More Than 1,000 Dead Birds Fall From Sky In Ark.

TBO News Breaking, Tampa Tribune
Sun, 01/02/2011 - 7:17am

BEEBE, Ark. — Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 blackbirds to die and fall from the sky over an Arkansas town.

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