A joint team from the University of Kansas and Northeastern University in China says that it has settled the long-standing question of how bird flight began.

A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China.

By Stu Pospisil, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Aug. 26--Omaha North has playmakers on defense, too. Start with Nick Neneman. The junior linebacker tackled Omaha Central quarterback Chris Griffin to finish off a goal-line stand Friday night that preserved the Vikings' 22-19 season-opening victory.

By Patricia Simms, The Wisconsin State Journal Jun. 18--Robert Waters, a medical doctor who uses chelation therapy to treat heart disease at his clinic in Wisconsin Dells, said he spent about $50,000 to defend himself in one state investigation that lasted six years.