Sad news from across the pond today: Our Lady Tina Brown has decided that New York is no longer the center of her buzzy universe, as she believes London has eclipsed our city in all matters of coolness. Though she will soon become a U.S. citizen, Brown noted that London was "more global" than New York, which has lost some of its "mojo" since 9/11 and Bush's re-election. (No, that wasn't a typo — she really used the word mojo. No word on whether or not New York is still a bit groovy.)

Money can't buy class, but it can buy this place.

In the valley, even Gawker comments have a price. [eBay]
Wifi startup FoN, on a day full of positive news, decides to waste its whuffie by lying about a deal. [Om Malik on GigaOm]
John Battelle says Lycos laid off most of its search team; haven't found any corroboration yet, but that won't keep bloggers from spreading the rumor, right? [Searchblog]
Google's London HQ isn't as snackpacked as Mountain View. [sandeeko on Flickr]
Google punishes BMW's German site; image search for "BMW" now shows happy people at Tiananmen Square. [Bloomberg on AZ Central]

CNN via ITN: Security alert on a London bus near King's Cross, somewhere on Gray's Inn Road (a very busy area). Traffic has been stopped, the nearby tube station has been evacuated, and "a lot of police around the area."

A reader from across the pond gives us a glimpse at what will surely be the future of MTA security. Now it's going to take even longer to get to Queens.

More from London: A suspected suicide bomber at the Stockwell Tube station on the Northern Line has been shot dead by police officers. No word on whether or not he was planning a new attack or involved in yesterday's handiwork.

Since our trust in Matt and Katie and the Today gang is slowly waning, a reader in London emails with the local BBC reports:

More bad news from across the pond: It's being reported that three subways stations in London have been evacuated and there is possible some sort of bus incident on Hackney Road. Reports are beyond sketchy, but apparently there were gunshots heard on the platform of the Warren station (which, located in central London, is very close to the Kings Cross station where last week's trauma went down). One London outlet is reporting that a passenger has phoned in to say that some sort of "nail bomb" on went off on a platform, while another report claims that a passenger was wearing a backpack that may have exploded and then filled the train with smoke.