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S.C. gets state fossil after 8-year-old's efforts

Name: S.C. gets state fossil after 8-year-old's efforts
Uploaded: 2014-05-27T18:50:00-0400
Duration: 49 s
Description: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley held a signing ceremony recognizing the woolly mammoth as the official state fossil. The idea was hatched by 8-year-old Olivia McConnell but ran into trouble when senators tacked on language declaring mammoths were God's creations. Norah O'Donnell reports.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley held a signing ceremony recognizing the woolly mammoth as the official state fossil. The idea was hatched by 8-year-old Olivia McConnell but ran into trouble when senators tacked on language declaring mammoths were God's creations. Norah O'Donnell reports.