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Soccer-Aberdeen don't want seagulls on the wings at Pittodrie

Aberdeen hope to stop scenes reminiscent of the Alfred Hitchcock classic ‘The Birds’ at their Pittodrie Stadium where seagulls have been scaring the Scottish club’s players and supporters. Scores of fans raised concerns following this month’s Europa League qualifiers against FK Shkendija and Rijeka. “For obvious reasons we cannot fly birds of prey during games,” the club said.

Disgusted Into Better Eating

What makes ice cream so very tempting? Let’s start with the obvious: It’s sweet, and humans — even newborn babies — naturally prefer sweetness. We’re also naturally drawn to foods that have high caloric content; this probably served our species well during the majority of our food-scarce existence. If that weren’t enough, the next layers of…

Nigeria celebrates 1 year with no new polio cases

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Once stigmatized as the world’s polio epicenter, Nigeria on Friday celebrates its first year with no reported case of the crippling disease, having overcome obstacles ranging from Islamic extremists who assassinated vaccinators to rumors the vaccine was a plot to sterilize Muslims.