London

• NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unlike Beijing four years ago, Michael Phelps is going to have to share the swimming spotlight at the London Olympics.
(Phelps must share London spotlight - Reuters India)
• LONDON — The security situation on the eve of the 2012 Summer Olympics was a humiliating shambles, one of the principal architects of the plan told the British parliament Tuesday.
(The Vancouver Sun)
• Hundreds of London taxi drivers have blocked a major intersection in the heart of the city to protest their exclusion from the road lanes dedicated to Olympic traffic. The Olympic torch relay is on its epic journey to London.
(FOXSports.com)
• London is known as a notoriously expensive town, and the dollar to pound exchange rate isnt helping matters. The good news is, though, there are ways to experience the city and still stay on budget.
(Huffington Post)
• The studios where The Beatles filmed Help and A Hard Days Night has been saved by its new owner.
(ITV)
• LONDON — Athletes flooding into Britain for the London Olympics may not need reinforced umbrellas, as drier weather is predicted in the buildup to the Games, although Factor 50 sun screen is unlikely to be required.
(Toronto Star)
• In February this year, a team from the International Olympic Committee made their tenth and final visit to inspect and assess preparations for the 2012 Games of the XXX Olympiad due to begin in 12 days.
(The Guardian)
• FORT CARSON — Each day as the three U.S. Olympic wrestlers drive to and from work, they pass signs that serve as a reminder of the lives they have chosen.
(Denver Post)
• As long ago as June 2008, New York Federal Reserve President Timothy F. Geithner was warning the Bank of England that letting bankers set the benchmark interest rate for global finance was open to abuse.
(Bloomberg)