Smiling North Koreans Win Over South African Hosts Playful and personable, North Koreans are real celebrities at World Cup in South Africa South Africa – FIFA World Cup – World Cup – Soccer – sport Read more on ABC News
Fun at a glance: Pirate poetry night takes over The Space The Space’s regular poetry and open-mic night should become a little more scurrilous Monday, with its first-ever pirate theme. Read more on Salem Statesman Journal
More TV ‘start over’ Bright House Networks customers can now use the Start Over service on 10 more channels, including CNN, Speed, Discovery, Animal Planet, Bravo, Travel Channel, Food Network, truTV, Oxygen and National Geographic. Read more on Daytona Beach News-Journal
Lockport sued over health plan LOCKPORT — Two-dozen city retirees filed a lawsuit against the city this week, claiming the city violated a union contract by unilaterally changing their health insurance options. Read more on The Buffalo News
Sport England spent over £600m getting the wrong people to take up sport, NAO finds Hundreds of millions of pounds of public money has been spent getting the wrong type of people to take up sport, the Government spending watchdog has found. Read more on Daily Telegraph
International: World outrage over caged Malawi gays The Malawian couple who were sentenced to 14 years’ hard labour for being gay have ignited worldwide outrage against the small African nation’s intolerance of gays. Read more on SameSame
Runge wins battle over weather, Angels Closter – It was a brisk, drizzly evening May 12 for the game between Holy Angels (2-20) and NV Demarest (11-11), but the weather didn’t seem to affect senior pitcher Lindsay Runge. Read more on The Record and Herald News
Blanc set to take over as France coach after World Cup Paris – Laurent Blanc will take over as coach of France after the World Cup if his club Girondins Bordeaux doesn’t stand in the way of a deal, French media reported Sunday…. Read more on EARTHtimes.org
Alberta delays protecting grizzlies over votes: group Members of an advisory group say Alberta is putting politics before science by delaying a decision on protecting the province’s dwindling number of grizzly bears. Read more on CTV.ca
NYPD grill owner of SUV over NY attack NYPD have spoken to the registered owner of a sport utility vehicle in relation to the failed NY car bomb. Read more on BigPond News
