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Murder of Two Cyclists Covered Up in Mexico
Mexico says round-the-world cyclists were murdered
Mexican investigators say two European cyclists did not die in an accident as first claimed - they were murdered. The bodies of Holger Hagenbusch, from Germany, and Krzysztof Chmielewski, from Poland, were found at the bottom of a cliff in Chiapas state.
Local authorities had said the pair appeared to have fallen after losing control. However, relatives and fellow cyclists suspected it was more sinister, and had called for a deeper investigation.
The newly appointed special prosecutor, Luis Alberto Sánchez, said, on Friday, that they were killed in what appears to have been a robbery. "Our investigations up to now indicate this was an intentional homicide," he said.
[...] After travelling to Mexico to identify his brother's body, [Reiner] also found out information about the Polish biker. "The Polish cyclist was decapitated and had a foot missing," he wrote on Facebook.
[...] Chmielewski sustained a head injury that may be a gunshot wound, said Mr Sánchez. His body was found next to a bike - but it was not his own. It belonged to his German companion, which aroused suspicions.
Small things that change your life
There was a post on reddit recently about small events that changed your life. I was wondering if I had any events like that in my life, and realized I did.
I'm sure it's not that uncommon for people to find their partners based on a chance meeting or a simple thing like that.
This story starts in the fall of 2001. I had recently been hired at Future Shop as a salesperson. For you that don't live in Canada, or don't rememeber Future Shop was essentially a Best Buy (Best Buy would end up buying Future Shop a year later). One of the first days on the new job, I saw one of the most beautiful girls working at the customer service desk. She had dyed red hair in a pixie type cut, and bit of a nouveau hippie vibe.
I worked at Future shop for about a year and a half. During that time, we would have many friendly work conversations, but I never received any signals that she had any interest in me at all. There were a couple of times where I tried to ask her out, and she brushed me off with lame excuses (She would say she was busy), but never gave me a hard rejection, so I remained hopeful that one day she would say yes. I ended up working there for about a year and a half. I worked through 2 Christmas seasons, and after the second Christmas was all wrapped up, I was let go in early January as part of the spring purge.
That Christmas, my mom and her partner had gotten us a DVD player as a Christmas present. My brothers and I were REALLY hoping that the DVD player that was under the tree was really a PS2. We were slightly disappointed that it was not, but we came up with a plan to return the DVD player and pitch in some money and upgrade that DVD player to a PS2.
My brother and I went back to future shop to return the DVD player, and as we were nearing the front of the line, my future wife said hi, and then made sure that she was the CSR that ended up helping us. (She just wanted to talk about me getting let go). We did the return, and at the end I tried asking er out again, and she actually said yes and gave me her number. It was a busy day with lots of people returning Christmas gifts, and I caught her in a moment of weakness. She would tell me years later that she didn't really know what had happened until later in the day when she clued in that she had agreed to a date.
We ended up going on that date a couple days later. Me, being the classy guy that I am, I took her to Pizza Hut. We shared a pizza, unlimited refill drinks, and I even splurged for the dessert bar -- so basically the perfect first date. I asked if she wanted to come back home with me (to my mom's basement) and 'watch a movie'. She did. We watched Dazed and Confused (I still have that VHS in my sentimental things collection), and fooled around.
Things progressed quickly. We were almost immediately spending all our free time together. Her roommate had moved out recently and she needed someone to help pay rent, so I moved in. I was 19 and we had been dating for something like 4 months. My parents were not all that impressed.
Months turned into years and now we are married with a toddler. It all started with receiving a DVD player instead of a PS2 for Christmas.
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On a side note, my little girl is such a cutie now. She's walking really good now and walks like a quick little penguin around the house. She is still a terrible sleeper though. She loves going to the park now that the weather is good and swinging in the swing. She's also starting to do the slide.
Her vocabulary is growing so quickly. She doesn't do sentences yet, but says quite a few words -- probably around 500. She has the most beautiful red curly hair and a smile that melts my heart.
She understands quite a lot of things you tell her. I'm sure she understands more than I realize. Yesterday I was pretty excited when I asked her to get the cat treats and she found them and brought them to me.
Right now, her favorite thing to eat is probably blueberries. We go though a couple packages a week.
This weekend I'm taking her to a nearby amusement park. We'll ride some of the kiddie rides together. I'm really exited for that!
-- Snow
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Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault in Retrial
Bill Cosby Was Found Guilty on 3 Counts of Indecent Assault. Here's How Much Time He Could Serve
Cosby, who is 80, faces a maximum of 30 years in state prison.
The verdict prompted an outburst from Cosby in the Montgomery County, Pa., court house on Thursday, as he called District Attorney Kevin Steele an “a—hole.”
The three counts each carry a sentence of up to 10 years in state prison, but it remains to be seen how much time Cosby, will actually be sentenced to serve, and whether he could serve those sentences at the same time.
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Peaceful Toronto Van Suspect Arrest "Stuns" U.S.
Toronto van attack: Calm actions of police stun US
The calm actions of a police officer who arrested the Toronto van suspect without firing a shot have prompted praise and, in some quarters, astonishment.
Video from the scene shows suspect Alek Minassian pointing an object at the officer and shouting: "Kill me!" The officer tells the man to "get down" and when the suspect says he has a gun, the officer repeats: "I don't care. Get down." Videos on social media show Mr Minassian lying down as the officer arrests him.
Many in North America are asking how the suspect did not end up dead in a hail of police gunfire. It contrasts with incidents in the US where police have shot and killed unarmed people.
"Research has shown that Canadian police are reluctant users of deadly force," says Rick Parent, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University in Canada's British Columbia. "An analysis of police shooting data over many years revealed, that in comparison to their American counterparts, Canadian police officers discharge their firearms far less, per capita than US police. However, like American police officers they take many risks in protecting the public."
One US-based academic told the BBC that the officer would have had a "duty" to kill the suspect, if the object he was pointing was a gun.
