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    Ancient, cow-sized knobby lizard discovered in Africa

    The Christian Science Monitor
    June 26, 2013

    Even by paleontology standards, this newly discovered lizard was unusual-looking, an outcast in the ancient Earth’s nearly empty deserts. The cow-sized animal, called Bunostegos, or "knobby roof” for the quantity of huge bulbs that dot its face,…


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    Bob Brigham
    March 06, 2021

    After every single Republican voted against Joe Biden's coronavirus relief legislation, some Republicans complained the bill was an affront to "unity" because of the united GOP opposition.

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    Bob Brigham
    March 06, 2021

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