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Fire Pit Dated to Be Over 50,000 Years Old Thu Nov 18,10:10 AM ET Top Stories - AP By AMY GEIER EDGAR, Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. - In the growing debate about when people first appeared on this continent, a leading archaeologist said Wednesday he has discovered what could be sooty evidence of human occupation in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than is commonly believed.University of South Carolina archaeologist Al Goodyear said he has uncovered a layer of charcoal from a possible hearth or fire pit at a site near the Savannah River. Samples from the...

A smiling Brian Laundrie was captured behind bars — in a photo with Gabby Petito at a Florida campsite that Dog the Bounty Hunter believes could hold the key to finding the dead woman’s fugitive beau. The image — which was posted on Petito’s Instagram page in February — is tagged at the Fort De Soto Historical Fort, Fox News reported. Laundrie, 23, who is being sought by authorities, hasn’t been accused of the Long Island native’s death but is wanted for allegedly using someone’s bank card in Wyoming in late August. In the photo, the grinning man appears to...

Occupy Raleigh pays rent for new downtown campsiteUpdated: Nov 29, 2011 8:30 AM EST RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Anti-Wall Street protestors have a new downtown Raleigh tent village that the landowner says is an example of good old capitalist supply and demand. **SNIP** The land for the tent village with a library, kitchen, social area and portable toilet is costing demonstrators $400 a month, which an anonymous donor has offered to cover.

There was a noticeably quieter atmosphere along the length of Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard on Monday evening, as Tisha Be’av came in after sunset. Trance parties and impromptu jazz parties were replaced by a series of lectures and a number of campsites where readings of the Book of Lamentations were held. At busier spots throughout the boulevard, such as the Student Union headquarters and the main kitchen at the corner of Rothschild and Marmorek, signs were posted calling on people to respect the fast, and notifying passersby that there would be no music parties, performances or entertainment scheduled for the...