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North Korea took a fresh swipe at President Barack Obama on Monday, saying his administration is no different from that of his predecessor, George W. Bush.
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China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday rejected accusations by President Barack Obama that China is among nations that regularly harass and detain journalists.
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A Pimlico spokesman says Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will run in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore on May 16.
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Mine That Bird dug up a miracle, stunning the field to win the Kentucky Derby with a dynamic stretch run through the mud at Churchill Downs.
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Sprawled along the edge of a giant coastal wetlands area, John F. Kennedy International Airport shares airspace with thousands of birds _ many of which wind up as...
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Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the...
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The public is getting its first uncensored look at the government’s records of where and when airplanes have struck birds over the last 19 years, thanks largely...
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Government secrecy apparently won’t fly at the Transportation Department under the Obama administration.
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Federal safety officials are objecting to the Federal Aviation Administration’s proposal to make secret its data on when and where collisions between birds and...
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A survivor of the US Airways jet that ditched in the Hudson River after the plane was struck by birds opposes a government proposal to make secret its data on when and...
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Federal wildlife officials say they plan to spend more than $14 million to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian crow, one of the rarest forest birds in the world.
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A passenger plane has landed safely after passengers were told it struck two birds taking off from Atlanta.
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The lawyer for a Louisiana woman accused of swapping two children for an exotic bird and $175 in cash said Friday that the charge is false.
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The lawyer representing a Louisiana woman accused of swapping two children for an exotic bird and $175 in cash says the charge is false.
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Four Indonesians have died of bird flu, bringing the death toll in the country hardest hit by the disease to 119, an official said Tuesday.
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