Dinosaur Skeleton Repatriated to Mongolia from New York
U S authorities return a 70 million year old Tyrannosaurus skeleton looted from the Gobi Desert to Mongolia via Korean Air. The skullless fossil, seized after an auction in New York, was mislabeled and sold for over 1 million dollars.
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Three peace activists face trial for Oak Ridge plant breakin
Jury selection began in Knoxville for Megan Rice Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed charged with sabotage after cutting fences spray painting inside the Oak Ridge nuclear facility and throwing human blood at a storage center for bomb grade uranium. The defendants claim actions aimed to prevent nuclear threats but the judge barred a necessity defense. The sabotage charge carries up to 20 years in prison.
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Army Sergeant in Iraq Clinic Rampage Court-Martial
Prosecution outlines premeditated shooting plot by Sgt. John Russell as he smoked outside the mental health clinic before killing five service members at a base in Iraq. Russell pleaded guilty to the 2009 killings but contests premeditation. defense cites possible brain abnormalities affecting emotion control.
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Israel Air Strikes Stir Debate Over U.S. Arms to Rebels
Israeli airstrikes against Iranian missiles bound for Hezbollah complicate the Obama administration’s debate on arming Syria’s rebels. Kerry presses Moscow to back new actions, hoping to sway Putin on sanctions as Washington weighs broader involvement and possible military aid.
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Mississippi Eyes GOP Driven Education Reform Push
In Clarksdale Mississippi a district program seeks a tougher high school curriculum as Republicans push charter schools prekindergarten and merit pay to lift a lagging system. Gov Phil Bryant and local leaders stress education as a path to economic growth amid Mississippi’s slow progress in NAEP gains.
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Massachusetts funeral director weighs Tsarnaev burial options
Worcester funeral director Peter Stefan says out of state burial offers exist for the body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, while his mother requests return to Russia. Stefan plans a Cambridge burial but Cambridge asks against it and notes potential protests.
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Immigration bill sparks GOP battle over Heritage study
A Heritage Foundation report claims a bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government 6.3 trillion over 50 years by granting legal status to millions and delivering 9 trillion in benefits while paying 3 trillion in taxes. Critics call the analysis political and flawed.
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