SPRING HILL, Fla. — A Florida man says he's going to spend the next month living in a fenced enclosure with two African lions.

James Jablon of Spring Hill hopes the stunt will raise money for his wildlife center, Wildlife Rehabilitation of Hernando.

Jablon entered the lions' den Saturday. He says he's going to sleep on hay near the lions named Lea and Ed and eat when they eat.

He says he's also going to build a place to sleep and hide in the trees in the enclosure, in case the lions fight with each other. His adventure is being streamed live online through Jan. 31.

BEEBE, Ark. — Environmental service workers finished picking up the carcasses on Sunday of about 2,000 red-winged blackbirds that fell dead from the sky in a central Arkansas town.Mike Robertson, the mayor in Beebe, told The Associated Press the last dead bird was removed about 11 a.m. Sunday in the town about 40 miles northeast of Little Rock. He said 12 to 15 workers, hired by the city to do the cleanup wore environmental-protection suits.The birds had fallen Friday night over a 1-mile area of Beebe, and an aerial survey indicated that no other dead birds were found outside of that area.Robertson said the workers wore the suits as a matter of routine and not out of fear that the birds might be contaminated. He said speculation on the cause is not focusing on disease or poisoning.Arkansas Game and Fish Commission ornithologist Karen Rowe said Saturday the birds showed physical trauma, and speculated that “the flock could have been hit by lightning or high-altitude hail.”The commission said that New Year's Eve revelers shooting off fireworks could have startled the birds from their roost and caused them to die from stress.

ORLANDO, Fla. — An island ride at Universal Orlando Resort was evacuated Saturday after a fire engulfed a roof structure under which the ride carries visitors. No major injuries were reported.Park spokesman Tom Schroder said an employee noticed smoke rising from Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls, a log float ride at Universal's Islands of Adventure, around 5 p.m. Saturday. The theme park is part of the resort, which includes Universal Studios.Schroder said staff shut down the ride and evacuated visitors from the surrounding area.About 40 firefighters responded to the fire, which was brought under control in about a half-hour. Investigators were looking into whether an electrical problem triggered the blaze.Schroder said the Orlando fire department assisted a small number of visitors who said they had inhaled smoke.The ride remains shut down while the blaze is under investigation, but the area known as Toon Lagoon, which includes the log float ride, reopened Saturday evening. The theme park itself also remains open.

NEW YORK — One week after a blizzard struck New York City, the snowdrifts are melting but the mountains of trash are growing.The Department of Sanitation is preparing to resume garbage pickups today for the first time since the Christmas weekend storm dumped 20 inches of snow on city streets. Trash collection was suspended while crews struggled to plow streets.Garbage bins outside many apartment buildings are overflowing. Bags of recyclables including beer bottles and milk cartons are stacked helter-skelter along with discarded Christmas trees and wreaths.