FAA Clears Virgin Galactic Spaceship For Test Flights – The US Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Virgins’ SpaceShipTwo to begin rocket-powered suborbital test flights, the company says.  SpaceShipTwo manufacturer Scaled Composites of Mojave, California, received a one-year experimental launch permit on May 23 for test flights beyond the atmosphere, FAA spokesman Hank Price said.  We’re going to frigging space, people. [TimesLive]

John Edwards Case Ends With Acquittal On One Count, Mistrial On Others – When former Sen. John Edwards, a man who reached for the presidency while scrambling to hide a pregnant mistress, heard on Thursday that a federal jury would not convict him on the six corruption charges he faced, he fell back in his chair and closed his eyes. For a moment, Edwards, whose most intimate sexual details, lies and political ambition had been aired for nearly six weeks in a federal trial, looked as if he might cry. [Oroville MR]

Nadal Cruises As Murray Battles Back At French Open – Six-time champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round of the French Open on Thursday, recording a crushing 6-2 6-2 6-0 win over Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin. The second seed, chasing a record seventh Roland Garros title, hit 25 winners on his way to a 47th win at the clay-court grand slam. [CNN]

The Devil Wears Prada Book Sequel In The Works – It’s been nine years since The Devil Wears Prada made its way to the top of the bestseller lists detailing the ruthless goings-on at Runway magazine. Entertainment Weekly reported yesterday that author Lauren Weisberger is currently working on a new novel, Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, a sequel to her blockbuster first effort to be published in April 2013 by Simon & Schuster. [Herald Sun]

Roadworks Worry At Comrades – Comrades organisers are worried that roadworks around the city of Pietermaritzburg may affect the beginning of Sunday’s race. They warned all runners on Thursday to leave early for the City Hall. “The roadworks are a major problem. On the freeway heading into the city, there are major roadworks going on and the fear is we’re going to have quite a bit of congestion on race day,” race director Johan van Staden said. [Sport24]

SpaceX Dragon Blazes A New Path – US company SpaceX’s cargo vessel on Thursday splash-landed in the Pacific Ocean, capping a successful mission to the International Space Station and blazing a new path for private spaceflight. “Splashdown successful!!” South African born SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk said in a message on Twitter after the unmanned capsule landed in the waters off the Mexican coast at 11:42 Eastern time. [News24]

Facebook’s Stock Continues Decline After Rocky IPO – Facebook’s stock is once again declining after its huge but rocky initial public offering. Shares of Facebook Inc. dropped 96 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $27.24 in midday trading Thursday. The stock is down more than 28 percent from its IPO price. Facebook began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 18. The day started with a delay due to trading market glitches and didn’t get much better from there. [MSN]

Kayak To Delay IPO As Facebook Shares Sink Further – Kayak, the online travel service, is said to be delaying its stock market flotation in America following Facebook’s disastrous initial public offering. Kayak has postponed the roadshow for the offering, which was scheduled to start last week, according to Bloomberg. Morgan Stanley, the lead bank on Facebook’s initial share sale, was also hired to lead Kayak’s IPO. [Irish Independent]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Actress Allegedly Made $100 Million Prostituting Herself – It looks like being engaged to a billionaire may not have been enough cash for Zhang Ziyi. The actress, who has starred in films including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Rush Hour 2, and remains a major film star in China, is facing allegations she made nearly $100 million by sleeping with some of the most rich and powerful men in China. [HollyWire]

Pepsi Mashes Up Twitter And Music Giveaways In Marketing – Starting today, Pepsi will post a video summary of music news on its corporate Twitter page each Wednesday, based on trending music topics on Twitter. It will also offer a free MP3 download from Amazon that relates to the video news summary. To get the song, users will have to send a tweet with a Pepsi hashtag. [CNet]

Foie Gras Frenzy Grows As California Ban Nears – Chefs are loading their high-end menus with duck liver: Terrine de foie gras, seared foie gras with mango chutney, foie gras salad and sweet foie gras for dessert. And they are keeping secret the locations of their multi-course dinners to avoid protesters as a July 1 ban looms in California, the only state to outlaw foie gras. [The Republic]

Is Donald Trump Secretly Supporting President Obama? – Is Donald Trump actually a supporter of President Obama? We ask this question because the real estate mogul/reality show host continues to behave in a manner which does not help, or at least to those of us schooled in linear rationality does not appear to help, Mr. Trump’s avowed choice for president, Mitt Romney. [CSM]

JC Penney Features Two Dads And Their Gorgeous Kids In June Catalog! – JC Penney continues its campaign of inclusion with yet another invaluable gift to the LGBT just in time for Father’s Day (and Pride month). This image and profile of my friends Cooper and Todd and their beautiful children Claire and Mason in the June catalog for JC Penney again hits close to home. [Instinct Mag]

Generation Pecs – Madison Landis got a boob job for graduation — and she’s not the only high school senior going off to college with a different set. New statistics show more teens, girls and boys, are going under the knife to change their looks. In the last decade, for example, the number of breast surgeries — augmentations and reductions — has skyrocketed 200 percent, to more than 23,000 in 2011, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. [The Daily]

Justin Bieber Pleads For Norway To “Listen to the Police” As Anarchy Descends – Justin Bieber kicked off his European promo tour Wednesday and, almost immediately, a state of emergency was threatened in Norway. After it was announced that the god among men gods would be performing a free four-song show outside of the Oslo Opera House Wednesday evening, 15,000 of his fans overran the city, crippling its mobile network and rendering Oslo a Bieber Fever quarantine zone. [Gawker]

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