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June 24, 2008

Wimbledon, that top-drawer tennis championship played on grass way over on the other side of the pond, is currently underway. What's more, it's coming under fire for "using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing pigeons" interfering with the matches on Centre Court. Mean! Typically, Wimbledon uses scary hawks to halt (arguably) adorable pigeons from game interference. The bully birds, however, haven't done the trick this year. Wimbledon spokesman Johnny Perkins tells ESPN, "the hawks are......

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