the double wham my of unemployment forced more americans to seek bankruptcy last year. filings topped 1.5 million. that s up 9% from 2009 and it s the highest level since 2005. that was a big year because laws were revamped to make it harder for people to wipe out their debt through bankruptcy. the southwest helped fuel last year s jump. california and arizona saw bankruptcies spike about 25% from the year before. scientists at the cdc and other major labs are doing texts to conform what caused those weird mass bird deaths. about 5,000 blackbirds and starlings fehidfb7w from the s new year s eve. testing on the first group found acute physical trauma. the thinking is the birds may