Russian President Putin ceremoniously lit the Olympic Flame in Red Square, but the Olympic torch went out en route to the Kremlin. [It was re-lit with a cigarette lighter]
In a strange reversal, grapes crush a man in La Mancha. The worker reportedly fell into a holding bay just as 5 tons of wine-making grapes were being unloaded.
‘Who is Sylvia? What is he?” The Italian Senate recommends expulsion for ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and his allies refuse to back his attempt to bring down the government
OPEC: “Owners of Permits Extort Cart-operators” “Landlords” holding $1,000 Vancouver food-cart permits are charging cart operators up to $10,000 per month for prime locations.