Putting an end to London's seven-year countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, the biggest sporting extravaganza of this year finally began with a nearly four-hour long opening ceremony Friday night.
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BrewDog's new, limited-edition India pale ale, "Never Mind the Anabolics," is laced with tons of ingredients that are sure to get professional athletes banned from the Olympics. BrewGod listed them as "creatine, guarana, lycii berries, kola nut, Gingko, matcha tea, maca powder, and steroids."
Sir Kenneth Branagh dressed as Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the 2012 Olympics in London and read Caliban's speech from "The Tempest," but Americans who are unfamiliar with Isambard Kingdom Brunel got him confused with one of the most famous of U.S. presidents, Abraham Lincoln.
When it was announced Friday that Pamela Anderson would again appear on the hit ABC show "Dancing with the Stars," many fans were probably wondering what the actress has been up to since the last time.
The most popular thing in London right now -- besides the 2012 Olympic Games, of course -- is British Olympic diver Tom Daley, who just turned 18. Girls, mostly, have taken to Twitter to show their appreciation for the diver's skill set, as well as his physical assets.
Conservationists have warned that the global wild tiger population, which totaled some 100,000 in 1900, has since shrunk to about 3,000. The animal could be extinct in the wild within two decades, they add.
Potatoes are eaten in 95 percent of Irish households, making it the island’s pre-eminent staple.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson continues to look at ways to improve his squad this summer.
Mitt Romney, on his first foreign outing as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, managed to do something games organizers, David Cameron and £9 billion in public money has so far failed to achieve: unite Britain.
Next week could see some major worldwide financial implications, depending on what three of the world's largest central banks do at their scheduled meetings.
Romney's blunders at the 2012 London Olympics threaten to jeopardize one of his campaign's biggest arguments -- his successful leadership of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics in Utah.
Ever since the Good Friday agreements of 1998 (which basically legitimized Republicans in Ulster politics and commenced a new era in Northern Irish affairs), dissidents had become marginalized.
The 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony will draw the world's audience to London on Friday night, but signal an Olympics that will be more glitz than substance for the host city.
Rationing was so severe, that British athletes were forced to consume whale meat for sustenance.
De Klerk reserved particular venom for current ANC leader, President Jacob Zuma, who spoke of the “white control” of South Africa’s economy during a June policy speech.
The Olympic torch took the final lap of its 8,000 mile relay around London Thursday, a day before the official start of the 2012 Olympics games, amid much festivity and fervor. More than 10 million people reportedly hit the streets to see the flame pass through the country's landmarks.
The presumptive Republican nominee was grilled by the press because of comments he made to NBC's Brian Williams that questioned whether London was ready for the Olympic Games. Romney also committed a faux pas by mentioning his meeting with the MI6 chief agency and broke the longstanding rule of U.S. politicians not criticizing the president while overseas.
An English hotel has opted to replace Bibles with the New York Time's best-seller "Fifty Shades of Grey," NBC News reported. That's right -- the Holy Bible has been replaced by "mommy porn."
Here's how to watch the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony via free online live stream on your computer, Apple iPhone or iPad or other devices.
After throwing a photographer's iPhone through a window British comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and given a $500 fine by a New Orleans judge.
The 2012 Olympics torch lighting ceremony got underway Thursday, kicking off what London Mayor Boris Johnson called "Olympomania" on stage in Hyde Park before thousands of screaming sport lovers.
