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Unhappy Meal: 'Food Activists' Behead Ronald McDonald

Ronald McDonald is the victim of a crime -- and this time the Hamburglar isn't to blame. A group of artists and activists in Finland kidnapped a Ronald McDonald sculpture from a McDonald's restaurant and, despite the efforts of police, managed to behead a version of the fast-food icon in a grisly recording shot in the...

The Making of a Folk Hero: Gary Faulkner, bin Laden Hunter

(June 15) -- Gary Faulkner's daring plan to kill Osama bin Laden has made him an overnight sensation online. Every folk hero needs a nickname, so headline writers around the world are working to craft just the right one for the California Colorado (see update below) construction worker who was arrested in Pakistan with,...

Background on behead

Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head) is the separation of the head from the body. Beheading typically refers to the act of intentional decapitation, e.g., as a means of murder or execution; it may be accomplished, for example, with an axe, sword, knife, wire, or by other more sophisticated means such as a guillotine.

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