Cops swiftly nab armed bowling alley robber

An armed man who allegedly robbed a Porirua bowling alley of a large amount of cash had less than 20 minutes to enjoy his riches before police nabbed him.North City Tenpin on Kenepuru Drive reported it had been robbed by an armed man on Monday morning.The offender forced a staff member to open a safe and took a large amount of cash before he took their cellphone and fled in their car.Eighteen minutes later police found the vehicle on State Highway 58, about 15km away.The driver was taken into custody and the firearm and stolen items recovered, police say.

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USA aims for Mars landing by 2030

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Barack Obama has announced plans to send humans to Mars, and back, by the 2030s.He said that the USA government is working together with private companies to “transport astronauts on long-duration missions in deep space.This is not the first time that Obama has mentioned space travel to Mars.In 2010, he said that he believed people could be sent to Mars by the mid-2030s and that he “expects to be around to see it”.