• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
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Gothamist learned about the craziest urban nightmare come true: A huge python found in the bathroom pipes. It was also a nightmare for some Yankees fans, as manger Joe Torre declined to come back and manage the Bronx Bombers. At least the city's attempt to give some direction to subway riders was interesting, pranksters went shirtless at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch and the I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendars came out. And just......

As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in Venice......

This week, get yourself down to Free Range to see some of the best exhibitions from UK's finest students. Seamless Who? Loughborough University School of Art and Design (Textiles) What? DESIGN (2D & 3D) Where? Boiler House University of Westminster Photography Degree Show 2007 Who? University of Westminster What? PHOTOGRAPHY Where? Atlantis 2nd Floor white room Who? Salisbury College What? PHOTOGRAPHY Where? Dray Walk Gallery traces of document Who? University of the Arts, London......

1940 St. Paul's is hit by bombs. One myth of the Battle of Britain was that St Paul's Cathedral remained untouched (Churchill had insisted on it). However, the cathedral was hit on this day in 1940 (and again on April 17th 1941) and the Choir Stalls and Altar were badly damaged. On September 12th 1940, a time-delayed bomb which had struck the Cathedral was successfully defused and removed by a Bomb Disposal detachment of......

Three more men have been arrested concerning the the deaths of brothers Mohammad and Hayder Ali in Tooting over the weekend. London will be home to the 'world's largest restaurant' come 2012 (in order to feed the 24,000+ athletes, coaches and officials). There's also talk now of a Premiership football team taking over the Olympic Stadium once the games are over. And talking of stadiums, Multiplex has today launched a huge legal battle against......

A former communications officer and a former parliamentary researcher appeared at Bow Street magistrates' court yesterday to face charges under the Official Secrets Act over the leaking of the 'bomb al-Jazeera' document. The men who are most likely to pay for sex are apparently those aged between 25 and 35 who are unmarried or divorced and live in London. The official 'election artist' David Godbold is claiming MPs tried to censor his work. The Met......

And, by God, did he get around. Stalking Paolozzi was a piece of cake in comparison. The map above is our stab at showing all Dickens’ London addresses. But sources conflict, and there’s bound to be a few missing. During his childhood, Dickens hopped from home to home as his father tried to dodge the debt collectors. Following in his footsteps, we similarly hopped from one location to the next, though largely on account......