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Mystery bird: Brahminy starling, Sturnia pagodarum #birds #MysteryBirdsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:39AMThis lovely Indian mystery bird is a cousin to another bird that many bird watchers in North America and Europe are familiar with (includes video) Brahminy starling, Sturnia pagodarum (formerly, Sturnus pagodarum and Temenuchus pagodarum ; protonym, Turdus pagodarum ), also known as the Brahminy mynah, as the black-headed myna or the black-headed starling, photographed near Hodal in the ...

How A Startup No One Would Touch Crushed Silicon Valley Moguls And Became A GiantMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:44PMMost people don't know it, but online genealogy is big business on the Internet. One of the leaders, Ancestry.com, has a market cap approaching $2 billion. But the company in the space everyone is scared of is Israel-based MyHeritage.

Slidell sisters finally get to bury their father, who was shot down in Vietnam War in 1966Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:08AM'Mission accomplished, Dad,' one daughter says

'Forsaken baby' left at city hall looks for parents after 63 yearsSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:01PMElevator operator Ruth Thomas found him.

Melungeons revel in curious Appalachian heritage at Asheville area conferenceSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:40PMMelungeon girls from Vardy, Tenn., in front of their Asheville boarding school about 1916. From about 1874 until the late 1920s, Melungeon children were sent to Asheville to be educated.

Melungeons celebrate curious Appalachian heritageFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:07PMRALEIGH — Tales of Melungeons are packed with mystery and meaning in the Appalachian region. Campfire stories about the dark-skinned mountaineers have long swirled through the hills and hollers, largely depicting the Melungeons as secretive, lawless, and even threatening to outsiders.

Virus kills monkeys, hops species to humansFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:52PMIn May of 2009, one of the species of monkeys housed in a facility at the University of California in Davis began falling ill, showing symptoms of pneumonia and hepatitis. Despite efforts to limit the spread of any infectious agent, a third of the monkeys eventually came down with the ailment; most of them died or had to be euthanized. Researchers have now identified the cause of the outbreak, a ...

Murdoch Scandal Roils WSJThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:24PMReporters at the Wall Street Journal grapple with how to cover their boss’s scandal. By Nick Summers.

Screen Your Genes? Be Careful (in Opinion)Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:35PMGenetic tests will more likely shake you up than settle your illness risk concerns.