July 6, 2012
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According to new rules, “shops who have used the word ‘Olympic’ in the name of their business are exempt from policing by the LOCOG as long as the name was established before 1995, a decade before the 2005 London bid.”

Now, even using one of the two of the following words in an expression, “Games, Two Thousand and Twelve, 2012, Twenty-Twelve,” are likely to be considered a breach of the rules.

Expressions with words, London, medals, sponsors, summer, gold, silver or bronze is another likely breach. Even posting your pictures of you gurning with a thumbs up in Olympic Park could land you with a fine.

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— London 2012 Olympics Trademark Control Freakery - London Olympics: Top Three Crazy Corporate Rules Medalists

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July 6, 2012
"It is a negative sign for this regime. It has started to lose control."

— Bashar al-Heraki, a member of the Syrian National Council, speaking to the New York Times about defection of Syrian commander Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlass, one of President Bashar al Assad’s closest confidents.

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July 6, 2012
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Given the credibility of the information we received, we responded swiftly and proportionately.

We can now confirm that, while this was a genuine security alert, the significant concerns reported to us were unfounded.

The information received concerned a report of vapour escaping from a bag, which on investigation turned out to be a health improvement aid for smokers

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— Statement given out by the police in incident which saw 48 passengers evacuated from Megabus coach on M6 Toll motorway.

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July 6, 2012
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I am confident that we can derive over £13bn pounds benefit to the UK economy over the next four years as a result of hosting the Games,”

I am certain that when you add in the benefits from construction the total gain will be even greater.

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— London Olympics: UK’s Cameron: Britain Will Get Billions of Pounds Boost

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July 5, 2012
"The latest rate cuts came just less than one month after the previous cut, behaviour that is reminiscent of 2008. Clearly, the rapid succession of easing moves is a signal of substantial concern about the state of the Chinese economy."

— Klaus Baader, economist at Societe Generale, China Steps Up Currency Liberalisation Plans After Shock Rate Cut

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July 5, 2012
"Police are there in very big numbers, including armed police, and there was some concern this could be some sort of terror incident. One report is of a chemical spillage but I think it will be some time before anything in clarified."

— Sky’s crime correspondent Martin Brunt - Massive Traffic Jam on M6 Toll Motorway as Armed Police Launch Counter Terrorist Operation

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July 5, 2012
"We did find that there are over 150,000 cases nationally of migrants who have been refused an extension to stay in the UK. The agency does not know how many of these individuals have left the country or who are waiting to be removed."

— UK Border Agency Border and immigration chief inspector John Vine, Border Agency Loses Track of 150,000 Overstaying Immigrants

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July 2, 2012
"This new evidence suggests that the 13 Bak’tun date was an important calendrical event that would have been celebrated by the ancient Maya; however, they make no apocalyptic prophecies whatsoever regarding the date."

— Mayan Calendar’s Second Reference Discovered in Guatemala Slams Doomsday 2012 Prophecy

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July 2, 2012
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Few brands have the emotive power and name recognition of Sindy. Millions of women in Britain grew up playing with her, and have fond memories of their days as ‘Sindy girls’.

Over the years Sindy’s outfits have reflected changing fashions, and her hemlines rose and fell accordingly. But she has never lost her image as the demure girl next door - an enduring image that continues to appeal to young girls around the world,

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— Pedigree chief executive Jerry Reynolds speaking to the Daily Mail.

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July 2, 2012
"I didn’t like the William’s sisters; they are horrible people. I remember we were raising money for a kid’s hospice and we would have two T-shirts that we’d get all the players to sign and they were the only two who refused bacause they said they had not got enough time."

— Wimbedon’s former head racket stringer Liam Nolan. - Wimbledon Stringer Claims Serena and Venus Williams are Horrible and Roger Federer is Boring.

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