* On a day in 1981, Mehmet Ali Agca pointed a gun at one of the world's most well-known and beloved leaders of a major religion, Pope John Paul II, and pulled the trigger. For the next 29 years, he was confined to a prison in Turkey. Recently, he was released. Today he can walk freely on the street, a man who once pointed a gun at a holy man whom much of the world revered and obeyed, and whom he shot.
* A team of Chinese and British scientists, after observing the 125-million-year-old fossils of a creature called Sinosauropteryx, are now presenting the first clear indications of the colors of the dinosaurs.
* The American Girl doll company has a "homeless" doll that sells for $95 each.
* The New York Times currently has a file of 1,300 pre-written obituaries for various famous and influential figures.
* Taco Bell Mexico imports 100 percent of its taco shells from the U.S.