Crews raid Illinois home after man found hoarding more than 300 birds

An Illinois city called in crews wearing protective gear to clean up a two-story building where a man -- and 325 of his feathered friends -- called home.

The residence of David Skeberdis in Aurora was declared a nuisance property before crews performed the operation, cleaning out bird droppings, bird feed and piles of junk on Friday,

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Students Suspended For Energy Mints At Pekin High School In Illinois

A father of a Pekin High School student in Illinois is breathing fire after his son and three other students were suspended because they brought caffeinated mints to lunch.

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Pacu, Testicle-Eating Fish Species, Caught In Lake Lou Yaeger In Illinois

... Responding to a report that a fisherman had reeled in a piranha on June 7, lake superintendent Jim Caldwell brought the fish to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, where it was identified as a pacu. Some reports say another pacu was seen a couple of weeks later.

Caldwell said he is still swimming in the lake nearly every day. Pacus primarily eat nuts, aquatic vegetation and snails, he told KDSK, and pose no real threat to humans.

Residents of Papua New Guinea may beg to differ. There, according to British fisherman Jeremy Wade, the pacu is known as the "ball cutter." In 2011, Wade said locals informed him that two fisherman had died from blood loss after something in the water had bitten off their testicles, according to the Metro. ...

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