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  • Scientists try to save rare and randy warbler

    08/19/2005 7:27:07 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 395+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/19/05 | Reuters - London
    LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's rarest songbird is facing extinction, despite being the most promiscuous and energetic lover in the avian world, and concerned scientists are looking urgently for ways to save it. The male aquatic warbler is described as "continuously ready to mate" and able to indulge in record-breaking mating sessions, which in turn gives the females ample opportunity to sample and select the best mates. However, numbers have slumped to less than 20,000 in the past century -- a decline of 95 percent -- and its range has shrunk from continent-wide to isolated strongholds in eastern Europe as humans...
  • Joni Mitchell "Ashamed" To Be In Music Business

    10/15/2002 6:06:19 AM PDT · by IncPen · 120 replies · 543+ views
    Roto Reuters via AOL ^ | Oct 14 2002 7:51PM | Unsigned
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hell hath no fury like Joni Mitchell on the subject of the music industry. The veteran singer/songwriter, on the promotional trail for a new album, says she is "ashamed" to be part of the music business and may stop recording. "I just think it's a cesspool," the 58-year-old folk-rock icon said in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine. "I hope it all goes down the crapper. I would never take another deal in the record business, which means I may not record again, or I have to figure out a way to sell over the...