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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) ...
Ohio kidnap hero gets free Maccas for year

The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for years in a US house will get free McDonald's for the next year, a company spokeswoman has confirmed.Local franchisees in Charles Ramsey's neighbourhood have offered him free food at their restaurants, said Heidi Barker, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.Ramsey was called a hero after helping Amanda ...
IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...
Police Say Team Of 3 Working To Pass Bad Checks At Central Ohio Banks

Police say a group has targeted banks in Westerville, Reynoldsburg and Upper ArlingtonAccording to Westerville Police Lt. Paul Scowden, the thefts are not a typical case of someone passing bad checks.The culprits, a team of three, use a diversion to commit the crimes with stolen checks from burglaries and car break-ins.Detectives said it was two weeks ago when two people tried to cash a check ...
Autistic Gay Man Says Hes The Target Of Taunts

An autistic, gay man told 10TV that he is tired of being the target of taunts, and his mother says she’s had enough. Now, they’re turning to police for help.Mark says he spends hours walking through his Grove City neighborhood, but he says his disorder and his sexual orientation have made him a target."I've been through so much abuse. I use (the walks) as a way to kind of ...

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ForrestGump is one of those gloriously good-natured movies, the kind that views the world with such an open eye and optimistic attitude that you're willing to overlook how much it simplifies complex phenomena just because it makes you feel so good. The movie covers a broad swath of ... ...

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Doctors save Ohio boy by ‘printing’ an airway tube

In a medical first, doctors used plastic particles and a 3-D laser printer to create an airway splint to save the life of a baby who used to stop breathing nearly every day. It’s the latest advance from the booming field of regenerative medicine, making body parts in the lab. In the case of Kaiba Gionfriddo, doctors didn’t have a moment to spare. Because of a birth defect, the Ohio ...
Medical marijuana issue clears Ohio ballot board

The panel's approval Thursday sends the issue into its signature-gathering phase, with a 2014 vote most likely. The deadline for this fall's ballot is July ...
Cleveland Charles Ramsey gets free burgers for life

on a T-shirt and a local restaurant even named a burger after him. Now, Charles Ramsey, one of the men credited in rescuing three missing women who were held captive for years in a Seymour Avenue home, is being treated to free burgers for ...
Boy Scouts of America approve plan to accept openly gay boys

Boys Scout Alex Derr speaks out against anit-gay rules during the Equal Scouting Summit Press Conference being held near where the Boy Scouts of America are holding their annual meeting Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. The boxes in front of Derr hold petitions calling for the Boy Scouts of America to end its anti-gay policies. (AP Photo/LM ...
Sunbury Officers Wear Portable Video Cameras To Document Actions

Mounted police cruiser cameras may be a thing of the past, as some officers are now wearing portable cameras.Sunbury Police Chief Pat Bennett recently talked about how a portable video camera worn by one of his officers clearly captured a traffic violation."We are excited about the technology," said Bennett.The department is testing the cameras, which can be worn in several ways, ...

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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. ...