A UN-backed court held guilty Khmer Rouge chief executioner 'Duch' and awarded him a 30 years imprisonment for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. Duch whose original name is Kaing Guek Eav ran the notorious Toul Sleng detention center for the worst "enemies" of the state during Pol Pot’s regime. As many as 17,000 people were killed in the notorious S-21 prison.

A woman who was attacked by a bear yesterday said today that she played dead to fool the animal after being bitten on her arm and leg. A bear rampaged through the campground near Yellowstone National Park yesterday killing one man and injuring Deb Freele and one more man.

Wireless phone provider Sprint Nextel Corporation today announced that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such increase for the carrier in three years. The results show that the customers are now getting attracted towards Sprint due to its improved customer service.

Lohan Gets Permission To Keep Her Hair Extensions According to Los Angeles Times, troubled Hollywood actor Lindsay Lohan has been allowed to keep her hair extensions as she serves her jail time. LA Times reported that the permission has nothing to do with special treatment. Notably, the authorities at Lynwood, California all-female facility do not allow inmates to keep hair extensions when they arrive at the facility. The extensions are removed only if they’re detachable, according to L.A. County Sherriff's Department spokesperson Steve Whitmore. Jail officials told LA Times that Lohan was allowed to keep her extensions because they are bonded to her hair and essentially sewn in close to her scalp.

It’s official now. Dell today released its first smartphone named the Dell Aero for American customers. The Dell Aero runs Google's Android OS. It sports 3G, and Wi-Fi. The smartphones comes loaded with a 5 megapixel camera. The Aero has a tablet shape. It boasts of a 3.5-inch, 360 x 640 (nHD) pixel touchscreen. The phone weighs just 3.7 ounces and it one of the lightest Android-powered device available in the market.

Oakland Raiders safety, Jack Tatum, who is known best as the one responsible for the hit which paralyzed New England receiver Darryl Stingley, is dead at 61. He died of a heart attack in Oakland, Tuesday morning.

The United States House of Representatives yesterday approved a bill providing $59 billion in additional funding for the country’s ongoing war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The House vote was important as it showed that president Obama was losing popularity among the members of his own Democratic Party as 102 Democrats voted against the funding. Notably only 33 Democrats had voted against a similar funding bill in June 2009.

Madonna’s 13-year-old daughter Lola is certainly a lucky girl because whatever she wants, she gets and Madonna’s girl is all set to launch her career as a fashion designer at such a young age. The pop diva is all set to release a junior fashion line called Material Girls. The line will be released on August 3 at Macy's and Lola, which is the Creative Director of the line, has given her inputs in most of the looks.

Researchers at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have revealed that medical devices have forced tens of thousands of kids and teens to visit the ER every year. The study is published online in the journal Pediatrics. The researchers FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health assessed the medical records from ER visits registered in a national injury surveillance system. Data from nearly 100 nationally representative hospital showed that 144,799 medical device-related complications took place during the period of 2004 and 2005. That amounts to 70,000 injuries per year, the researchers highlighted.