Jul 7 2010, 12:00 AM
A cephalopod mollusk is predicting Germany will be defeated by Spain in today’s semifinal. In Germany, a Sea Life Aquarium spokesman said an octopus named Paul chose a mussel from a glass tank marked with a Spanish flag, while ignoring the tank with Germany’s colors — indicating a Spanish victory. Paul has correctly predicted all of Germany’s games — wins over Australia and Ghana and a loss to Serbia in the knockout round and victories over England and Argentina in the second round and quarterfinals