It's about bloody time: "Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain offered an extraordinary apology on Tuesday for the 1972 killings of unarmed demonstrators by British troops in Northern Ireland, saying that a long-awaited investigation had left no doubt that the “Bloody Sunday” shootings were 'both unjustified and unjustifiable.'"

How North Korea is watching the Cup: "North Korea has since showed excerpts of several other games on a delayed basis. Analysts say the country is unlikely to show live broadcasts of its own team because of fears by its authoritarian government that the team will perform poorly or the prospect that protesters who dislike the North will be given screen time."

Smoke on the water: "Members of Congress chastised the largest oil companies Wednesday, saying they are no better prepared to avoid an environmental catastrophe than BP was when its well exploded, unleashing millions of barrels of crude."

You think?: "Lawmakers accuse BP of taking 'shortcuts.'"

Shaky: "More than 100 earthquakes have rattled the California-Mexico border region in the last few hours, after a magnitude 5.7 temblor struck Monday night."

You don't know yourself: "You may think you know the back of your hand like, well, the back of your hand. But think again. Scientists have found that our brains contain highly distorted representations of the size and shape of our hands, with a strong tendency to think of them as shorter and fatter than they really are."

That's the spirit: "For on a routine shopping trip to Marks & Spencer in Camden Town, [actor and playwright Alan] Bennett, 76, was targeted by two women pickpockets who splattered his raincoat with ice cream, then stole his wallet as they purported to wipe him clean. Of the attack, he tells me: 'Oh, most upsetting. But I shall be writing about it in my diaries.'"