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This Week's Headlines: (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the
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** Can you dig it?
Horner will be among an elite group of scientists speaking Saturday and
Sunday at the Burpee Museum of Natural History's PaleoFest in Rockford
** Dino-scans raise T-rex questions
New methods of analyzing fossils have scientists arguing more than ever
about whether Tyrannosaurus rex was a lumbering scavenger or a swift and
agile predator
** Former deputy targeted for Dinosaur Teeth theft
A former Colorado sheriff's deputy is suspected of stealing artifacts and
antiquities from public lands throughout the West, according to court
documents - including fossils, arrowheads and dinosaur bones
** Not Quite Dinos But: A fang-tastic sight
Surrounded by a mural of rocks and trees, T-Rex used to burst through the
wall behind what is now Photographer Marti Norris' desk in The Friday Flyer
office
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** Next good dinosaur news likely to come from small packages
Ostrom is putting her bet on proteins and is working with an international
team from Michigan, the Smithsonian and York and Cardiff Universities in the
UK to track down these building blocks of bone
** Dinosaurs roar into zoo
While traipsing through the maze that lies beyond Wild Florida at the
Brevard Zoo, it's possible to temporarily forget dinosaurs are extinct
** Volunteers help piece together Grand Staircase dino
The fossilized bone fragments of a 30-foot dinosaur were discovered and
excavated by volunteers and now volunteers are slowly gluing and assembling
the pieces like a prehistoric jigsaw puzzle ( photo above)
** Fossil promotion offer questioned in Ningbo
An art gallery in neighboring Zhejiang Province is offering fossils of
dinosaur egg and trilobites as awards to its visitors
** Other Fossil news: When Just Any Fossilized Jewelry Won't Do ...
A La Caņada Flintridge woman and Altadena woman hope to make fossilized
dinosaur droppings, or what they refer to as Dino-diamonds, into a
marketable new fashion trend
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