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Genessee County man fined in eagle shooting case
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A man who had been charged with shooting and wounding a bald eagle has pleaded no contest to reckless discharge of a firearm. Sixty-five-year-old James A. Nelson of Genessee County's Gaines Township entered his plea Thursday in...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Newspaper and Magazine, Wildlife
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Singer Sean Kingston crashes watercraft in Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say rapper Sean Kingston is hospitalized after a crashing a personal watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino says Kingston and a female passenger were...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Conservation, Wildlife, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Sean Kingston still critical after weekend crash
MIAMI (AP) — A publicist for Sean Kingston is offering the latest on the hip-hop singer who's been hospitalized since crashing his watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge over the weekend. Joseph Carozza said Tuesday that Kingston remains in...Tags: Memorial Day, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Conservation, Human Interest
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Fish jumps in boat in Florida, breaks woman's leg
FANNING SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A sturgeon jumped into an airboat on a Florida river and broke a 25-year-old woman's leg. Witnesses say the fish was about 5- to 6-feet long and weighed about 60- to 75-pounds. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...Tags: Conservation, Wildlife, Florida, Nature, Natural Resources
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Dolphin jumps onto deck of boat, injures woman
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida. Isles of Capri Fire spokesman Keith Perry says a charter boat captain called 911 Sunday afternoon after...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health, Fires, Conservation, Wildlife
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Table, wine turn up on now-famous Miami sandbar
MIAMI (AP) — First, a baby grand piano mysteriously showed up on a Miami sandbar. A day after it was removed, a small table with two chairs, place settings, a bottle of wine and a chef statue appeared on the now-famous strip of sand. The latest...Tags: Conservation, Wildlife, Natural Resources
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Grand piano found on sandbar in Miami bay
MIAMI (AP) — A grand piano recently showed up on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay, about 200 yards from condominiums on the shore. The piano, which weighs at least 650 pounds, was placed at the highest spot along the sandbar so it doesn't get...Tags: Conservation, U.S. Coast Guard, Wildlife, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Nature
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Two arrested in Los Angeles in turtle smuggling case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men from Japan have been arrested on charges that they hid more than 50 live turtles and tortoises in snack food boxes to smuggle them into the United States. The U.S. attorney's office said Monday that Atsushi Yamagami...Tags: Los Angeles, Justice System, Wildlife, Prosecution, Lawyers
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World's oldest panda dies in Chinese zoo at age 34
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say the world's oldest panda has died at the age of 34. The Global Times reported Ming Ming died from old age and had kidney failure. She had been living at a zoo or preserve in Guangdong province. The China...Tags: China, Conservation, Wildlife, Nature, Natural Resources
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Ranchers cheered by lifting of wolf protections
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Western ranchers say they're hopeful the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list will make it easier to hunt the predators and stem losses of cattle and sheep. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally...Tags: Michigan, Human Interest, Wildlife, Minnesota, Utah
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Manatee cannonball, other dumb crimes keep wildlife officers busy
It doesn't make me proud to say it, but Florida has a long, rich history of stupid criminals. There was the Jacksonville bank robber who handed the teller a note scrawled on the back of a police report detailing his previous arrest. And the yacht...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Conservation, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Wildlife
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America's frogs and toads disappearing fast, U.S. study warns
ReutersBy Environment Correspondent Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Frogs, toads and salamanders have been in trouble for decades, but a new U.S. government study shows just how quickly many amphibians are disappearing from ponds and creeks...Tags: Biology, Environmental Issues, Conservation, State Parks, Science and Technology
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