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Shorter cuts: news doesn't get any smaller

Mo Farah running in Pamplona
One of the images of Mo Farah on mofarahrunningawayfromthings. Photograph: mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com

Go Mo!

Best Mo Farah tribute so far? It must be mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com (other "things" include zombies, Scarface and the bulls of Pamplona).

Spice world

Still traumatised by the animated gif of Dave, Sam Cam and Boris "dad dancing" at the closing ceremony (bit.ly/OcYTGS). But who else is in there? It's definitely the Milibands at the back – and is that Nick Clegg just visible on the right?

The white stuff

Don't forget the Winter Games, to be held in Sochi in 2014. Russia is reportedly squirrelling away 250,000 cubic metres of snow underground in case of a warm spell.

Off the chart

Rihanna scored a No 1 album at the weekend – after shifting just 9,578 copies of Talk That Talk last week. It's the lowest figure since records began.

Thirsty work

Perhaps Mad Men had the right idea after all. University of Illinois psychologists have found that drinking on the job helps people come up with more innovative ideas. Doubles all round!

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