Arkansas: All chickens exposed to bird-flu killed (USA Today)
State officials say all the chickens exposed to a strain of the bird-flu virus at a Tyson Foods Inc. contract farm in northwest Arkansas have been killed and buried.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:37:00 GMT
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Magic, Bird still friends and rivals after all these years (USA Today)
Listening to Hall of Famers Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers and Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics on a teleconference is less like a Q&A session and more like eavesdropping on two friendly adversaries reminiscing.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:24:03 GMT
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British bird flu outbreak 'highly pathogenic': officials (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An outbreak of the H7 strain of bird flu at a farm in central England is "highly pathogenic," officials said Wednesday.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:12:47 GMT
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Larry Bird does his duty with vivid details (USA Today)
These days, Larry Bird has a lot more to worry about than the upcoming marquis NBA Finals between his Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Indiana Pacers president has a team that has missed the playoffs two years in a row. He has several contracts that have hamstrung the franchise. He has almost no cap flexibility, at least not right now. Bird is more concerned about whether a point guard or ...
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:28:40 GMT
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Feather colors can affect bird physiology (UPI)
TEMPE, Ariz., June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered the color of a male barn swallow's breast feathers can significantly affect the bird's physiology.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:55:22 GMT
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Japan suspends imports of British poultry due to bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Japan said Wednesday that it was suspending imports of poultry from Britain after a bird flu outbreak on a farm there.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:26:22 GMT
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Magic, Bird revisit captivating rivalry of '80s (Fox Sports)
Magic and Bird reinvigorated the Lakers-Celtics rivalry in the '80s. They're both glad to see it make a comeback, Todd Behrendt says.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:45:04 GMT
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County urges bird flu 'vigilance' (BBC News)
Trading standards officers in Surrey urge bird keepers to remain vigilant following the outbreak of bird flu in Oxfordshire.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:30:02 GMT
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Magic Johnson, Larry Bird talk Lakers-Celtics glory days (New York Daily News)
These days, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, long-retired and first-ballot members of the Hall of Fame, get to meet only in competing executive suites via teleconference call. They did it Tuesday to talk about their legendary June showdowns.
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:20:25 GMT
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Magic, Bird Reminisce About Their Place in the L.A.-Boston Rivalry (NBA.com)
In the LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS, Brian Dohn writes "the rivalry blossomed in the 1960s, when Boston's domination of the Lakers en route to the NBA title was a rite of spring, and it bloomed again in the 1980s when Magic Johnson and Larry Bird helped bring the NBA to the masses. Linked since their memorable NCAA championship duel in 1979 and compared and contrasted probably too many times in the ...
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:49:46 GMT
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