LONDON — A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down. South Wales Police had issued media with the photo of Matthew Maynard, wanted by officers investigating [...]
November 9, 2009
A lucky woman found an umbrella worth £17,500 in her house during a spring cleaning. The rare Faberge umbrella had been given to the unnamed woman — along with some old walking sticks — by her mother-in-law when she moved home. But it was only when she was gathering them up to take to a [...]
November 8, 2009
A bird reportedly has dropped a “bit of baguette” onto the world’s largest atom smasher, causing the machine to short out for a period of time. It’s just the latest mishap for the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, which scientists plan to use to get insight into the universe’s origins. The LHC, which has a [...]
October 31, 2009
CARROLL, Iowa —Police say guilt was written all over their faces. Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa. When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description blocks away, they were stunned by the men’s disguises. [...]
October 27, 2009
It rains more on a Tuesday than any other day of the week, it has been revealed. Rain analysts from The University of Manchester have looked at data from the past 110 years, to work out when it rains most. While Tuesday was found to be the wettest day of the week, it was closely [...]
October 13, 2009
Nothing brings out the potential for weirdness like a poll, when the opportunity is ripe to control the outcome. A recent study of over 2,000 men found they think women with certain names are more likely to jump into bed on a first date — and Chantelles are the most likely. Women named Stacey came [...]
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