The huge, rectangular box lands with a thump. Two minutes later colleagues scramble around my desk. “Oohs!” and “aahs!” and a collective “mmm” follow. http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/hamming-it-up-londons-best-restaurants-for-jamon-9941617.html
American drivers across the country are rejoicing at falling gasoline prices, but there’s a downside, writes Sharon Burke http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/07/opinion/burke-low-oil-prices-instability/index.html?hpt=hp_t5
Paloma Faith has toured the world, had a portrait of herself exhibited at the Royal Albert Hall, and attended a host of VIP parties, but at university the singer found it tough to fit in. http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/paloma-faith-on-meeting-ricky-wilson-whilst-working-as-a-podium-dancer-and-why-freshers-should-split-up-with-anyone-before-uni-9770792.html
THE RAA has implored petrol retailers to offer competitive prices every single day, instead of an occasional window of promotional prices. http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/hundreds-line-up-for-cheap-petrol-as-raa-urges-retailers-to-avoid-promotions/story-fnii5yv4-1227078120574
The Jewish State of Israel in the Levant – that’s how some pro-Palestine activists are now referring to Israel. With the allusion to the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), tweeters are enjoying sharing the joke. http://rt.com/news/192552-israel-jsil-twitter-isis/
Don’t worry, Covent Garden isn’t an alien spaceship floating off into the sky, even though it kinda looks that way in this amazing art installation by Alex Chinneck. http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/covent_garden_cracks_up_and_takes_off_in_amazing_illusion_by_artist_1_3792169
How much do you love free WiFi? Would you give up your eldest child for it? Of course not right? Well that’s exactly what 6 Londoners unwittingly did after being caught out by a security firm. http://www.london24.com/news/quirky-london/londoners_would_give_up_their_first_born_child_for_free_wifi_1_3789361
CHICAGO (AP) — As selective colleges try to increase economic diversity among their undergraduates, the University of Chicago announced Wednesday that it’s embarking on an unusual effort to enroll more low-income students, including the elimination … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/university-of-chicago-student-loans_n_5917772.html
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s Ameer Abdullah, a candidate for this year’s Heisman Trophy, says 2013 winner Jameis Winston of Florida State needs to clean up his act. http://news.yahoo.com/nebraskas-abdullah-jameis-winston-must-grow-183643277–spt.html
A Northwest Passage luxury cruise costs from ,000 to 0,000. For the money, you get a month crossing the world’s final ocean frontier. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/08/sport/arctic-sailing-northwest-passage/index.html?hpt=isp_bn5
Porsche and BlackBerry have collaborated on the design of a new smartphone. http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/17/technology/mobile/porsche-blackberry/index.html
Australian man lodges complaint after network insisted he pay up for more than 0,000 of calls made to Somalia. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/17/travel/big-phone-bill/index.html?hpt=travel_hp_row1left