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This is the archive for 31 May 2006

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

By David McAlary, VOA News
Washington

All birds, even ones that perch in trees, may have descended from waterfowl. That is the conclusion of a study of well preserved 110-million-year-old fossils of the earliest known modern bird. The specimens were found in northwestern China.

Artist conception
Gansus yumenensis
The Iraqi government is to launch a formal investigation into claims that United States Marines murdered civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha in November 2005.

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U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Biellik (left),searches an abandoned house for a weapons cache during a joint cordon and knock with Iraqi Army soldiers in Tal Afar, Iraq, May 23. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey
Fresh from winning at the the National Catholic Forensics League Grand Nationals, last weekend, the James Logan Forensics team will showcase its many talented members for a local crowd at a fundraiser Friday night.

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Fourteen students who ditched school to nosh at a local eatery duing fourth period last Friday got a special surprise with their happy meals — a visit from Principal Craig Lange and Logan’s School Resource Officers and study hall assignments or worse consequences at school.