An Alabama death row inmate has died in prison without getting the retrial he sought 18 years ago for his case. Shep Wilson Jr. , 50, of Talladega County, succumbed to liver failure due to hepatitis C on June 12 at the infirmary of the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer. He was buried by his family on Tuesday.

Councilman James S. Oddo of Staten Island, New York has proposed a plan to put pigeons on contraceptives, to counter the growing number of the pigeon population at the Island terminals. The contraceptive will be seen as a solution for the growing concern regarding pigeon droppings, and maggots falling from ceiling, after feeding on pigeon feces.

Santa Monica city officials have said they will be giving squirrels a birth control shot in hopes of controlling the city's problem of squirrel overpopulation, which some health experts say is a public health risk. Officials will be injecting squirrels in Palisades Park with GonaCon, an immuno-contraceptive developed by the U. S. Department of Labor that stunts sexual development. GonaCon stops female squirrels from ovulating and lactating and stops testicular development in male squirrels. Researchers say it takes about three months for the shots to show their effects.

A court orders Salsa instructors in Hong Kong to return $8 million to a well-known banker for lessons she never received. Monica Wong, 61, agreed to pay $15. 4 million to dance teachers Mirko Saccani and his wife, Gaynor Fairweather, for unlimited private lessons and competitions from 2004 until 2012. Wong is the head of HSBC's private banking unit in Asia and the daughter of a shipping tycoon.

Fed up with seeing cigarette butts on the streets, Sydney, Australia has put together a "Butt Force" or "Butt Busters" to clean-up the problem. Reuters reports the team of 30 plain-clothed rangers will patrol the city's streets in an effort to crackdown on litter.