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New dinosaur exhibit roars to life at Columbus zoo
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in central Ohio has unveiled a new exhibit about some very old creatures. The newly opened Dinosaur Island features 25 large animatronic dinosaurs that blink, swish their tails and make loud sounds. The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/13ziDgn ) reports the largest is a 42-foot, 7,000-pound T-Rex. ...
Bear Camp Road opens early
The 50-mile Bear Camp Road to the coast is now open, thanks to an early snow melt. The road was officially opened Friday after road crews completed snow-drift removal, according to Paul Galloway, spokesman for the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. The popular route for recreational travelers between Galice and Agness ...
Montana investigates bison deaths near Yellowstone
State veterinarians in Montana have been sent to examine bison carcasses north of Yellowstone National Park amid fears the bison might have acquired a deadly disease from domestic sheep. Pat Flowers of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks tells the Independent Record (http://bit.ly/113sjdu) that a veterinarian from his agency and the ...
Grand opening held for Model A museum in Michigan
A museum in southwestern Michigan that celebrates Ford Motor Co.'s Model A has held a grand opening ceremony. The 12,000-square-foot Model A Ford Museum is fashioned after a Ford dealership from 1928. It sits on the Gilmore Car Museum campus in Hickory Corners, about 115 miles west of Detroit. Marketing ...
Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'
The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel. The Kansas City museum's Constellation, or "Connie," is one of only a handful of the ...
Kansas City museum raising cash to fly 'Connie'
The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air travel. The Kansas City museum's Constellation, or "Connie," is one of only a handful of the ...
Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean
Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using ...
SW Ohio water park reopens under new ownership
The Beach water park in southwest Ohio has reopened under new ownership and plans to honor season passes from last year, when the attraction was closed. The water park near Kings Island amusement park north of Cincinnati was closed for the 2012 season after managers decided they couldn't justify further ...
Young British girl drowns at Egyptian resort
A senior Egyptian prosecutor says a 5-year-old British girl has drowned in pool at a Red Sea resort. The official, who obtained an initial police report on the accident, says a lifeguard on duty at the resort in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday was unable to resuscitate the girl. He says ...
Philly 'a living monument' to the Civil War
Philadelphians were clearly tired of the Civil War in the days leading up to the invasion. They read regular newspaper accounts of Union setbacks and horrific battlefield losses while wounded soldiers filled their hospitals and fresh military units clogged the streets. To escape, some attended the stage adaptation of Uncle ...
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