Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theft


BILLINGS, Montana - A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.
Nathan Murphy, 51, a self-taught paleontologist, was convicted in March of felony theft for taking the raptor fossil from a ranch in northern Montana. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes and Tobacco - hostWink.com - 1-800-PetMeds