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Prison Riot: Rebel Russian Band Members Speak Out from Behind Bars
It seems it will take more than a two-year prison sentence to silence the rebellious members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
The three Russian women — given guilty verdicts on charges of hooliganism motivated by religious …
History Wins As Norway’s 100-Year-Old Mystery Parcel Is Opened
And the prize worth waiting a century for was…
Norway Killer Declared Sane, Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison
An Oslo court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who admitted to killing 77 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree last July, to 21 years in prison — the maximum sentence available under Norwegian law.
There’s a Helium Shortage On — and It’s Affecting More than Just Balloons
Stop talking in that squeaky voice and get serious. From MRI machines to semiconductor manufacturing, here are a few of the things we’ll have to do with less of thanks to a global helium shortage.
Iguana: In Puerto Rico, It’s What’s for Dinner
Authorities are planning to deal with their infestation of iguanas by exporting the meat to other countries — where the lizard is a protected species.
The Face-Kini: The Bizarre Art of Covering Up
Prince William, Real-Life Knight in Shining Armor, Rescues Girl From Drowning
He’s already a real-life prince, but Britain’s Prince William is now also a knight in shining armor after saving a 16-year-old schoolgirl from drowning.
While on duty as a search and rescue pilot on the Royal Air Force, he was …
Ukrainian Group Wants to Ban Spongebob and Teletubbies for Homosexuality and Idiocy, Respectively
According to one right-wing religious group in Ukraine, television programs like “Spongebob Squarepants” and “The Teletubbies” are stripping the country’s children of their purity and innocence, and must be stopped at …
Asia to Lead the World’s ‘Rich List’
Asia is poised to become the world’s “economic center of gravity,” with Singapore set to have the richest residents in the world by 2050.
Four Rooms We’d Like to See in IKEA’s New Stylish Budget Hotels
WATCH: The Philippines’ Beat-Boxing Miss World Contestant
We’ll say one thing for Queenierich Rehman: she can sure drop a beat.