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A zoo in Copenhagen has recently prompted international outrage from animal activists after it killed a healthy giraffe and dissected it in public. Another unlikely event has transpired which had the Danish zoo kill two lions and two cubs to make way for a new male, reported The Guardian.

A recent study shows that the anti-seizure medication valproic acid (Depakote) that’s prescribed to prevent seizures and may also be used to control mood, could help to reduce the risk of some head and neck cancers.

Divers have found the bodies of 5 people in a small plane that plunged into a Ridgway Reservoir just before 2 p.m. Saturday about 25 miles south of Montrose, Colorado, but their remains will not be recovered until specialized salvage crews arrive.

Lovebirds Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting put their romance on full display during a charity tennis match last weekend.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has condemned the parachute jump off 1 World Trade Center last fall by three skydiving enthusiasts as a “lawless and selfish act that clearly endangered the public.” The agency said in a statement early Tuesday that one of the jumpers was a construction worker at the trade center site.

An internal review into the George Washington Bridge lane closures that will clear Gov. Chris Christie of any wrongdoing is expected to be released in the coming days, according to a published report. The New York Times is reporting the governor’s internal review of the so-called Bridgegate controversy by the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher indicate there’s no evidence …

Wesley Warren, the man with a 132 pound scrotum, died on Friday 14 March, after suffering from a massive heart attack. He was known as the man with the 10-stone testicles. The 49-year-old from Las Vegas passed away at the University Medical Center after complaining about a series of diabetes related infections.

An eight-car commuter train derailed early Monday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, injuring 32 people on board after it failed to stop at an underground station at one of the nation’s busiest airports.

US Weekly reports that Katy Perry and John Mayer have decided to stop being a couple, although they will remain friends. The split was “mutual” and “extremely amicable,” as the two are still close, even though other sources claim they were “fighting” a lot before they ended things.

An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for murder and other offences on Monday in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement that is likely to fuel instability. Family members stood outside the courthouse screaming after the verdict, which defence lawyers called the biggest mass death sentence handed out in Egypt’s modern …

Weather forecasters are advising New Yorkers to enjoy the current spring weather while it lasts because another nor’easter is headed to the east coast. A nor’easter is a storm generated from northeastern winds. The snowstorm is expected to hit on Tuesday night.