By Elizabeth Harrington   (CNSNews.com) – Attorney General Eric Holder praised left-wing activist Rev. Al Sharpton at the opening of the National Action Network (NAN) convention on Wednesday, and also stressed that the Justice Department is condu… more »

UPI.com BEEBE, Ark., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- At least 80 dead blackbirds fell from the sky in Beebe, Ark., on New Year's Eve, prompting police to ban fireworks, the suspected cause, for the night. Beebe animal control officer Horace Taylor said his office… more »

USA Today ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP)–Thousands of migratory birds were killed or injured after apparently mistaking a Wal-Mart parking lot, football fields and other snow-covered areas of southern Utah for bodies of water and plummeting to the ground in… more »

NY Times By ELISABETH BUMILLER and THOM SHANKER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shr… more »

Chicago TribuneTOWN OF STOCKTON, Wis. — An investigation is under way after 200 dead cows were found in a field in the Town of Stockton. The Portage County sheriff's office says the owner of the cattle has been working with a local veterinarian and i… more »