Pint-sized North American meat-eating dinosaur found
Canadian researchers report in PNAS the discovery of Hesperonychus elizabethae a tiny carnivorous dinosaur weighing 4 to 5 pounds and about the size of a chicken living 75 million years ago in North America. Named after Elizabeth Nicholls the creature had a large curved claw and likely hunted insects amphibians and possibly small dinosaurs.
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North America
Nicholas Longrich
University of Calgary
Emer Ue
Longrich
Jip J. Currie
Proceedings
National Academy of Sciences
China
Hesperonychus Elizabethae
Elizabeth
Betsy” Nicholls
Hesperonychus
Matthew Carrano
Smithsonian
National Museum of Natural History
Carrano
Man gets 5 years for domestic violence
Lorain man Robert Gonzalez, 51, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and domestic violence tied to an Amherst bar incident in which he dragged his wife out at gunpoint. A Vermilion man wrestled the gun away. officer Devin Small fired at the suspect but missed.
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Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
Robert Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Donald Gregg
Devin Small
Gregg
Small
Lorain police blotter reports theft and arrests
Lorain police activity lists a burglary on E 29th Street with a Nintendo Wii stolen from an unlocked home. Later Stephen Teets, 25, faces marijuana possession. Saturday entries include Mark DeCredico, 30, DUI near Cooper Foster Park and South Broadway. Joseph Crisp Jr., 31, is cited for shoplifting hand tools at Kmart. An attempted burglary at Cedar Drive ends with two juveniles fleeing.
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29Th St
East 28Th Street
Fulton Avenue
Stephen Teets
27Th St
Cooper Foster Park Road
South Broadway
Mark DeCredico
Lexington Ave
Dui
Super Kmart
Joseph Crisp Jr
Maddock St
Cedar Drive
Rare ostrich like dinosaurs found in China's Gobi Desert
Fossils of two life sized sinornithomimus, about four feet tall as adults, were uncovered near Suhongtu in Inner Mongolia by Chinese and American scientists. The bones suggest the herd died in mud at a lake edge, with evidence of scavenging and water-logged preservation.
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China
Beijing
Gobi Desert
Hohhot
Paul Sereno
University of Chicago
Pompeii
Italy
Sereno
Suhongtu
Serena
Tan Xinwei
Inner Mongolia
Diabetes May Raise Risk of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
New evidence links diabetes to higher dementia risk and faster progression. Researchers warn vascular damage from diabetes may begin before diagnosis, blurring lines between vascular dementia and Alzheimer's. Experts urge controlling vascular factors to slow disease, amid rising cases and 5 million affected in the United States.
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Washington
Yaakov Stern
Columbia University Medical Center
Britain Tightens Crackdown on Cheap Alcohol
Britain faces potential price reforms after Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson urged a minimum pricing plan to curb binge drinking. The proposal sets 4.50 pounds for a bottle of wine, 14 pounds for whiskey, and 6 pounds for a six-pack of beer to reduce underage and excessive consumption and cut public health costs.
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London
Britain
Liam Donaldson
Donaldson
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