Mondays are for the birds

June 24, 2012 9:00 pm • Last Updated: June 24, 2012 9:19 pm

"Charlie" stands on the shoulder of Mahayla Goodson, 7, at The Greater Charlotte Cage Bird Society's annual Summer Bird Expo at the North Carolina Army National Guard on Sixth Street in Belmont, N.C. earlier this month.

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Mondays are for the birds

An altar boy in Newport, Rhode Island

Bee rescuer Patrick Gaudin

Reporting on church sex abuse cases for over 20 years

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