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David Perry

Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Revealed

The Navy SEAL responsible for shooting dead 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden have been revealed as decorated soldier Rob O'Neill.

Orchid

Rare Orchid Confounds Modern Botany

Rhizanthella slateri has no leaves, no roots, no chlorophyl, only grows underground, and depends on a fungal infection to deliver nutrients.

SAFe

Alabama School Hired Ex-FBI Agent To Monitor Students on Social Media; Accused of Racial Profiling

Huntsville City Schools paid a former FBI agent $157,000 to covertly monitor social media postings of public school students, which resulted in the expulsion of 14 students - 12 of whom are African American.

Cairo

Egypt Imprisons Men In 'Gay Wedding' Video

Lawyers accuse the courts of caving to public pressure.

Tombstones

City Horrified To Find Buildings, Roads Made Of Jewish Tombstones

Hundreds of shattered monuments were uncovered when a parcel of land was being leveled for a supermarket.

India

Father Invites Daughter's Rapist To Dinner, Kills Him

Enraged over the alleged rape of his 14-year-old daughter, a man in Delhi, India, confessed to inviting the perpetrator to dinner for the sole purpose of torturing him to death.

Bionic boot

New 'Bionic Boots' Allows Runners to Hit 25 Mph

The high-tech 'Bionic Boots' were based on the dynamics of muscles and tendons in fast-running Ostriches.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Play Explores Expat 'Filth'

An acronym popularlized in the 1980s, "filth" is one of those terms you have to be from Hong Kong to know.

Canseco

Baseball Legend Jose Canseco Shoots Off Finger

Jose Canseco, a former baseball All-Star and infamous steroid user, reportedly shot off his left middle finger while cleaning on of his four guns.

Ju Peng

Chinese Student, 19, Seeks 'Temporary Boyfriends' to Fund Her Travels

A young woman placed an online ad strongly suggesting that she would provide sexual favors for benefactors who cover her travel expenses across the country.

Reuters

Pat Robertson: Gay Activists Are 'Terrorists'

Pat Robertson: Gay Activists Are 'Terrorists'

Scientists 'Decode' 9,500-Year-Old Monument

The mysterious Shigir Idol is the world oldest wooden statue.

Prison

Mississippi Imprisons More People Than Russia and China Combined

In a recent comparison compiled by the Centre for Prison Studies and Prison Policy Initiative, it was found that the state of Mississippi locks up more people per capita than China and Russia combined.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Calls Out Her 'Sexist' Haters

Known almost as much for singing about her exes as she is for her talent, singer Taylor Swift answered her critics, calling them sexist.

Kiribati

Global Warming: If An Island Vanishes, Who Owns The Sea Around It?

Island nations threatened by rising sea levels grapple with the idea of "non-terrestrial statehood."

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