Eric Brown

North Korean weightlifter Om Yun Chol pulled off a major upset at the London 2012 Olympic Games Sunday when the 20-year-old athlete managed to lift three times his body weight in the men's 56-kilogram (123.5-pound) clean and jerk. He won the gold medal after lifting 168 kilograms (370.4 pounds).

For weeks, we have been seeing varying leaked details about Apple's next-generation iPhone, including several pictures purporting to be unassembled parts of the phone. Now, the Chinese-language blog iLab Factory is showing what it claims to be a fully assembled iPhone 5 built from smuggled parts.

South African swimmer Cameron van der Burgh, 24, set a new world record for the men's 100-meter breaststroke at the 2012 London Olympic Games. His record time, 58.46 seconds, shaved 0.12 seconds off the previous record of Australia's Brenton Rickard.

American swimmer Dana Vollmer won the U.S. its third gold medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games as she set a new world record for the women's 100-meter butterfly at 55.98 seconds.

Exciting moments and major surprises have already marked the London 2012 Olympic Games, which were only in their first full day on Saturday.

It’s no secret New York lobbied pretty hard to host the 2012 Olympic Games, currently taking place in London. Plans were drawn up for new stadiums, and construction even began on several projects designed to draw the International Olympic Committee’s attention. But what would a New York-hosted Olympics look like?

After Odd Future member Frank Ocean came out with an account of his first love, a male, this month, responses to the rhythm-and-blues singer's acknowledgment of his sexuality have been overwhelmingly positive. With one notable exception: Chris Brown, another R&B singer.

It's only the first full day of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and the U.S. has already earned its first gold medal: American swimmer Ryan Lochte took home the gold for swimming in the 400-meter individual medley.

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."

The big opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics is over and done, so it's time for the real attraction: the games themselves. Olympic schedules can be a little confusing to follow, so we've compiled a guide to some of the biggest events at the games, with a special emphasis on American athletes.

James Bond has always been on her majesty’s secret service, but, in this video for the London Olympics Opening Ceremony, it appears the secret agent has been given a promotion to serve as Queen Elizabeth II’s official bodyguard.

Comedian Dane Cook performed a set at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles on Thursday, when he made a joke about the movie-theater shootings in Aurora, Colo. The joke led to significant online criticism of Cook, even though he eventually apologized with a statement of remorse for his words.

Just 48 hours after Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) launched its latest Macintosh operating system, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, the tech giant has already sold more than 2 million copies of the system, according to industry analysts.

While there's no way to verify supposed iPhone 5 photos yet, photos of prototype iPhones from 2006 came to light Thursday, and they're just as interesting. Oddly enough, one of the designs resembles a less refined iPhone 4, with another looking a lot like a bigger iPod mini (remember those?).

Co-directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski ("The Matrix") and Tom Tywker ("Run Lola Run"), "Cloud Atlas" tells a series of six interrelated stories throughout history based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel. The film received an extended five-minute trailer on Apple's trailer site Thursday.

After season 5 of AMC's hit drama "Mad Men" ended with Peggy Olson leaving Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, fans were worried that character, played by Elizabeth Moss, might be leaving the show for good. "Mad Men" creator and showrunner Matthew Weiner, however, says that's not the case.

TV Guide is reporting that fired "Community" showrunnerHarmon is working to develop a new comedy for Fox. Details are rough, but Harmon seems close to inking a deal that would see him develop a new, multi-camera comedy for the network.

In a new promo for Nick Offerman's upcoming movie "Somebody Up There Likes Me," the "Parks and Recreation" star filmed himself, wife Megan Mullally, and "Community" star Allison Brie smoking from bongs to promote the film.

After speculation regarding the "mystery woman" seen in recent pictures with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state TV reports have confirmed that the woman is Kim's wife, "comrade Ri Sol Ju." While state media has announced Ri's identity, it has released no other details about Ri or her marriage with Kim, including when the two wed.

It hasn't been a good couple of weeks for Chick-Fil-A's PR. Bad enough that the restaurant chain may have taken to using fake sock puppet Facebook accounts to defend itself over the internet.

Mourners have gathered together in groups large and small this weekend to pay tribute to the victims of the savage shootings on Friday in Auroro, Colo. At one of them, some lit candles, others left flowers -- and many crafted signs in their memory.

The Dark Knight Rises has been the most hotly anticipated blockbuster film of the summer, but its opening weekend was marred by a horrific shooting spree at a movie theater that left 12 dead and 58 injured in Aurora, Colo. Nonetheless, sources said its box-office take has been at least $160 million.

British cyclist Bradley Wiggins has won the 2012 Tour de France, making him the first Briton to ever win the race. Wiggins, who rides for Team Sky, had already been in the lead before a strong win in Saturday's time trial secured him the yellow jacket.

At Comic-Con 2012, Warner Bros. gave a teaser trailer for its 2013 Superman film, Man of Steel, its premiere. The trailer was met with roaring applause and enthusiasm, but it was nowhere to be found online (except in grainy bootlegs). Now, after a week's wait, the studio has released a pair of trailers on the Web.

Prominent journalist and political writer Alexander Cockburn died in Germany on Saturday, according to his friend Jeffery St. Clair. Cockburn, 71, had been battling cancer for a couple of years.

In a piece of software connecting the Linux kernel to Microsoft's HyperV program, a small piece of hexadecimal code reading 0xB16B00B5 was found. Translated from geekspeak, the code reads, BIG BOOBS.

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) looks to be gearing up for something big. The tech company is pushing for more overtime hours by certain staffers beginning Wednesday, meaning that a big release will likely be on the way soon. Many agree the release probably will be the latest iteration of the Macintosh OS X operating system.

Mojang, developer of the enormously popular independent video game Minecraft, announced Saturday it is being sued for patent infringement. Because of the nature of the claim by a small company based in Plano, Texas, and named Uniloc USA Inc., it is believed by some that Uniloc may be a patent troll.

At the end of the fourth season of Parks and Recreation, the show revealed that its power couple, Ben Wyatt and Leslie Knope (played by Adam Scott and Amy Poehler, respectively) would be spending some time in Washington. According to the Washington Post, it looks like Leslie will be meeting some powerful figures in the coming season, most notably U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.