Largest meat-eating dinosaur found in Argentina name Giganotosaurus carolinii
An amateur fossil hunter unearthed what may be the biggest carnivorous dinosaur, 41 to 43 feet long and six to eight tons, from ancient plains of Argentina. Named Giganotosaurus carolinii, the find predates Tyrannosaurus rex by about 30 million years and is described as slightly longer and heavier than the T rex skeleton.
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Neuquen
Argentina
Coria
Nature
University of Chicago
Paul Sereno
Ruben Carolini
Carolinii
T. Rex
Giganotosaurus
North America
South America
Sereno
NATO halts bombing threat as Serbs withdraw heavy weapons
NATO suspended its bombing threat after Serb forces withdrew heavy weapons from around Sarajevo. U N monitors reported about 250 mortars artillery and tanks leaving the exclusion zone. NATO leaders judged the pledge fulfilled and pressed for Western Bosnia talks. The move follows weeks of Serb withdrawal and massive displacements across Bosnia.
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Washington Post
Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
NATO
Croatia
Bosnia
U.S
Leighton Smith
Bernard Janvier
U.N
Balkans
House votes to repeal 55 mph speed limit nationwide
The House approved a National Highway System bill 419 to 7 to lift the federal 55 mph limit and allow states to set their own top speeds. A Senate plan would retain limits for trucks while removing them for cars, with conference talks to resolve differences.
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Washington
House
Nick Joe Rahall
D-W.va
Rahall
Thomas Petri
R-Wis
Iowa House
Vote ends bond plan. county rejects Penford offer
Linn County supervisors vote 2 to 1 to reject a 1.8 million Penford bid for the county office building, ending plans for a 3.9 million bond to fund a riverfront courthouse. Officials cited lack of public backing and missing project details as reasons for not pursuing the sale and new offices.
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Penford
Oxley
Jim Houser
Lumir Dostal
Dostal
Farm Bureau
Linn County
H. Thomas Reed
Penford Products
Reed
AT&T to split into three firms and end PC manufacturing
AT&T Corp announces a three way spin off plan to form a communications services company, a communications equipment maker, and a large computer systems unit. The move ends its personal computer production and cuts 8,500 jobs in the NCR based computer unitwhile keeping the workforce largely intact overall.
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New York
At&t Corp
Ma Bell
NCR Corp
At&t
Robert Allen
Communications-Services Company
Baby Bell
NCR
At&t Global Information Systems
Iown
Wheelchair trek spans 3500 miles for spinal injury awareness
Former Cedar Rapids resident Jeffrey Clinton wheels his wheelchair across the nation to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. Details on page 1B. Peter Kennedy, longtime University of Iowa women's swimming coach, says he has been reassigned to another post. Details on page 10. A survey of 116 Eastern Iowa companies finds 36 percent plan to hire in Q4. Details on page 6C.
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Cedar Rapids
Jeffrey Clinton
Peter Kennedy
University of Iowa
University
Iowa
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