Winnie Mandela Gets Top Award – Convicted kidnapper, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has become the first woman recipient of the National Heritage Council’s Ubuntu Award. The award is given to those who have “contributed selflessly to the benefit of humankind”. [timeslive]

Michael Jackson’s Doctor’s Murder Trial Begins Today – Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, is to stand trial over the singer’s death. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say he caused the pop star’s death by administering a powerful anaesthetic, propofol. [bbc]

Nirvana Baby Turns 20 – The unwitting star of Nirvana’s breakthrough Nevermind album – one that would catapult them to super-stardom – wasn’t old enough to be aware of his role in the birth of grunge music. Spencer Elden, now 20, is still introduced as the ‘Nirvana baby’ two decades after the release of the album and has learned to cope with the extra attention his brush with fame generates. [dailymail]

Buffett’s Berhshire Hathaway To Buyback Shares – Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), which has shunned buybacks for four decades, will repurchase shares for as much as 110 percent of their book value, saying the stock is undervalued after falling 17 percent this year. Berkshire jumped in New York trading. [bloomberg]

Hell’s Angel Leader Dead In Casino Shooting – A Hells Angels leader was shot dead and two members of the rival Vagos motorcycle club were injured, in a shooting at Nevada casino, authorities said. Jeffrey “Jethro” Pettigrew, 51, the president of the San Jose chapter of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club, was killed at John Ascuaga’s Nugget hotel-casino in Sparks, Nev. late Friday. [abcnews]

London Government Asks Britney To Apologise For Gun Vibe – Britney Spears has drawn ire from British officials after brandishing a fake gun in a music video shoot near London. Local politicians want an apology from the pop star for “promoting gun violence,” reports MTV. In the video for her upcoming single “Criminal,” Spears runs out of a convenience store waving a fake pistol, accompanied by fiance Jason Trawick, who totes a duffel bag. [cnn]

Charges Against Wouter Basson Dropped – Apartheid government chemical and biological warfare chief Dr Wouter Basson has scored another victory when the Health Professions’ Council withdrew two of the six charges of unethical conduct against him. [timeslive]

Paul McCartney’s Ballet Gets Punished – Paul McCartney’s ballet debut writing an orchestral score and tale of love about an ocean dwelling princess received poor, early reviews on Friday that called his music agreeable but the story and staging bland. [reuters]

Doritos Creator Dead – To Be Buried With Chips – Arch West, a former Frito-Lay executive and creator of Doritos, will be buried with the chips that made him famous. During a graveside service scheduled for 10:30 a.m. this Saturday at the Restland Memorial Park, his family has plans to toss Doritos chips in “before they put the dirt over the urn,” West’s daughter Jana Hacker said. [ibtimes]

Mad Men’s Betty Leaves Name Of Father Off Birth Certificate – The January Jones baby daddy mystery continues … because the actress left a blank spot on her son’s birth certificate in the space where she’s supposed to name the father. TMZ obtained the document, filed Friday with the L.A. County Dept. of Public Health, which shows January’s son, Xander Dane Jones, was born on Sept. 13, 2011. [tmz]

Samsung Seeks iPad/iPhone Netherlands Ban – Samsung Electronics has hit Apple with four patent cases in district court in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding a sales ban and a retail recall of all Apple products that use 3G technology. The first hearing in the case is scheduled for Monday. [computerworld]

Why Are R.E.M. Breaking Up? – “It’s not because we have to or we can’t stand each other or we suck,” R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills contends. “We’re happy. But we’re done.” “A wise man once said, ‘The skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave,’ ” Stipe wrote. “We built something extraordinary together. . . . Now we’re going to walk away from it.” [rollingstone]

New Stelios Airline Sparks Battle With Easyjet – Airline easyJet has come out fighting following news that founder and major shareholder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is to launch his own airline, Fastjet. Sir Stelios has a 38% stake in easyJet and will net £72m from a special dividend the company agreed to pay following strong pressure from its founder. [digilook]

Brad Pitt Lion King Upset – Brad Pitt has been unable to put the cat out of first place at the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday put Walt Disney’s “The Lion King” reissue at No. 1 again with $22.1 million. That puts it just ahead of Pitt’s baseball drama “Moneyball,” a Sony Pictures release that opened at No. 2 with $20.6 million. [huffpo]

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