interior finds Bush plan to boost Oregon logging violates Endangered Species Act</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A penguin mystery: Australia investigates killings of cute flightless birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY — The first battered bodies were found on a small Australian beach, the white sand around them stained crimson with their blood.

A few days later, the killer struck again — this time on the nearby cliffs overlooking Sydney Harbor. The cluster of victims were covered in bite marks, their tiny tummies slashed open.
Through blood-spatter .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-penguin-mystery-australia-investigates-killings-of-cute-flightless-birds-110496/">A penguin mystery: Australia investigates killings of cute flightless birds</a>.]]></description>
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