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.
In 2009, the a new flagship model of the Corvette, the ZR1, made its debut. At more than $100,000, it became the most expensive Corvette ever and, with 638 hp, the most powerful Corvette to come off the Bowling Green, Kentucky, assembly line. With the supercharged 6.2-liter LS9 V-8, the Corvette reestablished itself as one of the worldâs performance leaders.