Russian inmates have teamed up with their counterparts in the biggest prison in the US, Chicago's Cook County Jail, to play a chess tournament via Skype.
Alena Kats and Emanuel Grunfeld face off in the HBO Bryant Park Chess Challenge in New York City’s Bryant Park on May 24, 2011. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
"The participation of Russian convicts in the chess event testifies to their desire to follow the path of correction," said Russia's federal prison service.
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012 in San Francisco, California. What would you ask Cook if you were the winning bidder? (Kevork Djansezian/AFP/Getty Images)
Kenyan police look at mock coffins left by members of Kenya Ni Kwetu (Kenya Is Ours) outside parliament on June 28, 2012 after taking to the streets of Nairobi with the aim of protesting the culture of impunity by members of parliament. (SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)
"I was the first to notice Mr Zanthe’s moving legs as I was in the queue to view his body."
Czech new-elected President Milos Zeman (C) speaks during a press conference on January 26, 2013 in Prague, after the result of the second round of the Presidential elections. Czechs chose outspoken veteran leftist Milos Zeman, an ex-premier, as their new president in the runoff of the EU republic's first direct election. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" during a flight from Los Angeles to New York forced the flight down and was removed for being disruptive.
Another Whitney replica... This wax figure of late singer is unveiled at Madame Tussauds in New York, February 7, 2013. (Emmanuel Dunand /AFP/Getty Images)
A woman who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" during a flight from Los Angeles to New York forced the flight down and was removed for being disruptive.
Nine elephants died and had their tusks removed by poachers after watering holes were poisoned in five game reserves in Zimbabwe, officials say. (Alexander Joe/Getty Images)
If this isn't karma, we don't know what is. A poacher is trampled to death by the elephant he was trying to kill in Zimbabwe.
Bernie Zak, an 18-year-old senior at Brookline High School, was placed on the wait-list to get into UCLA but was later accepted after a Twitter campaign. This image shows students walking across the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/AFP/Getty Images)
The 18-year-old senior at Brookline High School took to Twitter to launch his campaign for college admission, using the hashtag #AcceptBernieUCLA.
9(unknown*no*no*0)&guid=ON&x_utmac=MO-6352097-5){kind=small}
