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Sunday July 28th, 2019 night edition

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Nathalie Birli managed to placate the man by complimenting him on the many orchids growing in his home.

A young Austrian triathlete kidnapped while riding her bike talked her way to freedom by complimenting her captor's orchids, a police source said Saturday, confirming press reports.

Professional triathlete Nathalie Birli, 27, was struck by a car Tuesday and broke her arm while falling to the ground near Graz in southeastern Austria, the press reports said.

The driver then knocked her out with a piece of wood and took her to his isolated home.

However she managed to placate the man by complimenting him on the many orchids growing in his home.

Police used the GPS record to track down the man and arrest him at his house, they said.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Cleared by Misconduct Investigation, Will Keep Museum Job

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Last year, Neil deGrasse Tyson was accused of misconduct by multiple women who had worked with or socially come into contact with him over the years.

Katelyn N. Allers, who is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Bucknell University, claims that Tyson allegedly groped her at an American Astronomical Society after-party in 2009. »

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Study: Sizzling Southwest Summers Can Cause Pavement Burns in Seconds

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The team compared the outdoor temperatures at the time of each patient admission to, in essence, determine how hot is too hot.

“The pavement can be significantly hotter than the ambient temperature in direct sunlight and can cause second-degree burns within two seconds.”.

Study authors say that pavement on a 111-degree day, for example, can get as hot as 147 degrees in direct sunlight. »

Head injury drove Clooney to think of suicide

Authored by theguardian.com

'There was this scene where I was taped to a chair and getting beaten up.

'I tore my dura, which is the wrap around my spine that holds in the spinal fluid.

He could not take painkillers in case he became addicted to them; several members of his family had suffered that fate. »