Topic: Osama bin-Laden

Typo of the Year: Obama vs. Osama

Back in May it was really hard to ignore just how many news outlets were mixing up the first name of the world's most wanted terrorist with the last name of the president who green-lighted the operation to kill him.

By Erik Hayden

Oct 28, 2011

Leon Panetta Gets to Sip $10,000 Wine for Taking Out Bin Laden

After winning a bet with a restauranteur, Leon Panetta may ring in the New Year with a $10,000 bottle of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 1870 wine, The Los Angeles Times reports.

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