Hundreds of dead blackbirds found near New Roads (Louisiana)

US: Hundreds of dead blackbirds found In Louisiana
© Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Labarre - Around 500 dead blackbirds and starlings have been found in Pointe Coupee Parish, according to state wildlife officials. The birds were spotted lying in roads and ditches near Labarre Elementary School. The community is between Morganza and New Roads on Highway 10. Scientists from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have been sent out to collect samples, which will be sent for testing to the University of Georgia...

Hundreds more birds fall from the sky - this time in Louisiana
Around 500 dead blackbirds and starlings have been found dead in the US state of Louisiana just days after 3,000 birds fell from the sky in Arkansas....

It Gets Weirder: Hundreds Of Dead Blackbirds Line Louisiana Highway
What is this? "State biologists are trying to determine what killed an estimated 500 birds that littered a quarter-mile stretch of highway in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana" the AP reports. Pointe Coupee is just 300 miles south of Beebe, Ark., where as you will no doubt remember, thousands of red-winged blackbirds and starlings fell from the sky on New Year's Eve. The Christian Science Monitor reports that motorists "stopped and gawked" on Monday at the hundreds of birds that lay dead alon...

4 and 20 blackbirds, and 3,000, dead in the sky
BEEBE, Ark. (AP) — New Year’s revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight Fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds. The red-winged blackbirds rained out of the darkness onto rooftops and sidewalks and into fields. One struck a woman walking her dog. Another hit a police cruiser. Birds were “littering the streets, the yards, the driveways, everywhere,” said Robby King, a county wildlife officer ...

4 and 20 blackbirds, and 3,000, dead in the sky
Cindy Bryant and her husband Stephen examine one of the thousands of dead birds that fell from the sky between 11 p.m. New Years Eve and early New Years Day near their home in Beebe, Ark. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said Saturday more than 1,000 dead black birds fell from the sky in Beebe. The agency said its enforcement officers began receiving reports about the dead birds about 11:30 p.m. Friday. Celebratory Fireworks likely sent thousands of discombobulated blackbirds into such a t...

4 and 20 Blackbirds, and 4,000, Dead in the Sky
Tuesday, January 04, 2011 By Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press Cindy Bryant and her husband Stephen examine one of the thousands of dead birds that fell from the sky between 11 p.m. New Years Eve and early New Years Day near their home in Beebe, Ark. (AP Photo/The Daily Citizen, Warren Watkins) Beebe, Ark. (AP) - Celebratory Fireworks likely sent thousands of discombobulated blackbirds into such a tizzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their Deaths in cent...

Birds fall from sky again, this time in Louisiana
Stumble This! The second unexplained mass bird death within a week has been discovered in the southern United States, this time in the state of Louisiana, officials said Tuesday. The latest incident affected some 500 birds which were discovered dead in Pointe Coupee Parish, said Olivia Watkins of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Watkins said an investigation was underway into the cause of the Deaths, which occurred just a few days after thousands of birds were discovered dead...

Birds fall from sky again, this time in Louisiana
The second unexplained mass bird death within a week has been discovered in the southern United States, this time in the state of Louisiana, officials said Tuesday. The latest incident affected some 500 birds which were discovered dead in Pointe Coupee Parish, said Olivia Watkins of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Watkins said an investigation was underway into the cause of the Deaths, which occurred just a few days after thousands of birds were discovered dead in neighbori...

Dead birds falling from sky still mystify experts
Scientists still don’t know what’s causing flocks of birds to drop from the sky in the South, even as several hundred more fell dead onto a Louisiana highway. The puzzling phenomenon started on New Year’s Eve when thousands of blackbirds were found dead in central Arkansas. Townsfolk spent their holiday weekend removing the remains of between 4,000 and 5,000 dead red-winged blackbirds. Scientists have descended on the town, trying to find a cause for the mass die-off. In ...

Louisiana Steals Arkansas Thunder With 500 Mysteriously Dead Birds Of Their Own
As we all know, the end of the world is coming. Furthermore, once it finally reaches us and life as we know it is replaced by years of struggle and war against the forces of Hell, the place where the Armageddon started is clearly going to be a huge Tourism hot spot. So far, all of that tourist money has belonged to Arkansas however, today, Louisiana made a bid with 500 mysteriously dead birds of their very own. Sweet get, Louisiana Tourism Board! The “500 red-winged-blackbirds and starling...

Thousands of Dead Blackbirds and Dead Fish in Arkansas: Was this Planned?
Beebe, Arkansas residents ask: If THEY need HazMat gear, are WE safe? Channeling the George Noory show isn’t my usual blog genre, but it just so happens that I was in the Ozarks over Christmas and New Year’s so I was very close to where this story is happening.  While I waited at Springfield, Missouri’s airport Sunday everyone was talking about this and rightfully so.  Hundreds of thousands of dead drum fish and 5,000 dead blackbirds.  Plenty to set the apocalyps...

Louisiana investigates new mass bird kill
LABAREE, La., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in Louisiana say they will send some of the dead blackbirds found along a highway this week to a federal lab for testing. Some of the estimated 500 birds killed in Pointe Coupee Parish would be sent Tuesday to federal wildlife research centers in Wisconsin and Georgia for necropsies. The blackbirds and starlings apparently fell to earth in Labaree on Monday, a few days after a similar mysterious calamity involving about 3,000 birds was reported in...

Burned body found near Hoover Dam identified
The burned body found in Arizona near Hoover Dam last month was identified as 39-year-old Yong Park, according to a Police Report obtained Monday. The Clark County Coroner's Office has not released the identity of the woman. On Thursday, Las Vegas police arrested Min Soon Chang, 30 and Keon Kyun Park, 19, in connection with Park's slaying. Her body was discovered the morning of Dec. 23 by a couple hiking in a desert area near Kingman Wash, about a mile from the O'Callaghan-Tillman Memorial Bridg...

4 and 20 blackbirds, and 4,000, dead in the sky
(01-04) 08:10 PST Beebe, Ark. (AP) -- Celebratory Fireworks likely sent thousands of discombobulated blackbirds into such a tizzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their Deaths in central Arkansas, scientists say. Still, officials acknowledge it's unlikely they'll ever pinpoint a cause with certainty. So for the small town of Beebe, Ark., where New Year's revelers spent the holiday weekend cleaning up between 4,000 and 5,000 dead red-winged blackbirds, The ...

Enzyme Mix Could Cut Key Step In Making Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Researchers Say
U.S. researchers have used a combination of enzymes that consume cellulose from nonfood products to produce a high-quality hydrogen gas, a potential breakthrough in efforts to use Biofuels to power hydrogen fuel cells. Scientists at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the University of Georgia combined 14 enzymes, a coenzyme, materials from nonfood sources, and heated water to produce a hydrogen gas pure enough to power a fuel cell. The researchers say the pro...

4 and 20 blackbirds, and 3,000, baked in the sky?
A dead bird lies on Skylark Street in Beebe, Ark. on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011.... BEEBE, Ark. (AP) - New Year's revelers in a small Arkansas town were enjoying midnight Fireworks when they noticed something other than sparks falling from the sky: thousands of dead blackbirds tumbling out of the darkness to the ground. The red-winged blackbirds rained onto rooftops and sidewalks and into fields. One struck a woman walking her dog. Another hit a police cruiser. In Beebe, a community of 5,000 north...

Scientists say fireworks caused huge bird kill in Arkansas...
BEEBE, Ark. – Celebratory Fireworks likely sent thousands of discombobulated blackbirds into such a tizzy that they crashed into homes, cars and each other before plummeting to their Deaths in central Arkansas, scientists say. Still, officials acknowledge it's unlikely they'll ever pinpoint a cause with certainty. So for the small town of Beebe, Ark., where New Year's revelers spent the holiday weekend cleaning up between 4,000 and 5,000 dead red-winged blackbirds, The Mystery of Why the B...

Georgia player could be suspended after charge
University of Georgia Football Coach Mark Richt has not yet decided whether to suspend a football player after learning he was charged with assault last year. Athletics spokesman Claude Felton said Monday that Richt is on a recruiting trip and hasn't had time to look at the case against 21-year-old Marcus Dowtin. Police records show Dowtin, a backup Linebacker, was charged with second-degree assault in Ocean City, Md., in May. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that it was over a bar figh...

Regents chairman discusses budget, engineering and illegal immigrants
Since taking over as chairman of the State Board of Regents in July, Willis Potts has called the University System of Georgia’s graduation rates an embarrassment. Ga. Politics news, helpful links PolitiFact Georgia » Kasim Reed: The city of Atlanta has $56 million in its reserves. He’s a retired engineer who graduated from Georgia Tech yet endorsed the University of Georgia’s plan to offer more engineering degrees. He’s a businessman who defended the regents again...

Cape man flown to hospital after table saw accident
SANDWICH — A worker on John Ewer Road had several of his fingers nearly amputated by a table saw Monday, according to a Sandwich Fire Department spokesman. The man, in his early 20s, was wearing gloves at the time of the accident. He was treated by Sandwich EMTs and taken to a waiting MedFlight Helicopter that landed at Forestdale Elementary School, fire Capt. Scott Ames said. The man was flown to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, according to the Cape Cod Times. "He was consc...

Schools & Other Stuff
I have a few items of interest to report to you this morning. The Indiana Department of Education is investigating "irregularities" in recent ISTEP tests.  According to the DOE, a number of elementary tests came back with a high number of erasures which raised some red flags in the Office.   DOE Chief of Staff Heather Neal won't say the erasures are the product of cheating, but they have put School Districts on notice about the problem.   In addition, Indianapolis Public Scho...

Jean Quan becomes Oakland mayor, plans 'great city'
Community Organizing, a volunteer spirit and boosterism can help Oakland improve public safety and give the city a better image, Mayor Jean Quan said in her inaugural address Monday. Quan said that she would hold town hall meetings in each of Oakland's seven council districts within the next 100 days and recruit 2,000 volunteers to mentor youths in the city. She said she would organize residents to improve their own streets, starting with an East Oakland neighborhood with high rates of violent...

Putting history in its place
Today, some Massachusetts Elementary Schools devote little time to teaching history in an effort to boost reading and math scores. In middle schools, Social Studies departments have been eliminated, the courses now taught by English, math and science teachers. High School history and social science electives are being replaced by remedial English and math courses. Few people would be encouraged by these developments, and Budget woes aren’t their only cause. Social studies are being squeez...

U.S. charges against ex-teacher in porn case
A former Chester County teacher and camp director who was arrested on Child Pornography charges this summer now faces federal charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office yesterday charged David Devine, 34, of Upper Providence, with receipt of Child Pornography and possession of a computer that contained it, according to court documents. Devine, a former first-grade teacher at Penn Wood Elementary School in the West Chester Area School District, was charged in August in Delaware County with 500 counts of...

Roseville mom charged with setting boyfriend on fire
Their 5-year-old daughter and Sheila Golly's 10-year-old son watched as Golly doused her live-in boyfriend with Nail Polish remover and set him ablaze with a lighter at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, according to police. When he still didn't leave their Huntington Manor apartment, the 40-year-old nursing assistant chased him with a butcher knife, investigators said. Golly said she was doing her daughter's hair and preparing to do her nails when the incident occurre...