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	Click to View in Browser 02/20/2013 Mike the fearless brown bear shot by Swiss gamekeepers ZURICH (Reuters) - A brown bear dubbed Mike by its fans has been shot and killed by gamekeepers in a mountainous border region in southeastern Switzerland after several run-ins with locals, Swiss officials said on Wednesday. Bird invasion brings real-life horror to Kentucky city NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Millions of birds have descended on a small Kentucky city this winter, fouling the landscape, scaring pets and raising the risk for disease in a real-life version of Alfred Hitchcock's horror film, "The Birds." Belgian boar hunters come up short in mass cull effort BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Efforts to cull a sprawling population of wild boar in Belgium's northern forests met with limited results this week after a party of 200 hunters managed to kill only one animal. Fake horse racing blog dodges Italy's election polls blackout ROME (Reuters) - Which horse are you backing in the Italian election? "Keep your so-called workers," U.S. boss tells France PARIS (Reuters) - The CEO of a U.S. tire maker has delivered a crushing summary of how some outsiders view France's work ethic in a letter saying he would have to be stupid to take over a factory whose staff only put in three hours work a day. Mexican duo fined for obscene gestures in celebrations MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two players have been fined in Mexico for making obscene gestures while celebrating goals they scored in first division matches at the weekend. Burger King takes down Twitter account after hack attack NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense. Texas woman has two sets of identical twins in one day (Reuters) - A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine's Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys, a Houston hospital announced on Monday. Naked men turn out to see..."Naked Men" VIENNA (Reuters) - The exhibit in Vienna's Leopold Museum is entitled "Naked Men", so a group of nudists and naturalists took the curators at their word and showed up to see it on Monday in the buff. Russia asks: How do you stop space objects hitting Earth? By Timothy Heritage and Gabriela Baczynska and Michael Shields Related Video Roy Lichtenstein's London restrospective Turtle gets prosthetic flippers Entertainment News Oscars in Hollywood cliffhanger over Best Picture, Director Oscar voting closes after fierce studio campaigns A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend