Mardi Gras Coconut Custom Ducks Threat
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NEW ORLEANS - A prized Mardi Gras tradition of passing elaborately decorated coconuts to paradegoers survived an insurance crisis, at least for this year.
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[World News]: New York, Oct 26 : In a measure of the ridiculous length to which Americans are going in the face of a shortage of flu shots in the country, a ferry company in Washington state is offering a sort of vaccine tourism to the neighbouring
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SALMON, Idaho  - Two thousand mallard ducks in Idaho likely died after they ate moldy grain and contracted a fatal infection, scientists said on Thursday.
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At many restaurants around Florida, the specialty of the house is a slab of grouper, blackened, grilled, stuffed or encrusted with pecans, sometimes on a roll, maybe with a slice of Bermuda onion. But not at Richard Gonzmart's place.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Perky is one tough bird. The ring-neck duck survived being shot and spending two days in a hunter's refrigerator - and now she's had a close brush with death on a veterinarian's operating table.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 17--FLORIDA CITY, Fla. -- The Everglades can be a surprisingly noisy place.   There were the strange, catlike sounds from the small heron sitting in a tree.
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First, primp the palms. Then bring in a jazz trio, crank up the chocolate fountain and throw a swanky dinner for your guests with an icon of their industry. This is cutthroat competition, Washington style.
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By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jun. 13--Despite repeated warnings from the state, a prominent Clackamas  County real estate developer allowed his herd of water buffalo to foul a creek  with fecal bacteria, stir up sediment and destroy streamside vegetation.
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By Brian Peach, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 14-- -- Feeding the ducks at Noble Park will soon violate a city ordinance, and visitors who break that or other rules might risk a ban from all city parks.
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Ducks and geese coated in crude oil were carried to a national wildlife refuge yesterday by volunteers trying to save them from the largest oil spill on the Delaware River in nearly a decade.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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A Portuguese-sounding version of the virus has appeared in the wild. Be wary of mail from Manaus.
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By JESSE HARLAN ALDERMAN  BOISE, Idaho - More than 1,000 mallard ducks have died in a bizarre cluster along a southeastern Idaho creek bed, puzzling wildlife agencies.  The Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the U.S.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb.
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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To: FEATURES EDITORS  Contact: Erika Viltz of the World Wildlife Fund, +1-202-778- 9542, erika.viltz@wwfus.org   WASHINGTON, Feb.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  May 26--Visitors unfamiliar with the often-dangerous waters of the Gulf of Mexico should really use caution before going into the water this holiday weekend.