Judge Rules Shrien Dewani Able To Be Extradited – Shrien Dewani can be extradited to South Africa to face trial for organising the murder of his wife Anni on their honeymoon last year, a district court judge has ruled. District judge Howard Riddle rejected arguments that the Bristol businessman was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and was too unwell to be extradited, and that South African prison conditions would violate his human rights. [guardian]
Rupert Murdoch Confirms Son James Is Not Next In Line – In the clearest indication yet that the phone hacking scandal enveloping News Corp’s U.K. operations has damaged the succession ambitions of James Murdoch, his father endorsed top lieutenant Chase Carey as a future CEO. But Murdoch, 80, also said he and Carey had “full confidence” in James Murdoch, who until last month was seen as Rupert Murdoch’s clear successor. [reuters]
Three Die In Birmingham Riots – Community leaders in Birmingham are working all-out to calm intense anger in the city’s British Asian community over the deaths of three young men who were rammed by a carload of suspected looters. West Midlands police arrested a man near the scene and recovered a vehicle, which forensics experts are examining. They later launched a murder inquiry. [guardian]
US Viewers Canceling Satellite TV Contracts In Record Numbers – The six largest publicly traded U.S. cable and satellite-TV providers combined to lose about 580,000 customers in the second quarter, the biggest such decline in history, according to company and Bloomberg data. The economy is forcing the industry to face the reality of cord-cutting — pay-TV customers canceling their subscriptions in favor of online options. [bloomberg]
Alex Baldwin To Run For New York Mayor – In an interview on Monday, Mr. Baldwin spoke extensively about his long-term political ambitions, his views on political figures, his anger about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s overturning of the city’s term-limits law and how he stays in touch with regular people despite his wealth and fame. [nytimes]
How To watch The Entire 2011 PGA Online – The 2011 PGA Championship begins Thursday morning at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia. To allow you to keep track of the proceedings at home, work or on the go, we’ve rounded up a variety of resources for following the season’s last major golf tournament. [mashable]
Dougherty Gang Caught In Colorado – Fugitive siblings from Florida were taken into custody in Colorado this morning after they led law enforcement officers on a 100-mph chase. Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, and half brother Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26 — called the “Dougherty Gang” — crashed their car. Lee Dougherty was shot in the leg. Crime don’t pay, kids. [denverpost]
John Smit Far From Being A Spent Force: Stephen Moore – Smit, 33, the captain of the 2007 World Cup winning side, has come under increasing pressure with pundits and fans calling for Bismarck du Plessis to take his place. But Ozzie hooker, Moore, who is likely to line up against Smit in the Tri-Nations test in Durban on Saturday, said Smit still had plenty to offer the Springboks. [timeslive]
Facebook Takes On Blackberry Messenger With New App – The app, which is called Facebook Messenger, launched yesterday in the US only, and lets members of the social networking site send instant messages on their mobile for free to anyone in their ‘friends’ list. The new Facebook app also allows people to send messages to friends on their mobile contacts list and push out group messages too. [telegraph]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Has Big, Electronically Dimmable Windows – Boeing promised its 787 Dreamliner would offer a flying experience unlike any other airliner, and now the details are starting to emerge about the upcoming aircraft that made its public debut last month. Besides its mostly carbon fiber construction and energy efficient engines and aerodynamics, it will have the biggest airplane windows you’ve ever seen. [mashable]
SEALs Killed In Chopper Crash Lived In Secrecy – Their heroics are conducted, and celebrated, in secrecy. Their deaths are typically mourned the same way. Members of the elite Seal Team 6 carry out some of the military’s riskiest operations, including the May raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in which Osama bin Laden was killed. But there is no expectation of public adulation — in life or in death. [latimes]
Lindsay Lohan’s Sister Lands Modeling Contract – Aliana Lohan has signed a multi-year modeling contract with NEXT Model Management, JustJared.com can exclusively reveal. “We are very excited to be representing Aliana Lohan,” NEXT Los Angeles Director Alexis Borges tells JJ of the 17-year-old beauty. “She represents the future face of fashion and will be a photographer’s dream with her chameleon-like beauty.” Whatever. [justjared]
Thursday Is “Vote For Table Mountain” Day – Table Mountain is at the bottom of the final 28, in the running to be one of the new seven wonders of nature. Table Mountain needs YOU to vote at least every Thursday. We need 30 million votes to make the final 7. You can vote on the website or by SMSing the word ‘table’ to 34874 (SMS cost R2). You can vote once on the website and as many times as you want on SMS. come on, gang, let’s do this thing! [votefortablemountain.com]
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