Human Cannonball Dies As Safety Net Fails – The accident happened during a show put on by Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show at the Kent County Showground in Detling on Monday. The 23-year-old man was flown by air ambulance to Maidstone Hospital, but later died from his injuries. A Kent Police spokesman said: “A man taking part in a human cannonball event this afternoon has died after it is believed a safety net failed to engage.”. [skynews]

Carla Bruni Pregnant At 43 – Three years after she married Nicolas Sarkozy following a whirlwind romance, Carla Bruni is pregnant with their first child together, it was claimed yesterday. The 43-year-old wife of the French president is said to be in the early weeks of pregnancy, meaning the child would be born before the election next spring when Mr Sarkozy is hoping to win a second term. [dailymail]

Gaddafi’s Office Gets Hit In NATO Airstrike – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s office in his immense Tripoli residence has been destroyed in an air strike, say Libyan officials. Authorities said between two and four large missiles or bombs exploded in the compound early yesterday. “It was an attempt to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi,” he said. [theaustralian]

Hammerl Alive – Two independent sources have confirmed that South African photographer Anton Hammerl is alive and well in the custody of pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya. Two independent sources have confirmed that South African photographer Anton Hammerl is alive and well, an Austrian Foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. [mail&guardian]

Is This The iPhone 5? – There’s no shortage of rumors swirling about the iPhone 5 right now, but we’ve got some enlightening information (and an image) that might help paint a better picture of what Apple’s next play in the mobile market could be. While the current crop of chatter on the internet suggests the iPhone 5 will be little more than a spec bump to the iPhone 4, that’s not the story we’ve been hearing at all. [thisismynext]

The Full Royal Wedding Guest List Revealed – Blair And Brown Snubbed – The royal wedding invitation list is out, and now the scrutiny intensifies. Why did David Beckham get the nod over Gordon Brown? And why no Obamas? From Margaret Thatcher to Fergie, see whom Prince William and Kate Middleton chose—or snubbed. [dailybeast]

Jake White Set For Brumbies Job – The Brumbies are set to announce their coach for 2012 this week, with Jake White the favourite to take over from Tony Rea. White, who coached the Springboks to the Tri-Nations title in 2004 and then finished off his four-year reign with a 2007 World Cup triumph, was one of three short-listed candidates interviewed for the job in the past fortnight. [sport24]

Kazakhstan Man Tries To Hijack Jet To Libya – An attempt to hijack a plane to Libya was foiled on Sunday night by the cabin crew, according to the Italian airline, Alitalia. The would-be hijacker was armed with a small knife. The incident took place on a flight from Paris to Rome with 131 passengers on board. Alitalia identified it as flight AZ 329 which had taken off from Paris at 8.24pm local time. [guardian]

Trump Punishes De Niro – “Well he’s not the brightest bulb on the planet. I’ve been watching him over the years and I like his acting, but you know in terms of when I watch him doing interviews and various other things, we’re not dealing with Albert Einstein. And he can say what he wants, but the fact is that this guy has not revealed his birth certificate and a lot of people agree with me.” [mediaite]

Hindu Guru Sai Baba Dies – Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, worshipped as a god by millions of followers worldwide, died this morning in a hospital near his southern Indian ashram. He was 86. Sai Baba had spent nearly a month on breathing support and dialysis while struggling with multiple-organ failure. Hundreds of thousands of devotees are expected to pay last respects. A funeral with state honors is planned Wednesday morning. [associated]

Scots Guard Removed From Royal Wedding After Facebook Rant – A Palace guard has been banned from the Royal Wedding parade for making vicious online rants about Kate Middleton after she apparently ‘snubbed’ him. Scots Guardsman Cameron Reilly, 18, called Miss Middleton, who is due to marry Prince William at Westminster Abbey on Friday, a ‘stuck-up cow’, adding: ‘Who really gives a f*** about her?’ Charming. [dailymail]

No Hot Dogs Near Britney, Please – You’ve got to feel sorry for the crew on the Britney Spears’ tour. The singer has given caterers strict instructions not to make any junk food because she’s not allowed it. Hot dogs, pizza and cookie dough ice cream have all been blacklisted. Staff can’t even look forward to having the odd beer to unwind after shows either as Brit has banned alcohol too. [sun]

If You Wear The Casio F91W Watch You Might Be A Terrorist – Seriously! It’s been known for quite a while now, but according to US intelligence, wearing the Casio F-91W is a potential sign of someone being a terrorist. There’s a whole list of Guantanomo Bay detainees who wore the watch, an old Washington Post article that said terrorists can use the watch to create time bombs and leaked Wikileaks documents linking the watch to al-Qaeda. [gizmodo]

Man United Is World’s Richest Club – Manchester United has been named as the world’s most valuable football club for the seventh year in a row by Forbes. Real Madrid is again No. 2 with a value of $1.45 billion, followed by Arsenal at $1.19 billion; Bayern Munich at $1.1 billion; and Barcelona, with a value of $975 million. [luxuo]

Angelina Jolie Nails $10 Louis Vuitton Contract – Angelina Jolie is set to be the face of an upcoming worldwide ad campaign for designer Louis Vuitton. The print-only campaign, which is scheduled to launch this summer, will be marketed globally… The actress will get paid “close to $10 million” for her high-end endorsement deal, believed to be the most lucrative of her career. Not bad. [eonline]

Customers Sue Apple Over iPhone Location Recording – Two Apple customers have filed a lawsuit accusing the Cupertino, California, company of committing violations of computer-fraud laws by recording location data of iPhone and iPad customers. Vikram Ajjampur, an iPhone customer in Florida, and William Devito, a New York iPad customer, filed the suit in federal court April 22 in Tampa, Florida. “The accessibility of the unencrypted information collected by Apple places users at serious risk of privacy invasions, including stalking” ,the lawsuit states. [wired]

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