BOSTON BOMBING AFTERMATH - 17TH APRIL

At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. TV footage showed bloodied runners and spectators being treated at the scene and the road strewn with debris. The FBI said that this was a "potential terrorist

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STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

PARTNERS IN GRIME

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SUMMER’S OVER! SQUIRREL CLINGS TO UMBRELLA IN THE RAIN

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AMAZING LANDSCAPES

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TINY CHRISTMAS ANGEL, SIX, IS SIZE OF TWO YEAR OLD

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