Bat Finds Home in Calif. Christmas Tree
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NIPOMO, Calif. - At Holloway's Christmas Trees, they'll help cut down a tannenbaum, spray it with flame retardant and cover it in fake snow.  They just don't do animal control.  A woman draping her tree with lights was bitten Sunday by a bat that had been nesting in the tree.
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Health officials confirmed on Friday that a dead crow found in North Napa tested positive for West Nile Virus. The bird, which was sent to the lab for testing on Aug. 4, marks the first known spread of the virus into Napa County.
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The first bird case has been confirmed by the Pueblo County Health Department. Officials will now survey the area where the bird was found.
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Faced with the growing tide of imported Christmas trees, Mexico has set a goal of growing its own. It's not so much a nationalistic stance as a tacit acknowledgment that the Christmas tree, once alien to Mexican tradition, is here to stay.
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The story of a special Christmas treeâ¦ and wishes for a happy holiday season.
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The Giants have a couple of Angels rooting for them.
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By Melanie Cleveland, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec.
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The Yankees know they are getting something for Christmas they have craved all year, a 6-foot-10 action figure with a bionic left arm and a turbo-charged fastball.
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As Kevin Houde wielded the saw, his 4-year-old son Cameron squatted on the ground beside him. Working as a team, they made a clean cut at the base of the 7-foot tree that will mark the Christmas season in their home this year.
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A bird species new to science has been found by researchers on a remote island in the northern Philippines.
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One of the world's largest bat species is said to be thriving in captivity in a purpose-built tunnel .
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MANILA, Philippines - Filipino and British wildlife researchers say they&#39;ve stumbled upon what appears to be a new species of flightless bird found only on the tiny forested island of Calayan in the northern ...
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Joe Sharp has traveled the world but says he has never found a more perfect Christmas tree than in Oregon, the nation&#39;s largest producer in a $791 million industry and a leader in the effort to revive the holiday market for live trees.
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Bob Lemos of Lemos Farm on Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay is optimistic about the Christmas tree season. He started selling trees last weekend, he said.
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Now that the Thanksgiving feast is over, many people are getting ready to deck the halls and put up their Christmas tree. Some Christmas tree farmers are working even harder to compete with artificial trees.
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A father and three children who vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy snow.
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By The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Dec. 16--Citrus trees are popular backyard plants in and near Stanislaus County, despite their tiny role in the region's commercial agriculture.