Loading ...One of the most basic facts of life is that the future looks different from the past. But on a grand cosmological scale, they may look the same
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The basic laws of physics work equally well forward or backward in time, yet we perceive time to move in one direction only—toward the future. Why?
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A Canadian woman has pleaded guilty to stabbing her boyfriend during a sex game in which he asked her to carve a heart-shaped symbol onto his chest.
Reports from Canada say Catherine McCoubrey, 25, was sentenced to three years’ probation for the February 2007 assault.
Winnipeg Free Press reports the couple had been drinking and were engaged [...]
May 15: One airplane ended up on the top of another at the Northwest Regional airport in Roanoke, Texas.
ROANOKE, Texas — One small airplane ended up on top of another Thursday in a collision at Northwest Regional Airport, about 20 miles northeast of Fort Worth.
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Nobody was seriously hurt in the accident as one plane [...]
An elderly man on a motorised scooter was stopped by police as he travelled along a busy dual carriageway at 4mph.
Motorists on the A19 near Middlesbrough dialled 999 after swerving to avoid the man, who was thought to have been on the major route for two miles before he was stopped.
Elderly man in 4mph joyride
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Brazoria inmate accused of trying to steal a TV also had a snake in his car, hair trimmer and video game device in pockets, authorities say
ANGLETON — When William Johnson made a couple of suspicious U-Turns at the intersection of Texas 35 and 288 early Sunday a state trooper pulled him over.
Then the trooper noticed [...]
A 29-year-old man may have thought he was being a saint when he told a woman he had stolen her car and wanted to show her where it was. But he changed tunes when he realized he was being arrested.
Kingston Police went out to Owens Crescent behind Frontenac Mall around 11:30 p.m. Saturday after a [...]
Victim Chen Zongtao, 29, lives in a remote Chinese village and hasn’t been able to afford medical help. The growth first started on his left foot when he was two years old. But it soon spread across to his right leg and engulfed it. Over the years, it has ballooned in size to weigh more [...]
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) — A St. Petersburg rooster who used to herald the new day was silenced after a man allegedly fatally shot the bird. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says Eric Nicastro took a BB gun and went after the young auburn cock Saturday morning. He later upgraded to a handgun and chased [...]
An act of frustration may cost business owner Kevin Brannigan hefty fines.
Brannigan admitted he wrote “LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE” on the garage door of his Pond Street car detailing business after Bristol police cited him in mid-March for parking his car on the sidewalk. The car blocked the way for pedestrians, who had to [...]
A WOMAN whose house was set alight while she lay unconscious after being raped has blamed herself for the attack.
The woman’s husband drugged and raped her three times in about two weeks. But the victim says she would do anything to make things right with her attacker. She has not provided a victim impact statement [...]