Well, this is embarrassing for the Bavarian town of Aßling: Someone trampled a swastika the size of a tennis court into a cornfield there. Now everyone who flies over think they're neo-Nazis. Unless they think alien neo-Nazis did it?
Every web site I've viewed while "researching" this has been in German, but this is what Google Translate tells me: here's a video of German sportscaster Jessica Kastrop getting pelted—hard—in the head with a soccer ball last weekend.
The Way We Live Now: machen Sie sich keine Sorgen. That means "don't worry about it," and that's what you can tell people if you're German, because Germany is running things now.
What happened this weekend? Major flooding killed hundreds in Asia and displaced thousands in Europe, while Russia battled back against peat fires blanketing Moscow in smog. Here, check out some of the breathtaking pictures.
[60 kilometers of the Autobahn outside of Essen, Germany are shut down for the "Still-Life" cultural celebration. 20,000 tables have been lined up along the road to form the WORLD'S LARGEST TABLE. Germans!] (Pic by AP)
The World Cup now enters its Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome phase. We began with a thriving civilization of 31 proud soccer nations (plus France). Only four battle-hardened survivors remain to spar over scarce resources in an unforgiving environment.
Its not always easy to gauge the international perception of America, but one woman finds some intriguing intel in Alexanderplatz, Berlin: a USA ethnic food section! Click through to check out just what Germans think of our culinary tastes.
