Tower as tall as The Shard approved for Square Mile

One Undershaft, a 74-storey building will be the tallest building in the City of London.

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City of London gives permission for tallest tower

1 Undershaft will be the same height as the Shard across the Thames
Financial Times - 10h
Hidalgo, Miles star as Irish down No. 2 UConn

Notre Dame's backcourt of Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles led the way as the No. 8 Irish handed the Huskies their first loss of the season.
ESPN - 18h
German church loses tower title to Spanish one thanks to Germans

Yahoo News - 2d
U.S. "fondness for tall SUVs and pickups" compounds risks to pedestrians

The IIHS says a "small increase in crash speed can really ramp up the danger to a pedestrian," and our penchant for big vehicles "has intensified that effect."
CBS News - 3d
Wine-bottle snowman towers 26 feet over pub

Thousands of lights have completely covered the Queen Victoria Inn in Somerset.
BBC News - 4d
BBC in Umayyad Square amid deafening gunfire

Rebel fighters and members of the public have gathered in Damascus to celebrate the end of President Assad's regime.
BBC News - 5d
1,300 miles to an away game? On the road with Las Palmas

The Canary Islands' club's first win at Barcelona in 53 years was part of a journey, in more ways than one.
ESPN - Dec. 5
Naeher stands tall, ends USWNT career with win

Lynn Williams scored the go-ahead goal in the 71st minute and Alyssa Naeher made six saves in her final match as the United States defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in The Hague on Tuesday.
ESPN - Dec. 3
New evidence uncovered in Princes in Tower mystery

A Huddersfield professor finds the first reference in 540 years of any item belonging to the princes.
BBC News - Dec. 3