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How Gustav the pigeon broke the first news of the D-Day landings
Military Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOn June 6, 1944, the first report of the D-Day landings arrived at Thorney Island’s Royal Air Force...
Fact Check: Pigeons Supposedly Have No Survival Instincts, Having Been Domesticated and Abandoned by...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPainting by Miklós Barabás, 1843. Artistic rendering by Snopes.com. Claim: Humans originally...
Destruction of Paddy the pigeon plaque 'senseless'
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe memorial plaque was vandalised at the weekend [WartimeNI] A plaque paying tribute to one of Northern Ireland's smallest World War II heroes has been...
Pigeons and parachuting dog decorated as D-Day heroes
Press Association News via AOL· 3 weeks agoPigeons and a parachuting dog were among those to perform acts of valour while deployed to the...
Hitting the Books: What if 'Up' but pigeons?
Engadget· 2 years agoWe all have those thoughts, the ones that come to us in the small hours of the night. Who am I? Why are we here? What if my cellphone ran on vacuum tubes...
Meet Rufus, the hawk who keeps pigeons away from Wimbledon
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe emerald grass courts were glistening with dew Monday morning as Rufus the hawk made a big...
Rooks: Getting the U.S. Postal Service to run on time
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt appears Congress will intervene to prevent a national rail strike by Dec. 9. Such a strike could...
Douglas County Past: Fire destroys Oliver school
Superior Telegram, Wis. via Yahoo Sports· 3 months agoMar. 9—March 8, 1979 Former Oliver school destroyed by fire The old school building in Oliver fell victim to fire of unknown cause early Thursday morning. The Village of Oliver Volunteer Fire ...
Thomson Reuters Could Be the Best AI Stock You’ve Never Considered
Barrons.com· 2 months agoFEATURE “Before Google was in the search business, we were in the search business,” CEO Steve Hasker...
Made in Southern Oregon makers fair showcases local talent
Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 17—Dozens of tables and white pop-up awnings lined Pine Street in downtown Central Point on Saturday for the Made in Southern Oregon fall makers fair, a collection of people and their crafts ...