A few examples from a quick Google:
The Australian – January 10, 2007 – Mystery as thousands of birds fall from sky
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/mystery-as-thousands-of-birds-fall-from-sky/story-e6frg6nf-1111112807484
The Seattle Times – March 18, 2008 – USDA poised caused dead starlings to fall out the sky at Moxee
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004290101_apwapoisonedstarlings.html
The New York Daily News – December 22, 2007 – The cause of death of the dozens of birds that fell out of the sky on Staten Island remained a mystery Saturday
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/23/2007-12-23_dead_birds_no_threat_city_insists.html
The New York Times – Nov. 25, 1976 – SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif – (AP) Scores of blackbirds and pigeons fell from their roosts and died today for the second consecutive day, and the state authorities are searching for a cause.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E15FD395C137B93C4AB178AD95F428785F9
The Rock Hill Herald – Sep 27, 1971 – Prince Rupert, BC – Birds continued to fall dead from the sky Monday as wildlife experts tried to figure out what killed hundreds of small birds late last week.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4UQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sp8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7039,3112769&dq=dead+birds+fall+from+sky&hl=en
And RE:media exaggeration – here’s a fact you would never know if you watch TV news – crime has plummeted in the US in the past 30 years.
For example:
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 population
1980 10.2
1981 9.8
1982 9.1
1983 8.3
1984 7.9
1985 8
1986 8.5
1987 8.3
1988 8.4
1989 8.7
1990 9.4
1991 9.8
1992 9.3
1993 9.5
1994 9
1995 8.2
1996 7.4
1997 6.8
1998 6.3
1999 5.7
2000 5.5
2001 5.6
2002 5.6
2003 5.7
2004 5.5
2005 5.6
2006 5.7
2007 5.6
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