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Sexy Birds More Immune to Avian Flu
By Staff, LiveScience
Beauty has its perks, and in the bird world one of those may be surviving the avian flu. The male flycatcher bird has a spot on his head, the size of which determines his sexual attractiveness. Studies suggest that expressions of sexual traits signal a stronger immune system. That, scientists say, means attractive males are less likely to get avian flu. -- Bennett Gordon
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060320_bird_immune.html

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SMU's Shame
By Jim Schutze, The Dallas Observer
Sites in Texas are jockeying for position in the race to host George W. Bush's presidential library. The Dallas Observer's Jim Schutze points out that Southern Methodist University, a main contender, proposes to build the library on land allegedly acquired by obtaining a majority population in a condo complex and then forcing out the remaining residents -- some of them elderly. While he allows that it would be a 'darkly appropriate final chapter to the entire Bush saga,' he wonders if anyone would want a presidential library with such a dubious background. -- Nick Rose
http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2006-03-16/news/schutze.html

Desperate Makeover: An Ex-Felon Decides To Become An 'Immigrant'
By 'Amadaeus,' Pacific News Service
Estranged from his native country -- the United States -- a felon explains his decision to take 'a cue from my undocumented brothers' and replace his identity with a clean slate and fake papers. Denied employment because of his status as a felon, he sees a new, forged, illegal identity like the ones adopted by illegal immigrants as the only way out. Redemption may be tough, but getting a job, for this felon, seems tougher. -- Nick Rose
http://tinyurl.com/qkuuq

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