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 Collector Edition option was a popular package for the 1996 Corvette with 4,031 coupes and 1,381 convertibles being sold. The total production of 5,412 Collector Edition Corvettes represents more than 25% of the 21,527 Corvettes that were purchased.