Apparently:

• Fire has destroyed CTV’s Ottawa newsroom; network loses its archive of city’s past.
• Surprising no one, BC is giving 3,400 Olympic tickets to VIPs; Canadians en masse are certain the Olympics will go over budget.
• Sarah Palin says she “would be willing” to take on Obama in 2012; would be “absurd” not to think about it.
• Book titles can be odd.
• Stephen Hawking’s initials have been found in deep space.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer has taken a look back at the life and career of George Orwell, 60 years after his death.
• Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has surprised fans with his first interview since 1989.
• The Harry Potter kids are filthy, filthy rich.
• A Soviet “secret city” has been sold for $3.1 million.
• War photographer Don McCullin has spoken to The Guardian ahead of a major retrospective of his work in Manchester.
• These are the 11 most awesome beds of all time.
• You really can be bored to death.