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July 18, 2019
US prosecutors drop Kevin Spacey sex assault case
July 18, 2019
Eiffel Tower restaurant to reopen after collision of kitchen egos
July 17, 2019
Buzz off: breakthrough technique eradicates mosquitoes
July 17, 2019
South Africans mourn 'White Zulu' Johnny Clegg
CHICAGO — An elusive alligator residing in a Chicago lagoon was caught early on Tuesday after the reptile, thought to be an abandoned pet, captivated locals for nearly a week.The alligator, called "Chance the Snapper" after Chicago-born hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper, is a 5-foot-3 male who appeared to be "very healthy," said Kelley Gandurski, executive director for Chicago Animal Care and Control.Chicago authorities brought in Frank Robb, an expert from Florida with nearly 24 years experience capturing reptiles, to stake out the animal in Humboldt Park Lagoon on Chicago's West Side after it eluded a volunteer trapper.Robb, who arrived on Sunday evening, caught the alligator around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The alligator "needed quiet, and he needed the park to...
July 17, 2019
Chicago alligator stakeout snaps shut after professional catches reptile
ROME — Italian author Andrea Camilleri, who earned worldwide acclaim for his series of 30-odd whodunnits starring inspector Salvo Montalbano in the fictitious Sicilian city of Vigata, died Wednesday aged 93.Born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri saw his works turned into a TV series in 1999 that was picked up in Britain, the United States and Australia."I love him and I hate him. I owe him practically everything, he opened the door for the other books," Camilleri said about Montalbano in an interview with Italy's La Stampa newspaper."But he's invasive, pretentious, unpleasant and when I encounter a problem, I can see him turning up telling me 'I'd do it like this'," said the writer known for his overflowing ashtrays.Camilleri is reported by...
July 17, 2019
Italian author Camilleri, creator of 'Inspector Montalbano', dies
July 17, 2019
'Let's see them aliens': 1.3m people vow to storm classified US base
July 17, 2019
New Zealand cops nab penguin prowlers in sushi stall
LARNACA, Cyprus — "Wanted", says the poster of a lionfish on the quay side in Larnaca marina. Dead, or fried.Or even grilled, filleted or in a risotto. An EU-funded project has placed Cyprus on the frontline to deal with an invasion of marauding lionfish which have munched their way through the eastern Mediterranean in the past five years.So if you can't beat it, eat it, is the aim. The lionfish's brightly colored stripes and flowing pectoral fins may look beautiful but its dorsal fins pack a venomous punch, its sting is toxic, it spawns up to 30,000 eggs every four days and feasts on other fish and crustaceans. And it has no known predators. At least, not yet.The EU-sponsored project aims to promote lionfish as a food, among other ways to control its rapidly expanding...
July 17, 2019
Lionfish invasion in Cyprus? If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em
July 16, 2019
S. African singer Johnny Clegg dies aged 66: Manager
