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LOOKING BACK: From our files for Nov. 4, 2012
100 YEARS AGO — 1912 Boyle County did herself proud by giving Woodrow Wilson a majority over both Taft and Roosevelt. For a time is was thought in some quarters that a considerable number of Democrats would vote for Col. Roosevelt, but the returns...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Local Elections, Executive Branch, Colleges and Universities, Democratic Party
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In the Galleries -- May 19, 2013
In Aberdeen Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Pottery and ceramics show. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 605-626-7081. Dacotah...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Groton, Museums, Weddings
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top 5 things
Spend this weekend looking at life-size dinosaurs, watching exotic butterflies or singing your favorite songs from the hit-movie ‘Grease’. This weekend has all that and more! Read on for Toto’s top weekend picks: if you don’t see...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Theater, Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Fossil finds hint at when apes and monkeys went separate ways
Scientists have added two species of ape and monkey to the evolutionary tree, filling in a 10-million-year gap in the fossil record from a period when apes and Old World monkeys diverged. Fossil specimens of jaws and teeth, collected by Ohio...
Tags: Ohio University, Science and Technology, Research
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In Theory: Are parts of Scripture outdated and in need of change?
It's not often that a Christian minister agrees with the New Atheist movement, but the Rev. Michael Dowd believes it's possible when it comes to what he calls the "idolatry of the written word." A self-described "New Theist" — one who "value[s]...Tags: Ethics, Crime, Law and Justice, Death and Dying Customs, Music, Slavery
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Dinosaur heads home to Mongolia after odyssey ends in Queens
NEW YORK -- It's bad enough to go from roaming the earth as a fearsome predator to being uprooted and dragged across three continents, but to end up in a basement in Queens? No wonder the Tyrannosaurus bataar was broken up. Literally. But not for...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Auction Service, Gainesville, Paleontology, Mongolia
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Did dinosaur ancestors benefit from worst extinction on Earth?
Dinosaurs may have been wiped out by a mass extinction about 65 million years ago, but an earlier extinction event may have given their predecessors a leg up on the competition, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....
Tags: Zambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Paleontology
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Renfrew geology trip includes panning for gold
Area residents can try their hand at panning for gold when geologist Jeri Jones leads a fossil-hunting field trip from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4. The trip is sponsored by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Franklin County Rock & Mineral...Tags: Washington Monument, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Photography Supplies and Services, Travel, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Evidence points toward solving evolutionary 'missing link'
With long arms, high shoulder blades and powerful fingers, the ancient creatures were built for climbing trees. But they also had long lower limbs, flat feet and a flexible lumbar spine that gave them a distinct evolutionary edge: They could cover long...
Tags: Arizona State University, Museum of Natural History, Flat Feet, Science and Technology, Physiology
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Scientists sequence DNA of a 'living fossil': the coelacanth
They're big, they're furtive, they're weird-looking. You almost certainly wouldn't want to dine on one, since they're endangered and are said to cause digestive distress in people who eat them. But the African coelacanth is extremely useful in at...
Tags: Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Biology, Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science and Technology
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Our View: Kudos for the week of April 1
Here is our weekly salute to the people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Roll out the welcome mat We all know Petoskey is a great town, now the rest of the country knows, too. Our town was profiled in the...Tags: Arts, High School Sports, Science and Technology, Renovation, Building Material
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In the Galleries for March 31, 2013
In Aberdeen • Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Pottery and ceramics show. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 605-626-7081. •...Tags: Fine Artists, Arts, Arts and Culture, Museums, Painting
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