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 historic Dalnavert Museum attracted 1,701 visitors on the weekend and a financial vote of confidence from a city committee on Monday. The cityâs protection and community services committee voted to allot about $41,500 in grants to the museum from cash set aside for the 2014 and 2015 budget years.