Hulk Versus Bulk
Strong-arm tactics? Toronto Mayor Rob Ford arm-wrestles Hulk Hogan
Down-Under Downton
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa will play Soprano Nellie Melba on the next season of BBC’s Downton Abbey
Harper forced to back-pedal on Arctic Naval Port
The new Arctic Naval Port in Nunavut, announced with great hype and fanfare by Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government, has been delayed after hitting several snags, including budget cuts, lack of consultation, regulatory road-blocks and an inadequate airport
Confined to M’baraks
Former Egyptian President Mubarak released from prison and confined to house arrest at a military hospital while awaiting retrial
Cruz Misled: NOT born in the USA!
Republican Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz comes under fire from Republican hard-liners for being born in Canada.
“My Kingdom for a Hearse!”
The War of the Roses and the Maple Leaf: The Canadian descendent of Richard III, who’s DNA was used to identify the king’s remains, joins the legal royal-battle over where to bury the monarch’s bones.
Stone-Wallin’
![Senator Pamela Wallin "reformatted" [i.e. altered] calendar entries submitted to auditors looking into falsified expense claims](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/14082013.jpg)
Senator Pamela Wallin “reformatted” [i.e. altered or deleted] calendar entries submitted to auditors looking into falsified expense claims.
Row, Row, Rowing into the record books
The Richmond Maritime Festival set a Guinness World Record when 180 people successfully sang a collective relay rendition of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
A Brush with fame, bringing home a Bacon
![Paint Brushes belonging to Francis Bacon being auctioned by Christies are expected to fetch $25,000£.[Bacon's paintings sell for up to 85 million]. The used brushes are in a paint-spattered bean tin, [Bacon and beans?]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/06082013a.jpg)
Paint Brushes belonging to Francis Bacon being auctioned by Christies are expected to fetch $25,000£.[Bacon’s paintings sell for up to 85 million]. The used brushes are in a paint-spattered bean tin, [Bacon and beans?]
Blonde Bombshell?
Utah Beauty Queen arrested after throwing at least 9 homemade bombs from a car.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 