May 3, 2011 Sohaib Athar was vacationing in the mountains outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan, late Sunday night when he heard the sounds of helicopters closing in.
The IT consultant had his laptop with him, so he began live-tweeting what we now know were U.S. special forces descending upon Osama bin Laden's hideout.
"Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it," Athar concluded after realizing what he had done. Read on to see highlights from Athar's tweets, detailing this historic event.
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May 2, 2011 Apparently Justin Bieber has a few enemies down under. While performing his song 'One time' in Sydney Australia, Bieber was bombarded by eggs hurled from the crowd.
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May 2, 2011 In a stunning development, President Barack Obama confirmed late Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed Sunday in Pakistan.
Obama made the announcement in a televised address shortly after 11:30 PM ET, about an hour after reports of bin Laden's death had made their way onto the Internet.
April 29, 2011 A large wildfire has sparked in the Wichita Falls area just off of highway 79 - just south-west of Kemp. The fire is threatening the Lakeside City area and evacuations are being considered as of 3:00 pm
April 29, 2011 Apparently, the second time's the charm.
After a wedding ceremony fit for a Duke and a Duchess, Prince William and Kate Middleton made their official debut to the public today on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, where they kissed not once, but twice.
April 29, 2011 Get your tissues ready: This story, about a paraplegic bunny rabbit named Joe, will likely prompt an outcry of tears, both happy and sad.
Earlier this month, Joe was found abandoned in someone's yard. After being rescued, his new family realized that the sweet little bunny was paralyzed from the waist down.
April 29, 2011 Prince William got a spouse and the UK got a new princess in Kate Middleton, the not-so-common commoner who wed Wills today after a ten-year courtship. Here's everything you need to know about the lavish ceremony and the hysteria surrounding it:
April 26, 2011 One might argue that Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump are the two most talked about figures in today's pop culture world.
But just because they share the same flair for controversy and self-promotion doesn't mean that Sheen is supporting Trump's unusual run for President.
In fact, Sheen is quite wary of The Donald, telling the crowd at the Palm Beach, FL, stop of his 'Violent Torpedo of Truth' tour an anecdote about the time Trump gave him a gift of a pair of cufflinks, which Trump had bragged were platinum and diamond and worth $100,000.
April 26, 2011 Thank goodness a police officer in Macon, GA, had a stash of lollipops in his car last week.
The tasty treats came in handy after an agitated, 6'4," 350-lb. mentally ill man began threatening health care workers with a broom and razor.
April 20, 2011 Truer words were never spoken - which one are you?
April 18, 2011 Lady Gaga is known for her outrageous costumes and her dedicated fans. Now, the combination of the two may have led to a grisly crime.
Oklahoma woman Angelina K. Barnes is being charged with animal cruelty after she allegedly killed her family's cat and used the feline's blood to make an outfit she planned on wearing to a Lady Gaga concert. The authorities were alerted after a family member found Barnes covered in blood.
