15-Aug-2012 07:30

London 2012: 20 more Olympic oddities - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19180559

London Olympics: How volunteers made the Games - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19201329

Olympic officials miss world record holder's hammer throw - Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) :: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/olympic-officials-miss-world-record-holder-hammer-throw-213703159.html

London 2012 closing ceremony: unleashing a musical superpower - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/13/london-2012-closing-ceremony-music

Olympics closing ceremony music: big acts, big hits, but no big gasps - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/13/olympics-closing-ceremony-music-review

Animal game keeps Brazilians enthralled - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/09b5dc32-e532-11e1-8ac0-00144feab49a.html

'Radical' Ryan is the right choice - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/677d24a2-e531-11e1-8ac0-00144feab49a.html

rover made near-perfect landing - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19219782

Olympics Men's Basketball 2012: USA 107 - Spain 100 - as it happened - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/12/usa-spain-olympic-basketball-live?newsfeed%3Dtrue

Global shift in US business confounds Washington - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b64abc56-e2d5-11e1-bf02-00144feab49a.html

Confirmed: Microsoft's Tablet Will Be Lighter And Thinner Than The iPad - Huffington Post :: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/14/surface-lighter-thinner_n_1775275.html

So, the Olympics has put out the flame of Scottish independence? Hardly - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/14/olympics-scottish-independence

George Michael defends Olympics closing ceremony song - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19259865

Chinese serial killer shot dead after massive manhunt - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/14/uk-china-crime-idUKBRE87D0VO20120814

Humans and Neanderthals: No hanky-panky - News24 :: http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Humans-and-Neanderthals-No-hanky-panky-20120814

Christian hotel owners take gay row to Supreme Court - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-19263265

The corporate Olympic champions - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19253662

We face the real possibility of diabetes bankrupting the NHS within a generation ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2188079/Diabetes-prescriptions-soar-50-cent-years-Britains-obesity-crisis.html

Scottish people's DNA study could 'rewrite nation's history' - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/aug/15/scotland-dna-study-project?newsfeed%3Dtrue

Review of cosmetic surgery launched - WalesOnline :: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2012/08/15/review-of-cosmetic-surgery-launched-91466-31625096/

War on cosmetic surgery cowboys: Tough rules to stop rogue clinics ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188421/Cosmetic-surgery-cowboys-Tough-rules-stop-rogue-clinics-aggressively-exploiting-women.html

Scottish independence: 'No mandate' for multi-referendum - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19254307

Ecuador says no decision yet on Assange's asylum - Toronto Sun :: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/14/ecuador-debating-wikileaks-founders-asylum

Surfthechannel founder gets four years prison time for piracy - CNET :: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57493352-93/surfthechannel-founder-gets-four-years-prison-time-for-piracy/

US says Iran training Syrian militia - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19264236

Times Co. Names Mark Thompson Chief Executive - New York Times (blog) :: http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/times-co-names-mark-thompson-chief-executive/

Julian Assange will be granted asylum, says official - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/14/julian-assange-asylum-ecuador-wikileaks

Aniston is thrilled with her bling - Independent Online :: http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/gossip/aniston-is-thrilled-with-her-bling-1.1362745

Kompany says Van Persie would improve Manchester City - NDTV :: http://sports.ndtv.com/football/leagues/epl/news/item/195193-vincent-kompany-says-robin-van-persie-would-improve-manchester-city

Eurozone economy contracts in Q2 despite German resilience - Xinhua :: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/14/c_123583582.htm

Pattinson and Stewart to present together? - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/pattinson-and-stewart-to-present-together-16197999.html