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The reconstructed megadolon was 16 metres long and weighed over 61 tons. In a new 3D modeling study published this week in Science Advances, we show that the giant extinct shark, Otodus megalodon, was a true globetrotting super-predator. It was capable of covering vast distances in short order, and could eat the largest of modern living super-predators, the killer whale, in five gargantuan bites. It could have swallowed a great white shark whole. The largest shark that ever livedMegalodon was the largest shark that ever lived, and it was around for a long time—from around 23 million to 2.6...

United States women's national team forward Megan Rapinoe said the semifinal defeat to Canada in the Olympic Games on Monday is a "bitter one to swallow." The USWNT fell 1-0 through Jessie Fleming's second-half penalty and will miss out on the chance to win a gold medal. - Women's Olympics soccer bracket and fixtures "It's terrible. We just didn't have it today," Rapinoe said after the match. "Just too many errors from us again. I felt like the space was there for us to play and we just couldn't get into it, too many touches or, you know, an errant...

A convicted felon and key prosecution witness in the criminal case against former Utah Attorney General John Swallow threw out some big names in state and national politics during a court hearing Tuesday. And Swallow’s one-time co-defendant who prosecutors still consider a “co-conspirator,” former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, made an unexpected appearance in the courtroom. Marc Jenson testified at an evidentiary hearing that Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, and then U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, attended a “secret” meeting involving the Utah Transit Authority in his Southern California office in 2009. Hughes was a legislator but...

A whale nearly swallowed two people on a kayak and a woman on a surfboard. The humpback whale lunged from out of nowhere just several feet away, forcing thousands of anchovies to the surface, with sea gulls swarming around the scene in search of breakfast. Barbara Roettger filmed the epic near-miss event near Santa Cruz, California where recently a sailboat collided with another humpback whale and at least one kayaker capsized. Oh, and for the record, humpback whales typically are about 50 feet long and weigh 50 tons. That’s a whopping 2000 pounds for every foot of whale. Short be...

Jupiter, the biggest planet in the solar system, might have gained its dominant position after swallowing up a smaller planet, scientists believe. Studies on Jupiter have revealed that the giant planet, which is more than 120 times bigger than the Earth, has an extremely small core that weighs just two to 10 Earth masses. Now scientists have claimed that Jupiter's core might have been vaporised in huge collision with a planet up to ten times the size of Earth, the New Scientist reported. Researchers led by by Shu Lin Li of Peking University in China have modelled what might have...

Tests failed to pinpoint the problem so vets took X-rays and were shocked to see the face of a cat peering out. In fact, Snowy had scoffed a family of FIVE plastic felines which she is believed to have found in the garden. The "mother" was two inches high.

BULLHEAD CITY - Police believe a 40-year-old woman swallowed a $3,000 diamond ring she was allegedly attempting to steal from Feil Jewelers Friday afternoon. Sandee Lynn Sisemore was arrested on suspicion of theft and possession of prescription drugs at the store, located at 2107 Highway 95. She was taken to the Mohave County Jail in Kingman. Reviewing surveillance video, Bullhead City police found Sisemore had replaced the ring with a fake one, stamped “China.” She also had two other fake rings and some fake IDs in her possession, according to police spokesman Lt. Jerry Duke. Police were unable to locate...

(CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama says in an interview scheduled to air on TV Friday that he would have left his church if his pastor had not retired and had not acknowledged making comments that "deeply offended people." Trinity United Church of Christ released this 2005 photo of Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright. Obama talked about the dispute as it continued to brew over some of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons and comments, which many viewed as anti-American and racist toward whites. Bulletins from Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ in 2007 include comments -- reprinted from other sources --...

MOON TWP. — A Moon Area High School physical education teacher and girls volleyball coach who has admitted to having sex with a 14-year-old male Moon Township freshman could face additional charges, Moon Police Chief Leo McCarthy said Monday. Beth Ann Chester, 26, of 2034 Swallow Hill Road, Scott Township, already is charged with unlawful contact with a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal use of a communication facility, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors and criminal solicitation. Charges were filed Friday, and she is being held in the Allegheny County Jail on $50,000 bond. McCarthy said...

An Italian film showing Jesus Christ drinking Coca-Cola has sparked such strong protest from the soft drink giant that it blocked the film's Easter weekend premiere.

Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness. Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports. His initial statement said: "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident."'Later, however, he issued a longer statement saying the attending physician for Congress had prescribed Phenergan on Tuesday to treat Kennedy's gastroenteritis.Kennedy said he returned to his Capitol Hill home on Wednesday evening after a final series of votes...

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) - It was a conversation stopper. A lovers' dispute over a cell phone took a serious turn early Friday morning when the woman ended the spat by swallowing the phone whole. Police said they received a call at 4:52 a.m. from a man who said his girlfriend was having trouble breathing. When they arrived at the house they found the 24-year-old woman had a cell phone lodged in her throat. ``He wanted the phone and she wouldn't give it to him, so she attempted to swallow it,'' Detective Sgt. Steve Decker of the Blue Springs Police...

Miami Gardens, Florida - Elidia Rodriguez of Miami Gardens had been looking for her year-old Siamese cat for two days when her son pointed out the bulging Burmese python slithering in her backyard. Experts say that bulge in the 12-foot snake is probably the missing 15-pound cat. Rodriguez got the cat last year as a post-hurricane gift. She named the cat Frances, after the storm. The snake was spotted in Rodriguez's backyard yesterday. Experts with the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue antivenin unit says Frances wouldn't have stood a chance against the larger predator. The snake was captured and taken to the...

Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow Hashing out the classic question with Strouhal numbers and simplified flight waveforms. by Jonathan Corum After spending some time last month trying to develop alternate graphic presentations for kinematic ratios in winged flight, I decided to try to answer one of the timeless questions of science: just what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? What do you mean, an African or European Swallow? To begin with, I needed basic kinematic data on African and European swallow species.     South African Swallow(Hirundo spilodera) European Swallow(Hirundo rustica) Although 47 of the...

Kerry is again spouting off like a forgotten teakettle boiling over on the stove -- hot air and moisture, but no substance. As with the professional stage magician, Kerry's campaign is based on misdirection, illusion and quick changes. In January of 2003 Kerry Said: "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So...

<p>Denise assailed as Leona-like A FORMER staffer of Denise Rich likens the Pardongate queen to the Queen of Mean.</p> <p>The fired staffer, who is hiding behind anonymity, complains that Rich axes people claiming she has to cut expenses, but always replaces them right away - and also details how Rich supposedly tried to ensnare ex-partner Herbert Black. Rich's spokesman calls the assertions baloney.</p>

GOP Hopes to Swallow Matheson With Ad Push Wednesday, October 30, 2002 BY DAN HARRIE THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE National Republicans finally have plunged into Utah's 2nd Congressional District race, suddenly pouring in an estimated $250,000 in advertising and releasing a poll showing GOP challenger John Swallow neck-and-neck with Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson. Matheson has only a "hair-splitting lead" of 44 percent to 43 percent, according to the poll commissioned by the National Republican Congressional Committee and released Tuesday. The survey of 300 likely voters, conducted last week by the Tarrance Group, had a margin of error of plus or...