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Feeling Pooped by Pigeons, Cities Try Bird Birth Control

By Steve FriessJul 2nd 2010 – 9:01PM
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LAS VEGAS (July 2) -- It sounds like a plot line for the NBC sitcom "Parks & Recreation," but this is no joke: The latest approach to combating the messy scourge of urban pigeons is to con them into eating pellets laced with contraceptive. Beginning this month, three Vegas parks will set out automated feeders that promise...

Man Gets Kicks With Route 66 Tattoos

By David MoyeJun 7th 2010 – 7:47AM
Darleen Bitter, Flashnews

Darleen Bitter, Flashnews

(June 7) -- Route 66 is known as "the Mother Road," so it's really no surprise the famed highway inspired one Oklahoma man to get a mother lode of tattoos. That man is Ron "Tattoo Man" Jones, a 61-year-old Vietnam vet who has dedicated his life -- and body -- to immortalizing his favorite Route 66 landmarks on his legs,...

Background on Santa Monica Pier

The Santa Monica Pier is a large double-jointed pier located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent, 100-year-old landmark.

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