Researchers in Italy have uncovered some enlightening new information about a fossil believed to depict a 280-million-year-old reptile that has been cited in many books and articles over the years. While the fossil, first discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931, was believed to consist of skin and .
What was once thought to be a well-preserved fossil of an ancient reptile has been revealed to be a forgery made using black paint, carved rock and a couple of bones.
coverage of the capture of the surviving suspect in the marathon terrorist attacks. breaking news, police in just the last few moments have released incredible brand new images from the closing moments of the hunt for the most wanted man in the country. dzhokhar tsarnaev. these are from a massachusetts state police helicopter above the scene last night, thermal imaging clearly shows the body outline of the suspect cowering inside the boat dry dockeded in a watertown backyard. there are also images of the robot that police sent into peek under the boat s tarp. i want to bring in tom foreman to break the pictures down for us. explain to us what we re looking at. this is the first image that we have. this is a thermal imaging picture of the boat right here that was taken at about 19 minutes past 7:00. so 19 after the homeowner spotted blood here and said he saw someone inside here. you can t tell much from this.
is in recess today. but that s not stopping minority leader nancy pelosi from calling a mock hearing. pelosi is trying to convince republicans to get on board with the president s calls for increased spending on infrastructure. but republicans were not invited to the partisan hearing. pelosi will be preaching to the choir, an audience of union leaders and road construction lobbyists. the tsa testing a less revealing body scan image. same machine but new software products, the image on the right. all right. so yeah, there s a noticeable difference. the current image on the left outrages many travelers as too invasive. the new software is supposed to show only a body outline and anything a person might be carrying. it s being tested for 60 days in las vegas and atlanta. if it works well, it will go into half the existing scanners, other half, unfortunately, are not compatible for that software. and those are your headlines. all right. some breaking news. we were telling you about the