Found: Nessie&#39;s distant cousin
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A fossil resembling the Loch Ness monster has been found on a remote Arctic island. The well-preserved bones belonged to a plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile with a long neck and tail, plump body and legs which evolved into flippers.
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Two high-profile murders of young women which took place more than 30 years ago have been linked by DNA evidence. Scotland Yard are hoping that the link could lead to the solving of the murders of a Playboy bunny and a schoolgirl.
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Detectives investigating the disappearance of a Polish student in Huddersfield find a body near to a canal.
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A 3 1/2-foot alligator has been captured walking along a Long Island roadway. Chief Roy Gross of the Suffolk County SPCA said the reptile was found by two people who were walking alongside a grassy area of Route 25A in Wading River on Sunday afternoon.
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Paris - In one of the most spectacular fossil finds in decades, anthropologists say they have found the bones of a tiny human who is a twig in mankind&#39;s family tree.
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A fisherman found part of a skull belonging to a missing friend while fishing in the North Sea, police said.
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Â· Sense of disbelief among family and fellow actorsÂ· Sleeping pills reportedly found near body
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Belgian authorities confirmed the discovery Wednesday of a second body in their search for two missing schoolgirls. Two stepsisters, aged 7 and 10, disappeared from a street party more than two weeks ago.
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The bones of a baby plesiosaur have been recovered from an Antarctic island, scientists reported Monday. In life, 70 million years ago, the five-foot-long animal would have resembled Nessie, the long-necked creature reported to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness.
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Mystery deepens over the disappearance of Glasgow accountant as DNA tests identify remains.
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MUKILTEO, Wash. -- Skeletal remains have been found in a wooded area of this suburb between Seattle and Everett, and police say they are likely from a cancer patient reported missing more than a year ago.
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In the search for a missing evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with the body of a small deer.
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Â· Tip-off leads to search for gun near Croxteth estate Â· Soccer fans and players pay tribute to boy at Anfield.
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In the search for a missing  evolutionary link to modern whales, scientists have come up  with an unlikely land cousin -- a raccoon-sized creature with  the body of a small deer.
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The family of missing British child Madeleine McCann released two sketches today of a man who may be linked to her disappearance last May from a holiday resort in Portugal.
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"The treasure in this case is the wreck itself."  A U.S. underwater archaeology team announced Thursday it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd off a tiny Dominican Republic island.The barnacled cannons and anchors found stacked beneath just 10 feet of crystalline coastal waters off Catalina Island are believed to be the wreckage of the Quedagh Merchant, a ship abandoned by the Scottish privateer in 1699, Indiana University researchers say.'When I first looked down and saw it, I couldn't believe everybody missed it for 300 years,' said Charles Beeker, a scuba-diving archaeologist who teaches at Indiana University. 'I've been on thousands of wrecks and this is one of the first where it's been untouched by looters.' Read more
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Detailing &quot;a new and surprising twig&quot; on the human family tree, scientists report Thursday they&#39;ve discovered the remains of a clan of tiny human relatives, standing about 30 inches tall, that