Kilt A study finds that men who wear kilts and no underwear have higher sperm counts than men who sport underwear.
Saudi Arabia The Saudi Arabian monarch appoints Fahd bin Abdullah as the nation's new deputy defense minister.
Giorgio Napolitano Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy with 738 votes in the sixth ballot amid widespread protests by MPs eager to elect Stefano Rodotà.
LulzSec Former LulzSec hacker Cody Andrew Kretsinger is sentenced to a year in jail for a 2011 cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down bass player Todd Harrell is charged in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, with vehicular homicide by intoxication after being involved in a car crash which killed another driver.
Japan Japan is permitted to join the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks by the 11 other nations participating.
North Korea North Korea rules out denuclearization but says it is open to negotiating an arms reduction.
Vail Five people are killed and 17 are injured in Vail, Arizona, United States, when a car accident occurs during a U.S. Border Patrol pursuit.
Snowboarder Five snowboarders are killed in a backcountry avalanche on Loveland Pass in the U.S. state of Colorado in the deadliest US avalanche since 1962.
2013 Lushan earthquake 2013 Lushan earthquake: An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude strikes Lushan County, Sichuan province, China, with the latest estimate showing 193 people dead, 24 missing and 11,826 injured.
Suicide bomber A female suicide bomber kills four and injures four outside a hospital in Khaar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.