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Cave skeleton is European, 1,300 years old, man says Archaeologist group wants a look at evidence Sunday September 29, 2002 By Rick Steelhammer STAFF WRITER MORGANTOWN — The man who first advanced the theory that markings carved on in a Wyoming County cave are actually characters from an ancient Irish alphabet has found human remains at the site, which tests indicate are European in origin and date back to A.D. 710, he maintains. Robert Pyle of Morgantown says that a DNA analysis of material from the skeleton’s teeth roots was conducted by Brigham Young University. That analysis, he says, shows...

An investigation continues into a rash of milk contamination cases in western New York, but there are still no suspects. State police say the tampering has stopped, and the number of cases remains at 14 -- two in Livingston County and the rest in Wyoming County. The last incident was in late March. Someone sneaked into dairy farms at night and put antibiotics into milk storage tanks and injected cows with the drugs. The tampering ruined about 44-thousand gallons of milk worth nearly 50-thousand dollars to farmers. The incidents have pushed farm security to the front burner for farmers and...