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• MSNBC.com test drives a solar-powered car
CALGARY, Alberta - I failed the first test of any wannabe solar race car driver: being able to jump out of the car in 10 seconds or less — a required precaution in case of a crash. The failed attempt was part of a test drive courtesy of the U.C ...
• Bus beheading suspect to stand trial
Thirty-seven passengers were aboard the Greyhound from Edmonton, Alberta, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, when the attack occurred as the bus traveled a desolate stretch of the TransCanada Highway, about 12 miles from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Witnesses ...
• Catastrophe killed new species of dinosaur
A catastrophic event 72.5 million years ago left a herd of giant, horned dinosaurs buried to become fossils. Now scientists have identified the extinct creatures as a new species. The fossils, found in Northwest Alberta, Canada, revealed a herd of so ...
• Last tree-sitters leave Calif. redwoods
Being here, for me, hasn't been a sacrifice," said the 22-year-old Alberta native, still in her harness after rappelling down Grandma last week for the final time. "I feel so honored that I could be here for the trees." Berg's neighbor, Billy Stoetzer ...
• Small and dainty dinosaur dined on termites
The 70 million-year-old bones of A. borealis were discovered at Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park in Alberta in 2002 by a team led by Philip Currie of the University of Alberta. The bones were stored at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta. It ...