FOSSILS FOR FUN.

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North Dakota is trying to cash in on its abundance of million-year-old bones and ancient landscapes by promoting participation in dinosaur digs. Last July, the state sponsored its first public fossil digs in Pembina Gorge. The weeklong series of digs attracted 50 participants from eight states and Norway. They each paid $75 a day to uncover fossils deposited in what was once a subtropical ocean covering the area between 80 million and 90...