"Mafia Birds" Make Others Raise Their Young ... Or Else
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Some cowbirds make other birds an offer they can't refuse, a new study says: Raise our chicks or we'll whack yours.
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Community leaders admit that Irvington, N.J., is not dealing with a typical gang situation--it is dealing with groups of youths who operate outside that structure.
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Parents of children with distinct genetic mutations are seeking out others to form support networks.
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Daughters of the famous make a name for themselves (with help from the family fortune).
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One of my buddies had a brilliant idea I hadn't thought of: Check Pennsylvania's maps for what's called a co-op farm. It's not a commune, it's a farm which offers up it's land to the public for hunting.  What the Farmer Gets  If the hunters are decent-folk, they generally clean up the trash off the property. I personally built a blind out of rocks I happened to find in a fallow field to give me something to sit on and a hiding place. The blind is next to a power utility pole, so it gives me a great shot at birds coming in slowly to land on the wires. He got his field cleaned essentially for free since I also picked up trash. I don't want my game animals eating garbage.  The other bonus the farmer enjoys is limited crop losses to wildlife. This particular farmer was doing the soy-corn-fallow crop rotation which is pretty typical Pennsylvania crop rotation. Doves love this stuff and eat it up. Probably about 2/3rds of the doves I cleaned had corn in their crop.  What the Hunters Get  A place to hunt with a ton of acreage devoted to what essentially amounts to bait.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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Tony Soprano's Mafia family was fictional. Joe Bonanno's was not. Gay Talese reveals what happened to the next generation of the American mob.
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Here's a novel way to be a philanthropist.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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Ontario has not rated the game, but it is warning parents about the video game &quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.&#39;&#39;. In it, players rub elbows with drug dealers and gang members as they steal cars, beat up thugs, and solicit prostitutes.
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A new Italian white wine has become a  symbol of the fight against organized crime, incurring the  wrath of gangsters from Naples because it was produced from  grapes grown on land confiscated from a Mafia godfather.
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Friends and money don't always mix.
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Like the ugly duckling, cowbirds are raised by other bird species. So how do they find each other as adults? A new study says they have a "password," among other things.
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The BBC's Tamsin Smith reports from Naples on the grim struggle to teach children in a Mafia stronghold.
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One blog is pulling for Hamlet. The kid, presumably, is pulling   for anything but Jailynn.
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Three political clans introduce the next generation of leaders.
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A new university course training Italian law students to take on the Mafia proves wildly popular, writes the BBC's Tamsin Smith.