Pari Sara Shirazi, Tisch Asia Founder, Sues NYU After Being Fired For Alleged Embezzlement

The founder and former president of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Asia is suing the university after she was fired on charges of embezzling and misappropriating funds. Pari Sara Shirazi, whose dismissal was protested by dozens of faculty members, was working on a partnership with Singapore's Ministry of Education that would have helped take care of NYU's $9.6 million debt. NYU accused her of misappropriating money from the New York site to Tisch Asia's satellite campus in Singapore, reports NYULocal.com.

Dad Remembers Navy SEAL Killed In Libya Attack As 'My Hero'

Speaking to NECN, Ben Doherty said that he warned his son not to go to Libya, telling him that it was too dangerous but Glen could not be dissuaded. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. After spending eight years as a Navy SEAL, Doherty went into security work and had only been in Libya for two weeks when the attack happened.

Navy SEAL In Bin Laden Raid Condemns Those Who Politicize Raid: 'Shame On Them' (VIDEO)

The retired Navy SEAL whose first-hand account of the killing of Osama Bin Laden contradicts official accounts of the operation and who has expressed tough words for President Obama, tells CBS News' "60 Minutes" that his book "No Easy Day" was not intended to score political points but rather to honor his fellow soldiers on the mission. Mark Owen, the pseudonym for the former SEAL Team 6 member, said that the book, the original September 11 release date of which was pushed to Sept. 4, was timed to commemorate the 9/11 terror attacks.

'No Easy Day': Bin Laden Book Author Defends Decision To Write

The author of a new book on the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden included a defense of his decision to publish his insider account in the final pages of the text, saying that the White House's willingness to publicize details of the operation opened the door to other versions of the story. "Since May 1, 2011, everyone from President Obama to [the special operations commander] Admiral [William] McRaven has given interviews about the operation," writes the author, who was one of the Navy SEALs who took part in the raid, and published the book under the pseudonym Mark Owen. The book reveals that bin Laden was unarmed at the time he was killed, but in many other ways hews closely to some of the previously published accounts of the operation.

Bin Laden Was Unarmed During Raid, Says Navy SEAL

The much-anticipated firsthand account of the Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden reveals the terrorist leader was unarmed and was already dead with a bullet to the brain when the SEALs entered his bedroom in the compound at Abbottabad, Pakistan. As the SEALS ascended a narrow staircase, the team's point man saw a man poke his head from a doorway, wrote a SEAL using the pseudonym Mark Owen (whose real identity has since been revealed by Fox News) in “No Easy Day,” a copy of which was obtained at a bookstore by The Huffington Post. BOP," writes Owen.

Former Notre Dame Student Charged With Killing His Dad In 'Violent' Struggle

Former Notre Dame student Patrick Mikes Jr. was arrested on Wednesday night and charged with killing his father after a "violent encounter" in the basement of the family's home in Troy, Michigan, say police. After a lengthy search by dozens of investigators and 12 police dogs, the police found Mikes Sr.'s body and his bicycle in a cornfield on Friday, just 30 feet from where the previous day's search had been halted, reports the Detroit Free Press. Mikes Jr. was also seen on surveillance video buying a large quantity of cleaning supplies on July 27, police told Clawson Patch.

Old Library Card Could Fetch Thousands

Here's a tip for budding entrepreneurs -- go to Memphis, dig up anything touched by Elvis and sell it. Among the mundane items graced by their connection to Elvis Presley that are expected to fetch thousands at an auction next week are an old library card, pill bottles, a trench coat and a signed high school yearbook, reports the Daily Mail. The library card, which Presley, then 13 years old, signed to check out a copy of "The Courageous Heart: A Life of Andrew Jackson For Young Readers" from Humes High School in Memphis in 1948, is expected to sell for more than $3,500 when it is sold on August 14.

Amnesiac Comes Home To Family After 23 Years

It's a scenario that has become a staple in soap operas and movies from the Bourne trilogy to "Spellbound," but here's a real-life case of severe amnesia. Gabriel Nagy, a married father of two children, disappeared on January 21, 1987, when he never arrived home for lunch and his burnt-out car was found on the side of the road, reports Australia's Courier-Mail. More than 20 years later and two weeks before an inquest to declare him dead, a determined police officer did one final check of public records and tracked down Nagy, who had no memories of his earlier life and had survived through odd jobs on fishing boats and construction sites.

Detroit Boy, 9, Sells Lemonade To Help Save City

Joshua Smith, 9, has been selling snacks and drinks in front of his family's Detroit home to raise money for the city ever since he overheard on the radio that Detroit faces a $200 million budget deficit. After three days of running his small business, Smith has raised $1,000 so far, been awarded the Spirit of Detroit Award by a local city councilwoman and showered with gifts from a visiting group of sailors. Smith also got a phone call from Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, reports UPI.

Couple Accused Of Stealing K-Y Jelly And Sexual Fondling In Walmart

Like a small city or country, Walmarts have been the setting for the full range of human activity -- from births to weddings to deaths. Julian R. Call, 22, and Tina F. Gianakon, 35, were arrested on Sunday at a Walmart in Hutchinson, Kansas, after stealing K-Y Jelly from the store and engaging in sexual activity in front of fellow shoppers, reports HutchNews.com. It's not the first sex-related crime to take place in a Walmart parking lot - last February, a high-school teacher was accused of having sexual encounters with a student in a car parked outside of a Walmart in Pennsylvania.

Aurora Shooting Suspect Wants To Know How The Movie Ends, Say Jail Workers

How big a Batman fan is Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes? Now, it's being reported that Holmes has been asking jail employees how the "Dark Knight Rises" ends. “Did you see the movie?” Holmes asked a jail worker at the Arapahoe County Detention Center on Tuesday, reports the New York Daily News.

Rapper Kicks Fan Out Of Concert Over Tweet

People have been fired, dumped and scorned over inappropriate Tweets, so perhaps an MC Chris fan shouldn't be too surprised that the geek rapper kicked him out of his concert on Tuesday night. Mike Taylor posted a critical tweet of MC Chris' opening act, Richie Branson. Branson says he heard the crowd at Philadelphia's Union Transfer arena go "nuts" as Chris talked about the tweet and repeatedly used Taylor's real name.

New Evidence In Boy's Tragic Story (PHOTO)

The 1912 photograph of a boy who injured his hand working in a textile factory by social reformer Lewis Hine made the boy, Giles Edmund Newsom, the face of child labor in the U.S. Sympathy for his circumstances spurred efforts to safeguard children from such work. Through his research into child labor, historian Joe Manning uncovered the boy's tragic fate - he died of Spanish Flu in 1918 at the age of 18. Newsom is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Gastonia, N.C., perhaps in an unmarked grave near his parents, Manning tells the Gaston Gazette.

Pregnant Woman Told Her 'Swollen Stomach' Was Due To Car Accident

A British woman, Gemma Cleghorn, claims she was told six times by doctors that her swollen stomach and missed periods were due to injuries from a car crash. Cleghorn, 25, was rushed to the hospital in May because she thought she was bleeding internally and was shocked to learn that she was actually in labor. Five months earlier, Cleghorn's car was totaled by another driver going 70 miles an hour.

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Crazy Car Crash Caught On Red Light Camera

In this amazing video captured on a red-light camera, a driver in New Jersey ran a red light, slammed into a median divider at an intersection and went airborne. The video was featured on CNN's "Early Start" this morning, with co-host Ashleigh Banfield noting that the driver of the truck passing by in the wake of the crash didn't seem to be fazed at all. "I want people to realize what can happen when someone runs a red light, Roselle Park Police Chief Paul Morrison told NBC New York.

Stolen iPhone Used To Track Thief

Your iPhone was just stolen and you want to get it back? When Jeri Fletcher of Corpus Christi, Texas, saw a thief take off after snatching her iPhone out of her car, she yelled to her boyfriend, Josh Newton, who quickly gave chase on his bike. When the police showed up, they borrowed Josh's phone, and caught the burglar, 34-year-old Vincent George Williams.

WATCH: Fisherman Bow Hunts Giant, Primitive Fish

Bow hunting a 300-pound alligator gar turned out to be a little more complicated. What he got was a large female alligator gar — a primitive ray-finned fish with a dual row of large teeth in the upper jaw — with five males swimming alongside it, each four to six feet long, reports the Corpus Christi Caller Times. The biggest alligator gar caught while bow-fishing tipped the scales at 365 pounds.

Knitting Olympics Incurs The Wrath Of That Other Olympics

Call it extreme trademark protection. For decades, McDonald's waged a legal battle against a family restaurant in Illinois called McDonald's Family Restaurant (which was opened by a man named Ronald McDonald in 1956). Ralph Lauren sued Polo magazine, which covers the actual sport, just to protect his high-end casual line of clothing.

The Top Revelations In New Obama Biography

When President Barack Obama's 1995 memoir, "Dreams From My Father," was re-published soon after the young politican catapulted onto the national stage with a charismatic speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, his amazing life story captured the hearts and minds of millions of Americans. A new biography, "Barack Obama: The Story," by David Maraniss, raises questions about the accuracy of the president's account and delivers fresh revelations about his pot-smoking in high school and college and his girlfriends in New York City. In his memoir, Obama describes how his grandfather, Hussein Onyango, was imprisoned and tortured by British troops during the fight for Kenyan independence.