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Columbus Working On Regulations For Pedicab Industry

Columbus City Council is working on legislation to regulate the growing pedicab industry in the capital city."The number one goal with the legislation is the safety of our citizens," council member Michelle Mills said.Mills said pedicab business owners approached city council with the idea. There are no rules regulating the industry.Julian Valencia, with Columbus Pedicabs, says out of ...
Francona impressed with Santanas power patience

Email BOSTON -- Carlos Santana possesses a mix of power and poise that has had manager Terry Francona in awe at times. One of those times was Thursday, when Santana drew four walks in Cleveland's 12-3 rout over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Tribe's regular catcher, who played first Thursday, mixed in a bunt single and ended the evening with three runs scored. "That was ...
Parra activated early but feels ready to play

Email CINCINNATI -- Fresh off a trio of rehab starts for Double-A Pensacola, Reds reliever Manny Parra was back in Cincinnati this week to pick up some things and do some laundry before moving on to continue his rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Plans changed, though, when the Reds put fellow left-handed reliever Sean Marshall on the disabled list on Friday, and Parra received a call ...
Baker hopes Cozart has turned corner

Email CINCINNATI -- For most of May, shortstop Zack Cozart had been having a tough time getting anything going at the plate. The struggles had become bad enough that manager Dusty Baker started to consider making a change in the two-hole, where Cozart has hit most of the season. "I've been kind of wondering what to do," Baker said. "That is the spot for him on my team, but ...
Fellers military service recognized with award

Email BOSTON -- Bob Feller took more pride in serving his country than for anything he accomplished on a baseball diamond. On this Memorial Day weekend, the legend's service will be remembered with the first Bob Feller Act of Valor Award. In a joint announcement, the Indians and the United States Navy officially unveiled the award on Friday. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ...

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Shame of the Jungle (Tarzoon, la honte de la jungle)

"Shame of the Jungle," a Belgian/French animated spoof of Tarzan movies, is a crude, but harmless comedy that went out of its way to be politically incorrect long before that phrase held any meaning. Using bawdy and often blunt humor, it ridicules male/female relationships, sexual mores, the "white man's burden," and notions of Africa as an ancient, mystical wonderland yet to be tamed by civilizat ... ...

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Sculptor Tsuchiya finishing up Morgan statue

Email CINCINNATI -- Tom Tsuchiya is the sculptor responsible for the statues of Joe Nuxhall, Ernie Lombardi, Ted Kluszewski, Frank Robinson and Johnny Bench that can be seen at Great American Ball Park. On Wednesday, Tsuchiya previewed his latest creation, a statue of former Reds second baseman and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, which will be unveiled at the park later this summer. Currently putting ...
Healthy 5-pound gorilla born at central Ohio zoo

This Thursday, May 23, 2013 photo released by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shows a gorilla baby. The gorilla baby was born Thursday at the zoo and will be joining 16 other of the large primates. (AP Photo/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Grahm S. ...
Ohio kidnap case hero not endorsing free burgers

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...
Man Accused Of Stealing From Liquor Store

Chillicothe Police released a picture of a man accused of stealing from a liquor store. Police said the man stole from Houch's on East Main Street. Police did not say what the man is accused of stealing or when.People who recognize the man's picture can call Officer Hansen at 740-773-1191 and refer to report #13-8968.Anyone with information can also call Southern Ohio Crimestoppers at ...
Police Teen Brawl At Westerville Park Put Lives At Risk

Police say teens terrorized a Westerville park, with a 17 year old using a vehicle as a weapon. Investigators say it started as a fight between a 17 year old and an 18 year old, and escalated, catching innocent victims in the middle."This isn't boys will be boys, or anything like that. I mean, this is somebody seriously trying to harm a person he's fighting with," said ...

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Smallest known plant-eating dinosaur found in Canada

A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.

Albertadromeus syntarsus was identified from a partial hind leg, and other skeletal elements, that indicate it was a speedy runner. Approximately 1.6 m (5 ft) long, it weighed about 16 kg (30 lbs), comparable to a large turkey.

Albertadromeus lived in what is now southern Alberta in the Late Cretaceous, about 77 million years ago.

Albertadromeus syntarsus means "Alberta runner with fused foot bones". Unlike its much larger ornithopod cousins, the duckbilled dinosaurs, its two fused lower leg bones would have made it a fast, agile two-legged runner. This animal is the smallest known plant-eating dinosaur in its ecosystem, and researchers hypothesize that it used its speed to avoid predation by the many species of meat-eating dinosaurs that lived at the same time.

Albertadromeus was discovered in 2009 by study co-author David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum as part an on-going collaboration with Michael Ryan of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to investigate the evolution of dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of North America. ...