Fat Tuesday; Obamacare; Health Issues; Bad Sports; Corruption, Sochi 2014, World Cup Brazil 2014 and Rio 2016; Qatar 2022; Football Fun; Chess

Fat Tuesday

• UN: More obese in the world than suffering from hunger
• Europeans Are Getting Fatter, Just Like Americans
• I Went to the Nutritionists' Annual Confab. It Was Catered by McDonald's.—"Our national nutrition experts are in bed with Big Food. And we wonder why we're fat."
• Healthy obesity a myth, say researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital—"Obesity brings increased risk regardless of cholesterol, blood glucose and blood pressure readings."
• American man loses almost 400lbs in just over a year with help from UK friend he met randomly on game app
• Video: Sarah Baker on Louie - "So did the fat lady..."

Obamacare

• Insurance Execs Shut Down GOP's Latest Search For Bad Obamacare News—"House Republicans spent Wednesday morning grilling insurance industry executives in a follow-up to their now-thoroughly debunked study on how many Obamacare enrollees have paid their premiums."
• Obamacare saved consumers billions, new report finds
• Insurer to cut prices under ObamaCare
• Krugman: Inventing a Failure—"Republicans' response to health reform's success is to close their eyes and sling bad statistics." NYT
• This Was The Week The GOP's Anti-Obamacare Circus Came Crashing Down
• GOP goes quiet on ObamaCare
• GOP Blatantly Manipulates Obamacare News Footage
• Hospitals Report Big Drop in Uninsured Admissions in Blue States—"The fact that Medicaid expansion benefits the poor, benefits hospitals, probably benefits state finances, and is all but free to participating states—well, it's just not enough. Demonstrating their tribal opposition to all things Obama is far more important."
• Massachusetts "Romneycare" site killed after rejecting Obamacare transplant—"Original health exchange site too expensive to fix after CGI failed in ACA upgrade."
• Obamacare's insurance expansion is working, in one chart

Health Issues

• Saudi Arabia finds another 18 MERS cases as disease spreads
• Deadly MERS virus infects second patient in U.S.—"Officials confirmed the presence of a second case in Florida, unrelated to the first." Salon
• Deadly Illness in Nicaragua Baffles Experts

Bad Sports

• Grudge Match—Tyson vs. King—"The former heavyweight champion of the world and the world's most notorious boxing promoter are battling in court over millions of dollars."
• Suspects in nearly fatal beating at Dodger Stadium admit guilt
• Maker of Five-Toed Running Glove-Shoe Things is Paying Big to Settle Suit Over "Unsubstantiated" Health Claims

Corruption

• Soccer match fixing: How soccer's powers that be infiltrated an international conspiracy
• Famed poker star Phil Ivey sued by Borgata for almost $10 million over alleged playing card scam
• Cracks force closure of Allen's $60M Eagle Stadium

Sochi 2014

• Figure skating 'fix' accusation gains momentum as winner pictured hugging judge
• Dominica's Fake Ski Team Scammed The Olympics And The Press
• Sochi Olympic protestor Gazaryan wins environmental 'Nobel,' but ambivalent about its impact

World Cup Brazil 2014 and Rio 2016

• Brazilians rage against greed, corruption ahead of 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics
• IOC chiefs 'make secret plea' to use London 2012 venues as Rio 2016 Olympic Games fall behind schedule
• Olympic Official Calls Rio Preparation The 'Worst I Have Ever Experienced"
• Fifth Brazilian World Cup construction worker dies after falling 25ft while installing seats
• World Cup 2014 construction in Brazil marred by corruption, waste
• FIFA official says World Cup soccer fans will have hard time in Brazil
• Brazil: Police warn visitors, 'Don't scream if robbed'

Qatar 2022

• Qatar World Cup 2022 investigation: former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner and family paid millions
• More Than 900 Workers Have Already Died Building Qatar's World Cup Infrastructure—"The International Trade Union Confederation says that if conditions don't improve, at least 4,000 migrants will die before kick-off."
• Deadspin: The Organizers Of The Qatar World Cup Are Very Mad At Us

Football Fun

• A Guide to American Football—"The amazing British video that explains America's favorite game."
• Catching Randy Moss—"For seven years, one Minnesota Vikings super fan caught Randy Moss in the stands during Moss' end-zone celebration. Syd Davy, aka 100% Cheese Free tells his story."
• What if all 32 NFL team logos were fat?

Chess

• Chess 2: The Sequel - How a street fightin' man fixed the world's most famous game
• Man fatally beaten and stabbed in chess match row
• Taxidermy chess: Play with rooks and dead rodents—Creepily fun? Reminded me of Mouse Guard.

Sochi 2014, Russia; Marriage Equality, Politics and Media, Health, Military, LGBT; NSA Spying, Your Rights Online

Sochi 2014

• Pre-Olympic games, Russia is harrassing and silencing Journalists and LGBT activists—Welcome to Sochi.
• Outrage Over an Antigay Law Does Not Spread to Olympic Officials—As usual, they're more interested keeping in the money rather than the Sport.NYT
• Olympic Committee Confirms It Will Punish Athletes Who Support LGBT Rights In Russia
• Stephen Fry: An Open Letter to David Cameron and the IOC—Unsurprisingly, Cameron rejected the proposed ban.
• 47,000 people, George Takei sign petition to move Sochi Olympics to Vancouver
• Why We Participated in the 1936 Nazi Games: Lessons for Sochi
• Hitler 1936: Foreign athletes at Berlin Olympics exempt from Nazi anti-gay law
• World Cup 2018 Host Russia is Asked to Explain Anti-Gay Laws By FIFA
• Russia Does Olympic Flip on Anti-Gay Laws—Or have they?
• Opinion: Make Olympics in Russia the gayest ever—Let's get the party started.

Russia

• Dmitri Kisilev, Russian Official, Degrades Gays On National Television
• Russian journalist comes out on air—"Russian journalist is fired after admitting he's gay on live TV." And the video is disappering from the net [Salon].
• The Rise of Anti-Gay Cyberbullying in Russia—"Members of Occupy-Pedofilyay, as self-branded 'pedophile fighters,' have made an ugly sport of luring men, young and old, with fake online personals ads, then setting upon and filming them."
• Canada to favour refugee claims by gay Russians
• Gay Porn Studio To Donate 100% Of Profits To Russian LGBTs Seeking Asylum

Marriage Equality

• Proposition 8 Is Dead, 2008 - 2013
• Labor Dept. says gay couples eligible for family and medical leave
• Judge extends order listing gay couple as married
• Same-sex spouses get equal treatment for U.S. visas
• Why Collegedale Voted to Give Family Benefits to Same-Sex Couples—Hopefully a trailblazing move that catches on quickly.
• San Diego clerk drops same-sex marriage challenge—"... in order to clear the way for the California Supreme Court to decide on a similar bid filed by ProtectMarriage, the group that sponsored Proposition 8." Salon
• Lesbian May Be Forced to Testify Against Wife—"Kentucky, like many states, has a spousal privilege law exempting spouses from testifying against one another in court. Prosecutors said the law does not apply to Clary's spouse because Case is a woman and Kentucky does not recognize civil unions or same-sex marriages."

Politics and Media

• American Bar Association Votes To Curtail Use Of 'Gay Panic,' 'Trans Panic' Defense
• Florida Rep. Alan Grayson Talks Future of LGBT Equality
• Texas: Elisa Chan reveals homophobic views in secret recording
• Fewer Than Ten People Show Up For Ex-Gay Pride Event That Expected to Draw 'Thousands'
• Venezuela's Anti-Gay Politicians—"Politicians at the highest levels of the Venezuelan government are hurling anti-gay slurs and accusing each other of being gay. Mac Margolis on the rampant bigotry gripping Caracas."
• Conservatives target law on transgender students
• Right Wing Group Fears That Fox News Is Toning Down The Homophobia
• Colbert Takes On Out-Mayor Johnny Cummings In Amazing 'People Who Are Destroying America' Segment

Health

• 'Homophobic' Russian TV anchor clarifies gay organ-donor ban comments
• Warren demands feds lift ban on blood donations from gay men
• Doctor Diagnoses Man As Gay in Routine Check Up

Miltary

• Gay troops in line for marriage perks—"Draft Pentagon memo covers couples who are married and gives time off for others to wed in a state that allows it."
• Gay combat vet who lost leg in Iraq booed by anti-gay protesters in San Antonio
• The US Navy Seal now living as a woman

LGBT

• Arlington-area teens get lesson in compassion after taking LGBT flag from Kennedale home
• Evangelical Middle Is Increasingly Accepting Of Gays, Study Shows
• Germany to become first European state to allow 'third gender' birth certificates

NSA Spying

• The NSA's Oversight Arguments Have Fallen Apart—When will the apologists shut the hell up?
• Analysis: NSA revelations undermine government's assurances of privacy
• What if the president lied to us?—"So many of President Obama's statements about NSA have been wrong. But he's too smart not to understand the truth." Salon
• The big question: Why didn't NSA spying stop the Boston bombing?
• I asked the NSA for its file on me, and here's what I got back

Your Rights Online

• Verizon Rewarded for Records Release With $10 Billion Government Contract
• Switching To Gmail May Leave Reporters' Sources At Risk—NSLs would now go directly to Google and not the Times.
• Google introduces encryption to Google Cloud Storage - but NSA will still have easy access

Sports; Wrestling; Cheaters; Violence; Videogames; Game Over; Consoles

Sports

• David Beckham to give his £3m Paris St-Germain wage to children's charity after completing five-month deal
• Boxing's Great White Hope Problem; Or, Why The Fuck Was Mike Lee In A Super Bowl Commercial?
• Spelman College aims to keep fit after ending team sport
• Just How Much Is Sports Fandom Like Religion?
• Rowdies with a Cause—"How a bunch of soccer fans became the Muslim Brotherhood's worst nightmare."
• Watch the bizarre Will Ferrell Super Bowl ad that only played in three cities Salon
• Anatomy of a Classic: The Converse All Star

Wrestling

• In surprise move, IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympic program
• Olympics without wrestling! never never—"The wrestling authorities and athletes from the United States and Iran may have accomplished what so many years haven't done the diplomats."
• Former U.S. Olympic executive says wrestling can be saved—It's not going to go down without a fight.
• Wrestling with a son's Olympic dreams cut short
• Russia: Coach blames demise of Olympic wrestling on gay conspiracy—Projection, much?

Cheaters

• Europol: investigators identify 380 fixed football matches—"Speaking in The Hague, Europol said that they had uncovered an organised crime syndicate based in Asia that was co-ordinating the operation, with around 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals under suspicion."
• Australian journalist Jacquelin Magnay claims football codes allowed cheating to fester by ignoring issues
• Lance Armstrong may not escape legal repercussions of Oprah Winfrey televised interview
• Sports mentality to blame for cheating—"The same competitive drive that makes athletes train for hours a day to become their best also drives them to find any edge possible to gain an advantage."
• Is Kip Litton a Marathon Fraud?—Solving a mystery.

Violence

• Poll: 58 percent of adults blame games for violent behavior
• Why do we blame games for real-world violence?—"There's little evidence that fantasy violence leads to real-world violence. Yet we continue to make that connection, as a new Harris Poll survey indicates."
• This just in: Parents impact kids more than video games do

Videogames

• Dwarf Fortress: Ten hours with the most inscrutable video game of all time
• Planning for war: how the EVE Online servers deal with a 3,000 person battle
• Penny Arcade: Sportz

Game Over

• Electronic Arts Suffers $45 Million Loss
• Epic Announces Closure of Impossible Studios, 'Infinity Blade: Dungeons' Put on Hold
• IGN Layoffs and Saying Goodbye to 1UP and GameSpy

Consoles

• Nintendo cuts Wii U sales projections
• The next Xbox: Always online, no second-hand games, 50GB Blu-ray discs and new Kinect
• Sony reveals the PlayStation 4 ahead of holiday 2013 launch
• Next-gen consoles can't compete with PCs, says Crytek boss
• The Incredible Rise and Fall of a Hacker Who Found the Secrets of the Next Xbox and PlayStation—And Maybe More

Islamists, Mali, Pakistan, Tunisia, War on History

Islamists

• Somali comedian who mocked Islamists is shot dead
• Four hurt as Egypt’s troops take on Islamists
• Azerbaijan 'arrested 40 and seized assault rifles and grenades as it thwarted planned terror attacks on Eurovision'
• Russian Journalist Stabbed 20 Times, Apparently for Insulting Islam
• Islamist sect found living underground near Russian city for nearly 10 years--"Fayzarahmanist sect with 70 members – including 20 children – discovered in bunker near Kazan without heat or light."

Mali

• Mali: Students Flee Sharia in Northern Schools
• Mali unwed couple stoned to death by Islamists--"A couple who had sex outside marriage have been stoned to death by Islamists in the town of Aguelhok in northern Mali, officials say."
• Islamists in Northern Mali Amputate Man's Hand NYT
• Mali Islamist group wants to reunite nation as Islamic state
• Saying Mali 'Is Our Country,' Militias Train to Oust Islamists NYT

Pakistan

• Police: Thousands of Pakistanis kill man, burn corpse after accusing him of desecrating Quran
• 'Blasphemer' dragged from police station and beaten to death: senior officer
• Mentally challenged child jailed for 'blasphemy'

Tunisia

• Tunisian Olympians targeted by Islamist radicals for behavior and dress deemed un-Islamic
• Salafist block Tunisia comedy show that 'offends Islam'
• Tunisia: Women challenge Islamists over equality

War on History

• 1,600-year-old mosaic at Israeli synagogue damaged
• Timbuktu world heritage site attacked by Islamists
• Calls to Destroy Egypt's Great Pyramids Begin

RIP Joe Kubert; Ta-ta London, Olá Rio, Tech, Athletes, Losses, #NBCFail, FunnyOrDie, Sports

Joe Kubert, N.J. comic book legend, dead at 85

Ta-ta London, Olá Rio

• The London Olympics Come to a Show-Stopping Close
• Olympics closing ceremony: A long goodbye to the Games
• Bring on Rio! Britain closes 'happy and glorious' Olympics with pop extravaganze

Tech

• Social media proves a force in consuming Olympics--"The London Olympics may well be remembered as the event that drove home the power of social media -- partly to the chagrin but mostly to the benefit of NBC, which controlled images of the games in the United States."
• McKayla Maroney Not Impressed Meme Reaches Her Own Instagram
• Digital Diary: How GIFs Became the Perfect Medium for the Olympics--Check out 10 unforgettable moments from the Olympic closing ceremonies. NYT

Athletes

• The Ancient Roots of Iran's Wrestling and Weightlifting Olympic Dominance
• BBC London Olympics 2012: Nature versus Nurture
• British Olympics Team Mime To Queen For Adidas
• After Medal Haul, Phelps Plans to Work on His Golf Game--"After 22 Olympic medals, 18 of them gold, Michael Phelps has a new goal: improve his golf game." NYT
• Past Olympic Stars: Where Are They Now?

Losses

• 2012 Summer Olympics: London's biggest embarrassments Salon
• IOC withdraws gold medal from shot put athlete Nadzeya Ostapchuk
• Japan's Olympic soccer loss brings out the Twitter racism--Did anyone call out Spain for the Spanish-American War after the basketball finals?
• Olympic anti-China conspiracy afoot? Some Chinese think so
• And the Olympic Gold for Whining Goes to ... NYT

#NBCFail

• NBC Criticized for Interrupting Closing Ceremony to Preview 'Animal Practice'
• How NBC and Matthew Perry Ruined the Night
• NBC commentary of the London Olympics Opening Ceremony deemed offensive
• Boxing: NBC asked to cease ringside commentary
• Olympic Commenters Are Dicks

FunnyrOrDie

• Peeing in Pools with Ryan Lochte
• Olympic Trials with Kurt Angle
• The Olympic Ticket Scalper

Sports

• New taekwondo rule: Don't kick hard Salon
• Ten things I learned about football today: A nerd's perspective
• Mark Cuban Calls Out Skip Bayless
• The Alabama Face Guy: Los Angeles
• The Legend Of Speedo Guy
• Best Body Parts in Sports
• Oona Kivelä--Guaranteed to raise ratings if ever pole dancing becomes an Olympic sport.

#NBCFail, The Summer Dames, Olympic Bodies; Occupy Movement, Too Big to Jail, Libor, Bank Fraud

#NBCFail

• NBC blows it again--"The world watches Usain Bolt's brilliant 100m sprint, while we see horse jumping. Really, NBC?" Salon
• IOC defends NBC’s right to use tape-delayed coverage of Bolt's win in 100 meters at Olympics--Because the IOC has such a sterling reputation of integrity and would never let money affect their actions.
• How the BBC crushed NBC and brought Olympics coverage into the future--Is it a surprise that cable networks want to block BBC's U.S. iPlayer?
• Critics, viewers unhappy with NBC's Olympic tape-delay strategy
• Why Does NBC Hate America?

The Summer Dames

• London 2012 Olympics: women ushering in a golden age of sporting equality following successes at Games
• These Olympics are a giant leap for women everywhere
• Water polo wardrobe malfunction: Why the New York Times was right to focus on nudity in the pool
• Saudi Olympic Athletes Test Kingdom's Dedication To Gender Apartheid--"Far from revered, the Kingdom's first female athletes are ignored or insulted at home...."
• 'Porn music', slow motion and 'too many close-ups'--"NBC sparks anger from viewers over sexualized footage of female athletes at the Olympics."

Olympic Bodies

• 12 eye-popping Olympic bodies: A slideshow
• Olympic Bodies: They Just Don't Make Them Like They Used To
• Your Olympic athlete body match

Occupy Movement

• Congress passes "Anti-Occupy" bill, limiting protesting powers, without much fanfare
• The New York Police Department Declares Open Season on the First Amendment--"A new report highlights the full extent of the NYPD's efforts to suppress political speech during the Occupy Wall Street protests."
• City To Not Defend Police Inspector In OWS Pepper Spray Suit

Too Big to Jail

• Government won't prosecute Goldman Sachs in probe--Getting away with it is still not enough to make these shysters vote for Obama.
• Morgan Stanley Settles Price-Fixing Scandal That Cost Consumers $300 Million For Just $4.8 Million
• HSBC To Pay More Than $2 Billion In Penalties--But why isn't anyone being prosecuted?

Libor

• Central bankers eyeing whether Libor needs scrapping
• Libor rate overhaul launched by FSA--"The initial review by the Financial Services Authority is the first concrete step to reforming Libor after a rigging scandal that has implicated global banks and hurt the reputation of regulators on both sides of the Atlantic."
• Libor scandal: Barclays executive Jerry del Missier given £8.75m pay-off
• As Libor Fault-Finding Grows, It Is Now Every Bank for Itself
• JPMorgan Chase Libor Subpoenas Coming From Everybody In The World
• UBS staff 'offered protection from prosecution in Libor probe'--"US prosecutors have offered several former junior UBS employees protection from criminal charges in exchange for their cooperation with their expanding probe into alleged Libor manipulation, according to reports."
• ABC, NBC Evening News Shows Ignore Massive Banking Scandal For More Than A Month

Bank Fraud

• Spiral of banks warns of financial meltdown
• 'Britons evaded £200m in tax' using HSBC-owned Swiss bank
• Greek bank head sent savings abroad--"A political row has erupted in Athens after the former head of a big Greek state bank admitted to transferring €8m of personal savings abroad to buy a London property months before his Agricultural Bank headed towards insolvency."
• Regulator Says British Bank Helped Iran Hide Deals--"The New York State Department of Financial Services accused Standard Chartered, which the agency called a "rogue institution," of masking more than 60,000 transactions for Iranian banks and corporations, motivated by the millions of dollars it reaped in fees." But UK regulators have asked the US to settle the probe quietly. NYT
• JPMorgan creates more management checks and balances
• Weill Calls for Splitting Up Big Banks NYT
• Four sentenced to death over $2.6bn Iran bank fraud--Now that's a check and balance.

#NBCFail, Corruption, Twitting the Olympics, London Riots Anniversary, UK not OK, Police State, Murdoch Mysteries

#NBCFail

• NBC Cut Terror Victims Tribute Because It Wasn't 'Tailored for the U.S. Audience'--So they're saying Americans can't handle a six-minute tribute?
• NBC Spoiled Missy Franklin's Tape-Delayed Victory Just Moments Before Airing The Race
• NBC Hit For Editing Ksenia Afanasyeva Gymnastics Routine Out Of Olympics Broadcast
• NBC's Tape Delay Of London Olympics Helps Ratings, Hurts Athletes
• NBC catches more online criticism as Olympic streams falter

Corruption

• Was This Disgraceful Olympic Boxing Match Fixed?
• The Worst Thing an Olympic Athlete Can Do Is Try to Lose
• Corruption trial hailed as good sign for Brazil

Twitting the Olympics

• Tom Daley Twitter abuse: Boy arrested in Weymouth--"A 17-year-old boy was arrested at a guest house in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications." And yeah, what this guy wrote mostly likely crossed the line as far as the UK is concerned.
• Critic of NBC has Twitter account suspended after network complains--Gary.Zenkel@nbcuni.com is not a personal e-mail address, and Twitter's corporate-cocksucking actions have been called out leading up to NBC's withdrawal of the suspension.
• Swiss Olympic team expels soccer player for racist, violent Twitter message

London Riots Anniversary

• Secret UK censorship court orders BBC not to air documentary
• London Riots one year on: 'The police like to give the impression that they're the biggest gang'
• Hundreds still face trial over riots as Londoners rebuild their lives

UK not OK

• Snooping errors twice led to wrongful detention, watchdog reveals
• British democracy in terminal decline, warns report--"Corporate power, unrepresentative politicians and apathetic voters leave UK 'increasingly unstable', says study."
• Most young people 'don't trust' politicians or parties
• Theresa May 'planning changes to immigrant test'
• Fijian-born soldier who served 13 years in the British army, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, denied UK citizenship

Police State

• In The UK, You Will Go To Jail Not Just For Encryption, But For Astronomical Noise, Too
• UK Police jails man for using a non-standard internet browser
• Hard Rock Calling 2012: England a 'police state', says Bruce Springsteen guitarist
• UK: Fake cigarette caused M6 police Megabus coach swoop--The terrorists have won.
• G4S chief predicts mass police privatisation

Murdoch Mysteries

• Phone hacking: Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson and six others face charges
• Another Murdoch journalist arrested in phone-hacking case
• Rupert Murdoch steps down from NI boards

Olympics 2012, By Committee, Business, Sponsors, Alert Mode

Olympics 2012

• UK bans leaders who abuse rights
• Saudis allow women to compete
• Racist tweet ends Olympic dream
• I didn't make the Olympics. Now what?--"I spent years training for gold, but came up short at the trials. Where does an obsession go when the dream dies." Salon
• Longing for the Return of Dueling Pistol--"As the Olympics has grown and modernized over the years, many events have fallen by the wayside. While many are unmourned — does anyone miss club swinging? — others could easily return to the program. Here are the top 10 events that would be exciting to resurrect." NYT

By Committee

• US Olympic Committee says sorry to knitters whom it claimed "denigrated" the games
• London Olympic committee says you're only allowed to link to their site if you have nice things to say
• Olympics Can't Handle An Official Parody Twitter Account, So Twitter Takes It Down

Business

• How to Fix the Olympics
• Can London Afford the $14.5 Billion Price Tag of the Summer 2012 Olympic Games?
• London 2012 Olympics: 10 to a room and 1 shower for 75 people: Inside the 'slum' camp for Olympic cleaners
• Olympic beer to cost £7.23 a pint
• Cambodian workers on £10 a week making Olympics 'fanwear'--"Adidas, the sportswear company, is facing an investigation over claims that Cambodian workers are being paid £10 a week in basic wages to make official merchandise for the London Olympics."
• Creepy Olympic mascots take over London
• London 2012 anti-logos Salon

Sponsors

• Britain Flooded with 'Brand Police' to Protect Olympic Sponsors
• McDonald's Olympics French Fry Monopoly: Sponsorship Deal Bans Other Vendors From Selling Fries
• Lord Coe's astonishing sponsors outburst--"Heavy-handed security chiefs will ban Olympic spectators for wearing the wrong brand of clothes...."
• Censorship Olympics: The organisers of the Games have been handed unprecedented control over everyday speech
• Graffiti artist who worked for Adidas is banned from Olympic Games venues

Alert Mode

• Olympic security contractor G4S told ministers... it could not fulfil brief--The failure to provide enough guards was a "humiliating shambles."
• TSA agents to staff UK airports during Olympics
• London 2012: even Beijing didn't put an army on the gates--"Olympics organisers say visitors will find the huge military presence at the Games 'reassuring' – the most questionable of claims." That's fascist talk.
• London residents lose missiles case --"Worried residents have lost a High Court battle to stop surface-to-air missiles being stationed on the roof of a 17-storey residential tower block during the London Olympics."
• Olympics security poster 'gibberish' to Arabic speakers