| Rare 'dinky' bird migrates to US for first time (AP) [9 mins][Kansas] AP - Birders with binoculars and cameras are flocking to a remote state park in search of a small yellow-chested bird that apparently crossed the U.S. border for the first time from its high-mountain habitat to the south.Related stories: Rare 'dinky' bird migrates to US for first time (AP) Rare 7;dinky7; bird migrates to US for first time ~2 grouped stories | Face scanners to be introduced in British schools in new 'Big Brother' row [1 hr][Sunderland] Laura Bailey, 11, uses what is thought to be Europe's first Iris scanner in the canteen of Sunderland's Venerable Bede School, Wednesday July 9, 2003. The school is the first to use the new system, to allow pupils to buy their school meals without using any cash. The technology will secretly pick out poorer pupils who are entitled to free meals from those who have to pay, who will be charged in a separate account which is hoped will save less well-off students from embarrassment and lead to greater equality among classmates. See PA Story SCIENCE Scanner. PA Photo: Owen Humphreys. |