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Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:42 PM PST
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Turkeys avoid Thanksgiving fate with U.S. presidential pardon  Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:42 PM PST By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taking a break from weighty matters of state and pitched battles with political foes, President Barack Obama exercised the lighter side of his authority Wednesday by sparing two magnificent turkeys the fate of becoming someone's Thanksgiving dinner. "This is not one of them." The pardoning event, an annual ritual, took place under the awning of the White House's North Portico as a small crowd squeezed together to escape a pelting rain, providing material for wags in Washington. Obama, who has said his ability to get elected to the White House despite his Kenyan family last name is a testament to America's tolerance and diversity, displayed a politician's appreciation for both the winner and loser of the contest. "He is sticking around and he's already busy raising money for his next campaign." Americans have been sending presidents turkeys for Thanksgiving since the 19th century, the White House said. Full Story	Top
Rare diplodocus dinosaur sells for $650,000 at British auction  Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 10:45 AM PST The skeleton of a diplodocus dinosaur that roamed what is now the United States some 160 million years ago was sold for 400,000 pounds ($651,100) to an unidentified public institution at an auction in Britain on Wednesday. It was found by the teenage sons of German dinosaur hunter Raimund Albersdoerfer in Dana quarry in Wyoming, in the western United States. The auctioneers, Summers Place Auction, declined to disclose any details about the buyer, who wished to remain anonymous. "Finding a reasonably complete diplodocus of this size is extremely rare," Errol Fuller, a natural history expert and curator of the sale, told Reuters by telephone from West Sussex in England. Full Story	Top

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