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Technology blogDigital videoAt last: swimsuit babe Sarah PalinThe footage the web has been waiting for is now all over YouTube: Sarah Palin in a swimsuit, from the 1984 Miss Alaska PageantUniversity of Alaska student Richard Millay has popped up with some "Alaska Gold": an old VHS videocassette of the 1984 Miss Alaska Pageant, in which Contestant number 8, Sarah Heath, appears in her swimsuit. She's now better known, of course, as Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, and would-be US vice president.

Coca-Cola This article is more than 10 years oldCoca-Cola takes full control of InnocentThis article is more than 10 years oldDeal will take Coke's stake above 90% and make millions of pounds for the company's Cambridge graduate foundersCoca-Cola is taking full control of Innocent smoothies in a deal that will make millions of pounds for the company's founders. Coke, which first bought an 18% stake in the company in 2009, refused to disclose the terms of the deal but is likely to have paid substantially more than the £76m it paid for a further 38% in 2010.

Portrait of the weekCultureDiptych of the Duchess and Duke of Urbino, Piero della Francesca (c1472)· View the work online · Portrait of the week archive Artist: Piero della Francesca (c1415/20-1492) is an artist of mathematics and spirituality, author of texts on perspective and painter of ethereal religious scenes such as his Baptism of Christ and Nativity , both in the National Gallery. He was from Borgo San Sepolcro in Tuscany and although he worked for a time in Florence with Domenico Veneziano, he remained at a distance from the Florentine art milieu, creating a singular, inscrutable style.

Alina Surquislla Gomez is a third-generation alpaquera. She says: ‘When I was little, my grandfather used to tell me how beautiful it was to graze in these valleys. Due to climate change, the situation has changed’ Photograph: Alessandro Cinque/Panos PicturesFor generations alpaca fleece has been prized for use in textiles. But the changing climate in the high Andes has led to a drop in production and many farmers are struggling to survive

Bread This article is more than 4 years oldNew Yorkers horrified by 'crime' of bagels sliced like breadThis article is more than 4 years oldSt Louis man says vertical slices are the way to goBrooklyn-born Chuck Schumer: ‘Fuhgeddaboudit’A man who brought his colleagues bagels sliced like bread is getting an earful from New Yorkers and social media. Alex Krautmann on Monday tweeted a photo of his bagels and called the vertical slices “the St Louis secret”.

Book of the dayHistory booksReviewIn a reversal of traditional historical accounts, Dodds Pennock tells the story of indigenous Americans’ first steps in Europe Like other historians writing about the age of encounter and conquest that swept across the Americas from the late 15th century, Caroline Dodds Pennock begins her new book with an account of a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. What is different is that this journey, of 1519, was from west to east – from the so-called “New World” back towards Europe.

Tesla This article is more than 7 months oldReport: ‘massive’ Tesla leak reveals data breaches, thousands of safety complaintsThis article is more than 7 months oldWhistleblower files reveal customer and employee information plus complaints about driver assistance system Tesla has failed to adequately protect data from customers, employees and business partners and has received thousands of customer complaints regarding the carmaker’s driver assistance system, Germany’s Handelsblatt has reported, citing 100 gigabytes of confidential data leaked by a whistleblower.

Top 10sBooksFrom Dorian Gray’s hidden portrait to Donna Tartt’s stolen Goldfinch, novelist Sophia Tobin chooses her favourite books with paintings at their heart A work of art can fire my imagination like nothing else. If I’m feeling stuck during the writing process, I look at a painting from the period I’m writing about and it’s usually enough to help me: a way into another place and time. Looking at paintings was a central part of the research for my second book, The Widow’s Confession, a murder mystery set in a Kent seaside resort in 1851 – and not just because one of the characters is a painter.

Alabama This article is more than 5 months oldCarlee Russell case: Alabama police unveil new details as investigation continuesThis article is more than 5 months oldPolice say no reports of child wandering along I-495 as questions abound over woman who went missing for 48 hours last week On Wednesday, the police chief in Hoover, Alabama, unveiled new details that Carlethia “Carlee” Russell, a 25-year-old Black nursing student, gave to detectives the day she was interviewed, as police continue to investigate what happened after she reportedly vanished for 48 hours.