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  • Ned Kelly's remains found -- but his head is still missing

    Old Melbourne Gaol (top) and Victorian Forensic Medicine (bottom) via Reuters

    A combination photo shows an undated photograph of Ned Kelly (top), and his headless remains in Melbourne by the Victorian Forensic Medicine on September 1, 2011. Australian authorities have identified the remains of bushranger Ned Kelly, 131 years after the iconic outcast was hanged for murder and his body buried in the yard of a Melbourne gaol.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    The infamous leader of a gang of bank robbers in Australia in the 19th century was executed in 1880, but his final resting place had long been a mystery.

    "To think a group of scientists could identify the body of a man who was executed more than 130 years ago, moved and buried in a haphazard fashion among 33 other prisoners, most of whom are not identified, is amazing," said Victoria Attorney General Robert Clark.

    Now one question remains, where is his head?

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    Movie trailer from 'Ned Kelly' starring the late Heath Ledger.

    The remains of Australia's notorious and legendary bank robber are identified after 130 years, but his head remains missing. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  • Earthquake drills for school children in Japan

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    Elementary school children wearing fire proof hoods gather in their playground as part of a nationwide earthquake drill at a Tokyo elementary school on September 1, 2011. Japan conducted its first national earthquake drill since the March 11 disasters that left 20,000 dead or missing and triggered a nuclear crisis.

    Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP - Getty Images

    Elementary school children take cover under their desks as part of a nationwide earthquake drill at a Tokyo elementary school on September 1, 2010.

    People across Japan hold drills every year on September 1st, but this year it's being taken more seriously since the quake and tsunami that devastated large parts of the country in March. Full story.

    Take a look back at photos from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this year.

  • Mixed emotions on the first day of school for Russian students

    Yuri Maltsev / Reuters

    First grade students show their eagerness to answer a question in class during their first day in school in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok, September 1, 2011.

    Mikhail Mordasov / AFP - Getty Images

    A cadet class student yawns during an assembly on the first day of the school year in the southern Russian city of Gelendzhik on September 1, 2011.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    How do you or your children feel about the first day of school?

     

  • New 9/11 exhibit at the Newseum marks 10th anniversary of the attack

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    The damaged antenna from the North Tower of the World Trade Center and newspaper front pages about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks are seen in an exhibit at the Newseum in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2011.

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    Artifacts from the September 11, 2001 attacks, including pieces of the engines and landing gear of United Airlines Flight 175, which hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center, are displayed as part of a new exhibit marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks, at the Newseum in Washington, DC, as seen August 31, 2011.

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    Cellphones and communication devices found in the rubble from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center are displayed as part of a new exhibit marking the 10th anniversary of the attacks, at the Newseum in Washington, DC, as seen August 31, 2011.

    Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images

    The shoes used in the failed attempt to blow up an airplane by shoe bomber Richard Reid are displayed alongside an FBI model of the shoe filled with explosives on August 31, 2011 as part of a new exhibit marking the tenth annivesary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, at the Newseum in Washington, DC.

    The exhibit, "War on Terror: The FBI's New Focus," illustrates the story of the FBI's changing mission after 9/11 and features more than 60 artifacts including from the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, pieces of the engines and landing gear of United Airlines Flight 175, which hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center, to the shoes used by Richard Reid in his failed airplane shoe bombing attack.

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