Big Fish 102 - Three months on the beach

So, now that I work with folks in other countries, I try to at least skim the headlines of the major papers online everyday. It's always interesting to see who picks up which stories internationally, etc. Sri Lanka's Daily News just doesn't tend to pick up much from the US(which is fine, since we get lambasted by everyone else daily). But today, front page news. What happened in the US yesterday, you might ask, that would merit front page news in Sri Lanka? Well, I'll tell you:

Missing dinosaur on the loose in New York

NEW YORK: New York police are on the lookout for a missing dinosaur, last seen at the weekend in an affluent Long Island suburb. The life-size fibreglass replica of a carnivorous Deinonychus went missing Saturday from a local festival, the New York Post reported.

"It's a very unusual theft, and because of that, we're hoping the public will spot it somewhere," said police detective Lieutenant John May. The report said that someone had sawn through a metal pole attaching the three-meter-long model to a trailer.

"You'd definitely notice it, if someone rode by with it," said Cindy Smith, spokeswoman for the Oyster Bay Festival.