Bird strike has always struck us (har) as a bit of a misnomer.

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He was widely praised after Thursday's forced water landing, apparently caused by a "double bird strike, " which crippled the plane's engines.

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That impressive streak could have been, but was thankfully not, broken on Thursday when a bird strike apparently caused both engines on a US Airways jet to lose power.

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When he turned back to 1549 to instruct it to turn west, Sullenberger advised him he had lost power in both engines because of a bird strike and needed to return to LaGuardia for an emergency landing.

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Early-bird optimists bought August 5 strike calls, which would require a 25% jump in the space of the coming two weeks.

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Speculation over Beijing's stance on North Korea, new bird flu cases, more discoveries of poisoned livestock and a dockers' strike are topping headlines in China's media today.

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Early bird investors looking to share in the bullishness surrounding TIVO looked to the June 10 strike price and bought more than 3, 000 calls for a premium of 68 cents apiece.

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Aside from my periodic reunions with Mr. If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right, I've been holding my breath through the strike, terrified for the fate of Pushing Daisies, this beautiful baby bird of a TV show I've been doing.

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