A judge dismissed a lawsuit that tried to stop Los Angeles County from removing a cross on the county’s official seal. The county employee who sued argued the change was a First Amendment violation that would send the message that Christians are not full members of Los Angeles County. He also argued that the cross was a historic and cultural symbol without a religious message. But those arguments are contradictory, a U.S. District judge said in dismissing the lawsuit on Tuesday.
D.C.: Bird is 121 million years old
The fossil of what may be one of the earliest baby birds has been found in China. The fossil, estimated at 121 million years old, is curled up as though still in its shell. The tiny bird had a large skull, feathers and a hardened skeleton, indications that it was near maturity even though it had not yet hatched. The bird was found in a layer of shale in Liaoning province, Thursday’s issue of the journal Science, www.sciencemag.org, reported.
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