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Tiny T-Rex: New Fossil Shows the Dinosaur King Started Small

Sep. 17, 2009
The discovery of a mini dinosaur fossil shows Tyrannosaurus Rex started out small -- but still pretty ferocious
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler