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Nigh? The end of the world is already here By John von Radowitz 14 January 2003 The end of the world is not merely nigh – it has already begun. Earth has started the process of turning into a burnt-out cinder that will eventually be swallowed by the Sun, say the astrobiologists Donald Brownlee and Peter Ward of the University of Washington. They calculate that Earth's "day in the sun" has reached 4.30am, corresponding to its age of 4.5 billion years. By 5am the billion-year reign of animals and plants will have ended. At 8am the oceans will vaporise. At...

DENVER -- An order by the federal judge who presided over the trial of Timothy McVeigh will allow the Oklahoma City bomber's attorney to turn over personal items to McVeigh's family. U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch's order issued Wednesday outlined the disposal process for the more than 1,000 exhibits in the trials. The order specifies that exhibits introduced as evidence by McVeigh's lawyers should go to Tulsa attorney Rob Nigh Jr. Exhibits used as prosecution evidence will be turned over to federal prosecutors. Nigh represented McVeigh for about five years until McVeigh was executed June 11, 2001, for bombing the...