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Mom brings rabid bat to school, lets kids touch it

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:45:40 +0000

About 90 elementary school students in Montana have started a series of rabies shots after a parent let them touch a dead bat that was later confirmed to be diseased.

Woman wakes up, should have smelled the coffee

AP — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:37:58 +0000

It wasn’t just the caffeine that gave an Iowa woman an extra jolt after she had her morning coffee. It was also the bat she found in the filter.

Bat man comes to the rescue of, well, bats

AP — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:59:36 +0000

He may not be caped, but in the bat world, Jason Corbett is definitely a crusader.

Suspended Suspense…Test exhibition at its best?

Sreelata Yellamrazu — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:41:25 +0000

When all hope seems lost, there is still hope. Seems ironical? Not really. This may not be the ideal Test. But it has had enough drama from sunken hopes to revived charge, from dull despair to respite. The match is far from over. One...

Why Are Thousands of Bats Dying in NY?

AP — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:13:34 +0000

Bats in New York and Vermont are mysteriously dying off by the thousands, often with a white ring of fungus around their noses, and scientists in hazmat suits are crawling into dank caves to find out why.”White nose syndrome,” as the...

Correction: Bat Fossil Story

AP — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:29:01 +0000

In a Feb. 13 story about a fossil of a previously unrecognized bat species, The Associated Press reported erroneously when the species lived. The bat species lived about 52 million years ago, not 25.5...

Bats Could Fly Before They Had 'Radar'

AP — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:52:26 +0000

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they started flying.The discovery revealed the most...

Knievel's Victim Goes After the Money

AP — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:37:33 +0000

Of all the bones Evel Knievel broke over the years, the costliest may have been the left arm of a PR man by the name of Shelly Saltman.Saltman won $12.75 million in damages against Knievel after the motorcycle daredevil attacked him with a baseball...

Offerman Pleads Not Guilty in Bat Attack

AP — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:44:54 +0000

Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he attacked a pitcher and catcher with his bat during a minor league game.Offerman is scheduled back in Bridgeport Superior Court on Oct. 17. He declined comment after...

Shoaib Akhtar strikes again.. this time, with a bat

Alpheus — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:41:52 +0000

It would be a miracle if Shoaib Akhtar doesn’t make it to the headlines when there is a major tournament. Be it for his fastest ball or his doping escapades, Shoaib makes sure that he hogs the limelight for a variety of reasons. This time,...