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A worker at a Downtown steam plant who brought a pellet rifle to work to shoot pigeons was mistaken for a sniper Wednesday afternoon, prompting police to shut down part of the city for about two hours. Richard Wills, of Dawson, Fayette County, a maintenance worker in the Pittsburgh Allegheny County Thermal building, brought the weapon to work to chase pigeons away from broken windows on the building's roof, said PACT President Robert Fazio. Someone apparently spotted him - and his rifle - when he stepped out onto the roof for a few seconds, Fazio said. At least three witnesses...

I need some advice, and this group may be able to help. A flock of geese (Canada) has landed on the water next to our house and has apparently decided that water and my lawn are where they would like to winter over. We had this happen a few years ago, and they tore the daylights out of my lawn and left enough "fertilizer" to last a lifetime. My two labs are pretty good at dispersing them (the younger is nicknamed "Goosechaser"), but this bunch is persistent and keeps coming back. I am thinking of taking it to the next...

Friday January 10, 06:08 PMSeveral wounded in air rifle rampage Several people in Cairns have been injured in a night-time series of drive-by shootings with an air rifle, police said.A 22-year-old British tourist was the first person hit, wounded in the chest while walking along a city street at 10.30pm (AEST) on Thursday night, a police spokeswoman said. She said the tourist was hit by a pellet from a gun fired from a passing car, which he identified as a dark Chrysler Sigma station wagon.Fifteen minutes later, a 39-year-old Cairns man sitting on the footpath was hit in the shoulder...