Apple Invitation Hints At iPhone 5 Launch For September 12 – Apple Inc. on Tuesday invited reporters to a news conference next week in San Francisco with a message that suggests that it will reveal the iPhone 5, as expected. The email invitation shows a big “12,” for Sept. 12, casting a shadow in the shape of a “5.” [nydaily]

Natalie Du Toit Claims 12th Gold – Natalie du Toit claimed her 12th Paralympic swimming gold at the London 2012 Games on Tuesday. She won the women’s 400m S9 freestyle at the Aquatics Centre, taking her 12th career gold in a time of 4:30.18. [afp]

Jay-Z To Perform With Coldplay In The Paralympics Closing Ceremony – The US rapper Jay-Z could be joining Coldplay and Rihanna at the Paralympics closing ceremony 2012. [telegraph]

How a Ferrari Crash May Have Unsettled China’s Leadership Transition – There is still much that is unknown about the March car crash, but it seems to have caused some serious political drama. [time]

Russian Officials Told Bribes Are Not Tax Deductible – Russia’s Finance Ministry has told foreign officials that bribes paid while abroad are not tax deductible, according to reports. [telegraph]

US Drone ‘Completely Misses’ – Kills 13 Civilians – A U.S. drone strike targeting al Qaeda suspects in Yemen killed 13 civilians, including three women, three security officials in the restive Middle Eastern country said. Not ideal. [cnn]

Prince Harry’s Party Girl Lied About A Few Things – Last week, the 32-year-old San Diego-based beautician came forward to claim that she was one of the girls that spent the night partying with the third in line to the British Throne. Now, Reichert’s ex-husband has also come forward to clear a few things. [celebuzz]

Michelle Obama Delivers Killer Speech [Video] – First Lady Michelle Obama just brought down the house at the Democratic National Convention, delivering a rousing final speech that laid out a counter-narrative to Republican attacks against President Barack Obama. [bizinsider]

Chuck Norris Gives Dire Warning To America – Chuck Norris has offered a dire warning to America, claiming that U.S. citizens face “1,000 years of darkness” if President Obama is reelected for a second term in November. [huffpo]

McDonald’s To Open First Vegetarian Outlets – Religious pilgrims to two of India’s most sacred spiritual sites will soon find themselves welcomed by a more secular icon: the golden arches of McDonald’s, the US hamburger chain, which is opening its first purely vegetarian restaurants near the shrines. [ftimes]

Cambodia To Deport Pirate Bay Co-Founder – Cambodia will deport a Swedish co-founder of Pirate Bay, one of the world’s biggest free file-sharing websites, who was convicted and sentenced to prison in Sweden for breaching copyright laws, a police official said on Tuesday. [reuters]

North Korea Hints At Reform – Under new leader Kim Jong Eun, North Korea in recent months has shifted its rhetoric to emphasize the economy rather than the military and is introducing small-scale agricultural reforms with tantalizing elements of capitalism, according to diplomats and defector groups with informants in the North. [washpo]

FBI Denies Link To Leak Of 12 million Apple User IDs – AntiSec, a hacker group, posted a file on the internet on Monday that it said contained more than one million of Apple’s so-called UDID codes. The FBI says there is “no evidence” that they gained access  via an FBI agent’s laptop, as per the claims. [bbc]

Cape Town Summer Shark Warning – The City of Cape Town warned beach users on Tuesday of increased shark movement in the coming summer months. This was the time of year when a seasonal increase was expected in shark activity inshore. [news24]

Zuckerberg Scrambles To Restore Facebook Confidence – Facebook Inc. took steps Tuesday to reassure investors and employees worried about its plummeting stock price, as the social network’s shares hit new lows. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, Facebook said Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg won’t sell any stock in the company for a year. [wallstreetjournal]

Amazon Adds Movies to Streaming Service in New Challenge to Netflix – Amazon.com has reached a deal with pay-TV channel Epix to add movies such as “The Hunger Games” to the roster of films available through Amazon Prime Instant Video and on their Kindle Fire. [adage]

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Kristen And Robert Will Reunite On The Red Carpet Tomorrow – Kristen Stewart is reportedly ‘fretting’ as she prepares to face the press in her first public appearance since her split from Robert Pattinson. The actress has kept out of the public eye since her affair with director Rupert Sanders became public knowledge more than a month ago. [dailymail]

‘Suri Factor’ Scares Parents – Suri Cruise’s start at Avenues, an exclusive $39,750-a-year private school in Chelsea that emphasizes a “global curriculum,” has many parents clamoring to get their kids in — but has left some wanting to get their babies out because of possible paparazzi attention. [nypost]

German Cops Rolling In BMW M5s – BMW has unveiled an M5 police car at the Welt Museum in Munich, Germany. Dressed in traditional livery, the model has a black grille and a light bar. The four-door saloon is able to get from nought to 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 4.4 seconds and to reach a top speed of around 190 mph (305 km/h). [luxuo]

Richard Branson Pens Article About How To Win The Drug War  – The war on drugs has had a devastating impact in the U.S. Yet, as Republicans and Democrats gather at their national conventions, neither party has taken a strong stand on the critical need to support drug policy reform. [huffers]

Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits – GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — In 30 years of fighting poachers, Paul Onyango had never seen anything like this. Twenty-two dead elephants, including several very young ones, clumped together on the open savanna, many killed by a single bullet to the top of the head. [nytimes]

Telemarketer Responds With Bomb Threat After Homeowner Hangs Up – A ‘rude’ telemarketer forced law enforcement officials in Mead, Colorado, to evacuate residents from several homes after he called back a homeowner who had hung up on him and threatened to blow up his house. [gawker]

Great Parenting: Dad Charged For Putting Heroin In Baby’s Bottle – Prosecutors believe a Philadelphia man put heroin and methadone in his infant son’s bottle to quiet him but instead killed him, two days before his first birthday. [npr]

The Endless Orgasm – Tabloids on both sides of the Atlantic had a field day last week when The Sun ran a story about a 44-year-old New Jersey woman with a rare condition that causes her to have up to 100 orgasms a day. Diagnosed with persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), Kim Ramsey, a nurse, even sat on a bag of frozen peas during one four-day episode of constant climaxing. [dailybeast]

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