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  1. Poison Likely Helped Prehistoric 'Raptor' Kill PreyRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | CBC News

    Some 128 million years ago, a bird-like raptor flew above what is now China. That's not terribly unusual, but there's a twist: It was poisonous, just like today's snakes, researchers say.

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    Related Topix: University of Kansas, Science, Paleontology, Science / Technology

  2. Cape Fear Museum honors volunteersRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | StarNewsOnline.com

    ... Advisory Board and is a longtime museum member and supporter. He has been an education docent since the first dinosaur exhibit came to the museum in 1993. The museum's Golden Award was given to volunteer Betty Rouse. Rouse, who has been a museum ...

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  3. Stool science pioneer earns belated acclaimRead the original story

    Dec 21, 2006 | Canada.com

    An acclaimed new children's book about an unlikely subject -- fossilized dinosaur dung -- is paying a belated tribute to the unsung Canadian scientist who overcame ridicule to pioneer what has become one of the most fertile fields of inquiry for international researchers probing ancient life and human origins.

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    Related Topix: Paleontology, Entomology

  4. See the calendar...Read the original story

    20 hrs ago | Glen Cove Record Pilot

    ... local charities and Lions' sight-related causes. Located at 50 Barry Dr. The following events will be held: - Dinosaur Week Movies will be shown at 11 a.m., 2, 3 p.m. Dec. 22: Walking with Dinosaurs. Dec. 23: T-Rex - " The Ultimate Guide. Dec. 24: ...

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    Related Topix: Events, Sea Cliff, NY, Science, Paleontology, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Glen Cove, NY, Hicksville, NY

  5. Sandhill Crane population on the rise in OhioRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | LancasterEagleGazette

    Unsuspecting Ohioans have been treated to an unforgettable spectacle of large flocks of enormous pterodactyl-like birds passing overhead recently.

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    Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife

  6. Ex Libris'the Extinction Gene' is More Than Worth a ReadRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | American Reporter

    ... approval but is now being arbitrarily closed. At least part of the reason is unknown, but in a sequenced layer of dinosaur fossils that shows their progress from a time of when they were abundant to the time when they disappeared, Dr. Perriman has ...

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    Related Topix: Mongolia, Asia, World News, Science, Paleontology

  7. Ar OpinionLET'S Be SeriousRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | American Reporter

    It is getting dark early, and although it's almost spring, it feels like late autumn, less and less light each day, cold winds biting our faces as we turn instinctively from the wind ... when we ought to be looking into the wind, looking for clues to how to trim our sails and adapt to a world that will never be quite the same again.

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  8. MomentumDINOSAUR WALKINGRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | American Reporter

    ... industries that shouldn't exist anymore. They bet their future on the Hummer? What were they thinking? I may be a dinosaur. Some days I think it makes more sense to plant a garden, milk a cow and ride a horse to market. I miss butchers and bakers ...

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    Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, iPhone

  9. 24 Hours: Free Christmas Day ham dinner; story and craft time; 'T. rex Walks Again'Read the original story

    Yesterday | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    ... on the theme of "A Blast of Winter Fun." 814 W. Wisconsin. Free. (414) 286-3000 or mpl.org. 2 p.m. Saturday The Dinosaur Discovery Museum has another of its Dino Flicks, "T. rex Walks Again," about how a "paleo-artist" and a dinosaur builder create ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Burlington, WI, Winter, WI, Science, Paleontology, Kenosha, WI, Entertainment

  10. Center Stage: What's hot in the MidlandsRead the original story

    Thursday | The State

    The family is in town and maybe driving you crazy. What is there to do - besides shopping - that will get you out of the house? Here are some things to help quell the cabin fever of the season.

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    Related Topix: Columbia, SC

  11. Book Review: Richard Owen: Biology Without Darwin [Laelaps]Read the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | ScienceBlogs

    ... his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking . Switek's first book, Written in Stone , will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press. Facebook Twitter ...

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    Related Topix: Blog News, Science, Paleontology, University of Chicago

  12. GunnerRead the original story

    Thursday | Verde Independent

    Gunner loves dinosaurs and fossils and has an extensive fossil specimen collection which he loves to talk about, he also has two tortoises.

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    Related Topix: Outdoor Recreation

  13. In The NewsRead the original story

    Thursday | Peterborough Examiner

    ... Three University of Alberta paleontology students have re-examined a 1970s interpretation of an armadillo-like dinosaur ... and found that the creature's original researcher 50 years earlier had been correct. The 76-million-year-old dinosaur was ...

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    Related Topix: University of Texas at Austin

  14. 'Walking with Dinosaurs' brings family fun to Cobo

    Thursday | Detroit Free Press

    ... is a theatrical production." An example of some of the interaction between the dinosaurs and the audience is how a dinosaur's head might turn to an audience member who sneezes, screams or makes another sound. "We try to stay scientifically accurate, ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Paleontology

  15. Skating around BritainRead the original story

    Thursday | Hellomagazine.com

    ... your winter sports fun with a trip to the museum itself - entrance is free - where they'll be delighted by the dinosaur skeletons, minerals, plants and animals on display. If you're alone or with your partner, though, why not pop into Harrods, which ...

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    Related Topix: Winter Sports, Ice Skating, Curling, Travel

  16. Check out a DVD for family fun this holiday seasonRead the original story

    Thursday | Marywood Herald

    There's no more "money-savvy" way to enjoy holiday time with family than by checking out a DVD from the Bellwood Public Library at no charge with your Bellwood library card.

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    Related Topix: Bellwood, IL, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Science, Paleontology, Family, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Ice Age, Adventure, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

  17. Dinosaurs walk again at CoboRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday | The Detroit News

    Dinosaurs ruled this planet for 200 million years. Now they're back in the riveting, seat-shaking production 'Walking With Dinosaurs -- The Arena Spectacular.' Dinosaur lovers can marvel, beginning Tuesday at Cobo Center, at 15 life-size behemoths, including a 50-foot brachiosaur and 75-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex, which move, roar, interact and ...

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    Related Topix: Science, Paleontology, Kids, Family

  18. Every School Every Thursday - AnkenyRead the original story

    Thursday | Des Moines Register

    ... era (Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous) and fossils relating to these periods. Each student will also be choosing a dinosaur to research and write a report on. Students will also get the chance to make their own fossils and excavate them. Northeast ...

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    Related Topix: Ankeny, IA

  19. Museum seeks help from 'Dino Detectives'Read the original story

    Thursday | Desert Sun

    Amateur sleuths are needed to hunt down a mystery dinosaur at the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert.

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    Related Topix: Science, Paleontology

  20. The clash over 'Clash of the Dinosaurs'Read the original story

    Nov 13, 2009 | Examiner.com

    "Clash of the Dinosaurs", a documentary produced by London based Dangerous Ltd, which aired on the Discovery Channel earlier in December, has caused no shortage of consternation for, and from, the paleontologists interviewed for the production.

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    Related Topix: Science, Paleontology