user: Problem: By Neil Ashton In Sao Paulo On Wednesday Robin van Persie, spearheading Holland’s forward line, ran out of ideas. This was not his night. At the end, after 120 desperate minutes here in Sao Paulo, they couldn’t even turn to him from the penalty spot in the shootout. He had been taken off in extra-time, replaced by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar at a time when Holland coach Louis van Gaal desperately needed a goal. One chance was all Van Persie wanted, one opportunity to seal Holland’s place in the World Cup final against Germany on Sunday. It felt like it would never come and it never did.

There were times when he perked up, but

Answer: Argentina’s central defensive pairing kept him quiet for some long and lonely periods.


Problem: Nevada drivers could soon be sharing the road with vehicles that don't need them. Department of Motor Vehicles officials said Monday they've issued Google the nation's first license to test self-driving cars on public streets, after conducting demonstrations on the Las Vegas Strip and in Carson City that show the car is as safe - or perhaps safer - than a human. For one thing, the engineers programed the car to create a ‘virtual buffer zone’ around obstacles, making it more aware than some drivers to boot. Scroll down for video All the (road) rage: Nevada's DMV issued Google a licence allowing the world's first driverless car to drive on public streets

'When you're on the

Answer: Las Vegas Strip and there's a huge truck with a three scantily clad women on the side, the car only sees a box.'


Problem: By Valerie Elliott Cameron lines up top job for Eton friend Ed: Prime Minister promises plum diplomatic role for old school chum. David Cameron is lining up a plum diplomatic job for the old schoolfriend who works as his £140,000-a-year Chief of Staff. Ed Llewellyn has been promised a key ambassadorship – with Rome currently top of  the list – after the 2015 Election as a ‘thank you’ for his loyalty, sources say. Ed Llewellyn, pictured left, has been promised a key diplomatic role by David Cameron, pictured right Old Etonian Mr Llewellyn  has known Mr Cameron since school and the pair were close colleagues at  Conservative Central Office  in the early 1990s.

A No 10 spokesman said: ‘

Answer: Ed Llewellyn is entirely focused on his job as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister and ensuring he wins the next General Election.’


Problem: By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 06:00 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:55 EST, 17 October 2013 When a series of customers made questionable comments about their Italian restaurant, the owners decided to hit back - and responded with a series of hilarious comebacks in broken English. Cinzia, 46, and Maurizio Bocchi, 47, who run a quaint village eatery in Gisburn, Lancashire, criticised guests for being ‘stupid’, ‘insignificant’ and having ‘a head with the same content of an airball’. And when a patron at the award-winning La Locanda called Mrs Bocchi ‘aggressive’ on TripAdvisor, furious Mr Bocchi responded to say the reviewer’s wife was 'capable to argue with her own shadow’.

He said: ‘I always reply to the reviews on

Answer:

assistant: TripAdvisor because I want whoever gives a bad review to know when they have made a mistake.