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Researchers say new dinosaur found in northern Alaska

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Researchers say new dinosaur found in northern Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Researchers have uncovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur in Alaska, according to a report published Tuesday.

The animal was a variety of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur that roamed in herds, said Pat Druckenmiller, earth sciences curator at the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks.

Northern Alaska likely was once covered by forest in a warmer ...

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An Ice-Cold Case

 

A little over 20 years ago, a perfectly preserved corpse was found buried in the ice, high up in the Alps. And after decades of investigating, cutting-edge forensics have revealed not only a murder mystery, but a startling story about one man's final days.

When hikers first found Ötzi (the nickname given to the body discovered in 1991), everyone assumed they'd stumbled upon an unfortunate mountaineering accident. But as the body was pulled from the ice, authorities started to suspect this wasn't a modern-day adventure gone wrong. It was, as producer Andy Mills explains, an OLD body. Really, really old. 

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Newton South Lion's Roar - 9/11/15

This week the Newton South Lion's Roar features a story "Among the Ashes" written by Mona Baloch and Emily Belt. I was interviewed for the article (see pages 16 & 17). These student journalists did an excellent job.

  

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9/11 Timeline videos

September 11, 2015 marks the 14th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. The following videos are timelines of what happened on that day.