Joining the ranks of the Confederate battle plans for Antietam, the original recordings of The Clash’s London Calling and other famous left-behind items, the script for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film was accidentally …
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World Cup: Why Are Today’s Games at the Same Time?
It’s because of a shameful game played 28 years ago.
Pictures: Summer Solstice at Stonehenge
Some 20,000 revelers and sun-worshippers came out to observe the longest day of the year at the ancient English monument.
Happy Longest Day of the Year!
Nothing to look forward to now but the ever-increasing hours of darkness. How’s that for a cheery Monday?
Bollywood Star Drops Out of Not-Quite-Anti-Hitler Film
Dear Friend Hitler, a Bollywood film that appears to have a curiously lighthearted attitude towards the genocidal dictator, has lost its star. Actor Anupam Kher pulled out of the film after protests from India’s Jewish community.
Vuvuzelas Invade Major League Baseball
The seventh-inning stretch may never be the same.
Did Spain Lose a World Cup Game Because of a Girlfriend?
Behind every successful man stands a woman. And apparently behind every flailing football player stands a WAG.
Bobby Fischer’s Remains to be Exhumed
If it were an opening gambit in chess, it would certainly be bold: the remains of chess champion Bobby Fischer are to be exhumed in order to settle a paternity claim, an Icelandic court has ruled.
Bullfighter Escapes Bull, Cannot Flee Arm of Law
If NewsFeed were being completely honest, we would admit this is the exact way we would react to being charged by a bull.
German Student Throws Puppy at Biker Gang
He then escaped on a bulldozer. The dog is now safe. There really is nothing about this story that isn’t bizarre. (via Reuters)
Why It’s Bloomsday (And How You Can Celebrate)
The fan-created holiday, observed June 16, is a celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
Quotes: David Cameron on the Saville Report
“There are no ambiguities. What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable.
–DAVID CAMERON, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Ireland, referring to the conclusions of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry …