The Komodo dragon is also known as the Komodo monitor or the Komodo Island monitor in scientific literature, although this is not very common. To the natives of Komodo Island, it is referred to as ora, buaya darat (land crocodile), or biawak raksasa (giant monitor).
Jars of dirt and rock from the sinkhole that formed under the National Corvette Museum sell for $10 at the museum gift shop. Photograph: Timothy D Easley/AP Wanda Cohen of Roswell, Georgia had just posted a photo of a wrecked car on her Facebook page.
The 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 is available as coupe (with removable roof) and, for the first time ever, as a convertible. Pricing for the coupe starts at $79,990, while the convertible starts at $84,990. A slick seven-speed manual transmission is standard, while the eight-speed automatic adds $1,725 to the price.