“He trusts God to keep him safe,” says RP2 Chute. “And I’m here just in case that doesn’t work out.”By Michael M. Phillips (WSJ) SANGIN, Afghanistan — Navy Chap­lain Terry Moran is steeped in the Bible and believes all of it. His assis­tant, Reli­gious Pro­grams Spe­cial­ist 2nd Class Philip Chute, is steeped in the Bible...
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By Jeff Riven­bark STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) — A man who was with about a dozen peo­ple who were look­ing for a leg­endary “ghost train” in Iredell County was hit by a loco­mo­tive and killed early Fri­day morning. Christo­pher Kaiser, 29, died at the scene and two more peo­ple were injured, accord­ing to Iredell County...
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By Margery A. Beck (AP) OMAHA, Neb. – A sub­ur­ban Omaha man has died after being stran­gled by his 9-​​foot, 25-​​pound pet boa con­stric­tor, author­i­ties said Thurs­day. Cory Byrne, 34, of Papil­lion died Wednes­day night at a local hos­pi­tal, just hours after police and para­medics pried the snake from around his neck, police said. Byrne...
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By Ian Sam­ple (Guardian UK) Extra-​​terrestrials might not only ­resem­ble us but have our foibles, such as greed, vio­lence and a ten­dency to exploit oth­ers’ resources, says Simon ­Con­way Mor­ris, pro­fes­sor of evo­lu­tion­ary ­pale­o­bi­ol­ogy at Cam­bridge Uni­ver­sity. And while aliens could come in peace they are quite as likely to be search­ing for some­where...
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By Ciara Byrne (Cana­dian Press) A 66-​​year-​​old man from south­ern Ontario, who spent years bat­tling with neigh­bours to keep wild cats on his prop­erty, has been mauled to death by his 300-​​kilogram pet tiger. Nor­man Buwalda went into the tiger’s cage on his prop­erty in South­wold, Ont. on Sun­day after­noon to feed the ani­mal, when...
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