In Mieyah Brenton's case, the red-bellied woodpecker the senior worked on was a gift from the family cat.
"I just want this eye to be where it's supposed to," an exasperated Brenton said to her lab mates before jamming a blade into the bird's eye.
Brenton said many people think the class is gross, but "it's just kind of something that's cool to learn, especially if you like biology."

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In this photo from Jan. 19, 2016, a Croswell-Lexington High School student, using a photo of a duck, works on positioning the duck's neck during the school's taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Each student in the 13-week class is responsible for bringing in an animal that he or she hunted, trapped or found dead.
Teacher Kyle Tubbs said the class meets state standards for science instruction, and principal Ryan Cayce said many students in the taxidermy class already have taken biology. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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In this photo from Jan. 19, 2016, Croswell-Lexington High School students work on their projects during the school's taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Each student in the 13-week class is responsible for bringing in an animal that he or she hunted, trapped or found dead.
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In a photo from Jan. 19, 2016, Croswell-Lexington High School students work on their projects during the school's taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Each student in the 13-week class is responsible for bringing in an animal that he or she hunted, trapped or found dead.

The town lies along an IS supply line linking the extremist group's fighters in Iraq and those in neighboring Syria. Iraqi commanders have said that retaking the town would be key to building on their momentum after retaking the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi earlier this year and linking up government forces to the west and the north of Baghdad in preparation for an eventual push on Mosul.

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Associated Press Writer Balint Szlanko in Irbil, Iraq, and Maamoun Youssef in Cairo contributed to this report.
In this Wednesday, March 30, 2016 photo, Iraqi security forces inspect a destroyed vehicle used by Islamic State fighters, after regaining control of the town of Kubaisa, Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraq. Since IS swept across much of northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014, Iraqi authorities have waged a full-scale war to win back territory from the extremist group.

Teacher Kyle Tubbs, who owns a taxidermy business, last year pitched the idea of a stand-alone class to Cayce, who gave it the green light. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
In a photo from Jan. 19, 2016, Croswell-Lexington High School students from left, Molly Robb, Alexis Lynch and Emily Martin, work on their project during the school's taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Each student in the 13-week class is responsible for bringing in an animal that he or she hunted, trapped or found dead.

The collection of seven greenhouse gases dropped 3% between 2014 and 2015 to 497 million tonnes, with the biggest polluter carbon dioxide falling 4% to 405 million tonnes, the provisional Department of Energy and Climate Change figures reveal.

BAGHDAD (AP) - Tens of thousands of trapped Iraqi civilians have stalled the government's advance in the battle against the Islamic State group in the western Anbar province, the spokesman for Iraq's elite counterterrorism said Friday.

In this photo from Jan. 19, 2016, Croswell-Lexington High School students Cody Barrett, left, and Brendan Galbraith work on a pheasant in their taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Sixty students enrolled in the course's first two sections, and about a dozen had to be turned away, said Ryan Cayce, the principal at the school where hunting and fishing have deep roots in the community.

In a photo from Jan. 19, 2016, a Croswell-Lexington High School student works on a duck's eye during the school's taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Each student in the 13-week class is responsible for bringing in an animal that he or she hunted, trapped or found dead.
Teacher Kyle Tubbs said the class meets state standards for science instruction, and principal Ryan Cayce said many students in the taxidermy class already have taken biology. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

"Putting the consumer first means putting renewables first. As old coal turns off, renewables are quietly taking its place, delivering energy security and value for money.
"It makes more sense than ever to fully support and take advantage of our natural resources."
Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK policy director, said: " The decrease in burning dirty coal, and the corresponding drop in both carbon and other polluting emissions, is exactly what we need to be seeing right now, a trend that will accelerate this year as even more old coal comes off line.

Kohli dismissed Charles off his first delivery to make it 116-2 in the 14th over but Russell continued to dominate the Indian bowling to the disappointment of 32,000 home fans, mostly wearing the Indian blue shirts.
"We knew it was going to be a massive step, against a very good India team, but we knew halfway they were 10 runs short," said West Indies captain Darren Sammy, who won his fifth successive toss in the tournament and opted to field.The recapture of Hit, strategically located on the Euphrates River near Ain al-Asad air base where several hundred U.S. forces are training Iraqi army troops, would push Islamic State further west towards the Syrian border, cutting a connection to the northern town of Samarra and leaving Falluja their only stronghold near the capital.

Tunisia, for which foreign tourism is an important contributor to gross domestic product, has been under a state of emergency since last year's attacks claimed by Islamic state.
Tourism industry accounts for some 7 percent of Tunisia's GDP.
Thirty-eight people were killed by a gunman at a hotel in Sousse on the Mediterranean coast in June, three months after 21 tourists were killed by gunmen attacking the Bardo National Museum in the capital Tunis. (Reporting by Tarek Amara Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)

West Indies, which won the 2012 tournament, will now take on England in the final at Kolkata on Sunday.
Simmons showed his experience of playing for Mumbai Indians in the IPL at Wankhede Stadium by sharing 97 runs with Charles and then a splendid 80 off just 39 balls with Andre Russell, who remained unbeaten on 43.

Another officer, on a frontline less than 3 km from Hit, said the operation had begun at 0600 (0300 GMT) and was progressing swiftly.
"There are some IEDs along the movement but it's still good to go and we are moving," he said by phone.
In a statement announcing the advance, the military said the offensive was backed by airstrikes from the Iraqi army and air force as well as the international coalition fighting Islamic State in the areas of Iraq and neighbouring Syria where the militants declared a "caliphate" in 2014.

The decline follows two major attacks by Islamist milinats last year that targeted the industry and killed dozens of foreigners.
The tourism revenue in 2015 as a whole fell by 35 percent to 2.35 billion dinar ($1.15 billion)

"I was just praying we won the toss, I surprised myself winning five out of five (toss)."
"Everyone said Chris (Gayle) is under pressure but I said it, we have 15 match-winners and today Charles, Simmons and Russell took that responsibility."
Earlier, Rohit Sharma (43) and Ajinkya Rahane (40) provided India its best start in the tournament by putting on 62 runs off 44 balls but West Indies should have got rid of dangerman Kohli on one.

Kohli tried to steal a bye after he missed Dwayne Bravo's slower delivery but first wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin's underarm throw missed the stumps and then Bravo collected the ball midway down the wicket but his throw went past the leg stump with Kohli way out of his crease.

The class meets state standards for science instruction, Tubbs said.
Many students in the taxidermy class already have taken biology, Cayce said.
"It fits in and integrates well with the other physical science courses," he said.
And art, said Tubbs, who points out that students who mount a full-bodied animal are asked to create its natural habitat, which could include representations of water, dirt and plants.

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In this Wednesday, March 30, 2016 photo, Iraqi security forces patrol after regaining control the town of Kubaisa from Islamic State group, Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraq. Since IS swept across much of northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014, Iraqi authorities have waged a full-scale war to win back territory from the extremist group.

Carbon pollution from energy supplies fell 13% in 2015 due to less use of coal for power and more nuclear and renewables.
The collection of seven greenhouse gases dropped 3% between 2014 and 2015, figures show
Power generation from renewables jumped from 19% in 2014 to 25% of the total in 2015, overtaking coal which fell to 23%, while gas accounted for 30% of the electricity mix and nuclear 21%, separate figures on energy showed.

Kohli added 66 runs off 49 balls with Rahane and then accelerated in the last five overs by adding 64 runs with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (15 not out).
Samuel Badree got 1-26 and Russell conceded 19 runs in his last over to finish with 1-47.
"The only thing I am really disappointed with is the two no-balls," Dhoni said. "There was not much on offer, we wanted our fast bowlers to make a game out of it but the conditions were very tough."

In this photo from Jan. 19, 2016, a Croswell-Lexington High School student works on preserving a skull during the school's taxidermy class in Croswell, Mich. Each student in the 13-week class is responsible for bringing in an animal that he or she hunted, trapped or found dead.
Teacher Kyle Tubbs said the class meets state standards for science instruction, and principal Ryan Cayce said many students in the taxidermy class already have taken biology. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

The counterterrorism forces, which are leading the Hit operation, reached within 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) of Hit center Thursday before being forced to stop, al-Numan said.
"The commanders are making a plan to evacuate these families," al-Numan said, Iraqi forces dropped leaflets over Hit, telling civilians which roads they can take to flee safely.
Iraqi forces encountered similar problems in the battle for Ramadi earlier this year - as government forces advanced across downtown Ramadi, IS pulled back and took civilians captive, significantly slowing the advance of ground troops. While downtown Ramadi was declared under government control in December 2015, it wasn't until two months later that Iraqi and coalition forces said the rest of the city was "fully liberated."A senior officer from the counter-terrorism forces, the elite U.S.-trained units which led the recapture of nearby Ramadi three months ago, said his troops were one kilometre from the town centre, 130 km (80 miles) west of the capital Baghdad.

ANKARA, March 31 (Reuters) - Four Turkish police officers were killed and around 20 people were wounded in a car bomb attack on Thursday in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir, a government official said.

Spain's 2015 deficit hit 5.2 percent of annual economic output despite a pledge to the European Commission for a 4.2 percent deficit.
The Commission has warned for months that Spain would probably overshoot the target and Acting Spanish Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro on Thursday blamed the overspending on Spain's autonomous regions.

A spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change said: "Our plan is working: we're delivering affordable, secure and low-carbon energy for families and businesses.
"Last year energy bills were down by