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- 'Lady Bird Johnson leaves Texas hospital (AP via Yahoo! News)
Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady, was released from the hospital Thursday and was resting comfortably at her home, a family spokesman said.
'Hong Kong Bird Market Closed After Discovery of Avian Flu (Voice of America)
Hong Kong's government has temporarily closed the city's famous pet bird market after a bird for sale there was found to be carrying the H5N1 avian flu virus.
'Bird tests positive for West Nile (The Reporter)
A dead bird found in Fairfield tested positive for West Nile Virus, Solano County health officials announced Friday. The American crow is the first bird to test positive in the county in 2007. There have been no human cases of the virus reported in Solano so far this year, however one human case has been reported in Kern County.
''Incredibles' creator Brad Bird puts rat in Pixar's 'Ratatouille' (Kingston Daily Freeman)
LAS VEGAS - Brad Bird has become one of the "Incredibles" of movie animation as part of the pioneering outfit behind such cartoon hits as "Finding Nemo," "Monsters, Inc." and the "Toy Story" flicks.
'Power Outage Near Farmington Caused By Bird (The Morning News)
THE MORNING NEWS FAYETTEVILLE - A bird caught in the equipment at a Farmington power substation Friday morning left residents and customers without electricity along U.S. 62.
'First bird of season with West Nile found in Fairfield (Vallejo Times-Herald)
The first bird of the season to test positive for West Nile Virus in Solano County was found in Fairfield, local health officials announced Friday.
'Wild bird culls may exacerbate avian flu problem (New Kerala)
London, June 30 : More than 30 experts from 19 countries holding an international summit on bird flu in Aviemore this week are of the opinion that culls of wild birds are not an answer to the outbreaks of avian flu.
'Child in Tulungagung hospitalized with bird flu-like symptoms (Antara News)
A nine-year-old child in Tulungagung, East Java, is suspected of having been infected with the bird flu virus, a hospital official said.
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