The Guardian [UK]
14 April 2019
On the trail of Britain’s wild big cats
[…] It’s possible that the hunt
for Britain’s big cats may never be resolved. In 1995 the authors of the
official investigation into the Beast of Bodmin conceded, “it would never be
possible to prove that an exotic ‘big cat’ was not present”. Like the
protagonist of Schrödinger’s famous thought experiment, British big cats
inhabit a contradictory state, their existence both imagined and real.
Regardless of whether or not they are roaming wild in any great number, it is
intriguing to wonder why so many of us want them to be.
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Tampa Bay Times [FL]
4 April 2019
So you consider yourself prepared. What about for an
alien abduction?
You like to think of yourself as
someone who’s prepared. Your home is covered by flood insurance, you’ve got a
robust auto insurance policy and maybe even something extra, such as life
insurance. But what if you’re abducted by aliens? In that case, Mike St.
Lawrence in Altamonte Springs has you covered. His company, The St. Lawrence
Agency, provides alien abduction insurance. […]
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BBC
16 April 2019
Drake's sport curse: Roma 'bans' players taking photos with
rapper
Drake is gifted at many things -
rapping, random acts of kindness, bringing back cancelled TV shows. But, for
many football fans, he's also becoming a bit of a pain. Paris Saint-Germain's
Layvin Kurzawa is the latest footballer to pose for a photo with the Canadian
star and have his team lose their very next game. PSG's spectacular 5-1 loss to
Lille has reignited suspicions that Drake, while obviously multi-talented, is a
curse on every sports star he meets. […]