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The dinosaur named Llukalkan aliocranianus was a predator with a menacing appearance and the ability to strike fear in its prey. Paleontologists said it roamed the Earth nearly 80 million years ago.

Some renters have a beef with their landlords over something called junk fees. It’s a term for extra expenses landords charge on top of the rent. And the Colorado Attorney General’s Office has been cracking down on them. Hear more about junk fees, and what people can do about them, on today’s In the NoCo.

Isaac is scheduled to make landfall near New Orleans; the Taliban kill 17 partygoers in southern Afghanistan.

A new study by federal officials finds that state, local and federal health spending has steadily increased. And, the nation's health spending as a share of the economy jumped in 2009 by 1.1 points to 17.3 percent.

Kids from across the country compete Thursday night in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film Spellbound captured the drama involving 8 kids who competed in the bee 16 years ago.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cecilia Rouse, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, about Biden's State of the Union address and the impact of the war in Ukraine on the U.S. economy.

Also: Dr. Frank Jobe, pioneer of "Tommy John surgery," dies; Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., apologizes for shutting off Democrat's microphone; and the LA Lakers suffer their worst defeat ever.

Also: The U.S. seizes imported oil in an Iraqi dispute; Time Warner wants arbitration to settle a dispute over TV rights; and there's a new print font honoring late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

Also: Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter has a no violence plea; the U.N. says Iran begins suspending certain nuclear enrichment work; a European space probe will "awaken"; famed Italian conductor Claudio Abbado dies; and Denver and Seattle are going to the Super Bowl.

Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats.