Bin Laden Succombs to Gunshot Wound, Not Renal Failure

It is difficult, if not impossible, to focus on any blog-relevant news in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden, who died simply of this: a gunshot wound to the head delivered by a US military operative. The mastermind, or really inspirator, of the 9/11 attacks was 54.

05/02/11 addendum: The Great Beyond blog explains "How DNA may have confirmed bin Laden's death." At least one expert guesses that the US government had already sequenced some of UBL's surreptiously confiscated DNA for a quick postmortem comparison.