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Gloves off This official White House photograph shows Barack Obama talking to the president of Turkey while holding a baseball bat. And they're surprised it has sparked a diplomatic incident ? Heated debate Scientists plan to drill 2.2 miles into an underground chamber of molten rock near the Bay of Naples to monitor the risk of eruption. It has led to panic in the local press that it could trigger a second, even more deadly Vesuvius . Crazy for you Jessica Paré – AKA Megan from Mad Men – turned up on stage at a Jesus and Mary Chain gig in Toronto to duet on Sometimes Always and Just Like Honey. What would Don think? Coming soon London 2012 gift shops are overflowing with stuffed Wenlocks. But whither Mandeville – the other annoying Olympic mascot? Answer: he seems to have been designated the face of the Paralympics . War? WTF! Letters of Note claims to have discovered the earliest known usuage of "OMG" in a 1917 missive from Lord Fisher, former First Sea Lord, to Winston Churchill. Next: how General Haig invented LOLs.