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  • Londoners may be crabbing about tourists and traffic of Olympic proportions. But they were already the most stressed out bunch in the country, according to a new government survey on "life satisfaction." Statistically, the most joyful Brit would be a married professional, healthy, 65 and residing in the Scottish isles.
  • Matthew Feldman will try to break a record this Friday in joggling — juggling while jogging. He's trying to run one mile while continuously juggling five objects. He broke the Guinness World Record in practice, and if he doesn't drop the ball Friday, he can make it official.
  • Figuring out who the woman is who's been seen with North Korea's leader has been difficult. But is it North Korean pop star Hyon Song-wol? And did they rekindled an old romance?
  • Just as every Olympic athlete trains their heart out, every Olympic expert seems to wear themselves out describing what an unmitigated sham is being perpetrated on the host city. Many of those criticisms are valid, of course — especially concerns about overbuilding facilities.
  • Even after the flames have died down, the impacts of a wildfire persist. Without tree and grass roots to absorb rainfall and hold soil in place, flooding…
  • Greek track star Voula Papachristou has been expelled from her country's Olympic team, after she made a comment about Africans who live in Greece. The comment was widely noticed on her Twitter feed, and resulted in her removal from the London 2012 roster.
  • Researchers at MIT have developed a pretty nifty computer model to figure out the most influential U.S. airports in the early stages of an epidemic's spread. John F. Kennedy International is No. 1, followed by Los Angeles International. You might be surprised to learn that Honolulu's airport ranks third.
  • The attack overwhelmed first responders' resources. The result was an "outside in" response, the Denver Post reports, during which some of the less seriously injured got treated before those who were critically wounded.
  • To Olympians, food is fuel, and mileage may vary. Depending on their sport, contenders need to consume anywhere between 1,200 to 8,000 calories before competing.
  • In a video posted to Facebook, Nawaf Fares declared he was joining the revolution.
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