Internet, animal rights activists helped shut down Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

SARASOTA, Fla. - Goodbye to death-defying feats - daring young men (and women) on the flying trapeze, whip-wielding lion tamers, human cannonballs. Goodbye to the scent of peanuts and popcorn, the thrill of three rings, the jaunty bum-bum-dadadada of circus music.Send out the clowns. The Big Top is coming down - for good.On Saturday, officials of the company that owns the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced that it will close in May, ending a 146-year run that dates back to a