Outrage As NY Post Publishes Picture Of Man, Moments Before Train Runs Over – On Tuesday, New Yorkers awoke to a gruesome New York Post cover photo. The photo, which fills most of the page, depicts a man trapped on the New York City subway tracks, awaiting an oncoming train that would eventually take his life. [latimes]
Man Confesses To Train Murder – A 30-year-old man confessed today to being the subway psycho who “launched” an innocent straphanger into tracks, where he was killed by an oncoming Q train. [nyp]
ANC Women’s League Chomping At The Bit For Shrien Dewani – The ANC Women’s League in Gauteng will march to the British embassy in Pretoria to demand that Shrien Dewani to be extradited to South Africa, [iol]
Specialised Aircraft Joins Fight To Save SA’s Rhinos – A new, state-of-the-art surveillance aircraft represents a vital alliance between the public and private sector in the fight against rhino poaching. [mail&guardian]
Kate Feeling Better, As William Leaves Bedside – They are not out of the woods yet, but for the first time in more than 24 hours Prince William finally felt able to offer a smile. Leaving his pregnant wife’s bedside last night after a six-hour vigil, the exhausted father-to-be fleetingly acknowledged the nation’s good wishes before stepping into his car. [dailymail]
Big Decisions For William And Kate – As they prepare to become parents next summer, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are understood to have started making plans for their family’s future living arrangements. [telegraph]
John McAfee Asylum Claim: Fugitive Software Magnate Plans To Seek Refuge In Guatemala – Software company founder John McAfee has surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying Tuesday that he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize. [huffpo]
Eminem’s Daughter Tweets Taylor Swift To Stop ‘Whoring Around’ – Taylor Swift and Harry Styles are apparently an insufferable item now, and one One Direction fan who isn’t taking the news very well is Hailie Scott Mathers, BKA Eminem’s teenage daughter. [gawker]
Local Guest House Supplier Undercuts Woolies By 20% – Local homeware retailer, Whitehouse, which supplies over 2,500 guest houses in South Africa is now selling direct to the public in Cape Town and Johannesburg. More here.. [tip213]
YouTube Releases iPad App, Filling Last Device Gap in Split from Apple – YouTube finally releases its app for the iPad and iPhone 5, getting one step closer to filling all the Google-less iOS 6 gaps. [wired]
Shane Warne To Return For Ashes? – Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne says he would consider returning to Test cricket for the Ashes series in England next year if skipper Michael Clarke sends him an SOS. [sport24]
North Korea Is Ready For Lift-Off – North Korea has assembled all three stages of a long-range rocket on its launch pad, a South Korean official said Wednesday, the latest sign that preparations to fire off the rocket is in full swing. [yonhap]
Eddie Murphy Tops ‘Overpaid’ Actors List – Eddie Murphy – who was a top box office draw in his Beverly Hills Cop days – is now Hollywood’s most overpaid actor, according to Forbes magazine. Forbes said Murphy, who also filled cinema seats with movies like Trading Places, had now displaced Drew Barrymore for the top spot. [skynews]
World’s Most Expensive Lego Brick – BrickEnvy, an online store that sells collector Lego sets, has recently sold what is perhaps the world’s most expensive Lego. The brick, priced at $14,450, is the same size and shape as an original 2×4 Lego brick, and is made from 25.65 grams of 14K gold. [luxuo]
Hollywood Actress Running For Senate – The Hollywood movie star and eighth-generation Kentuckian is seriously exploring a 2014 run for the Senate to take on a powerful Republican leader. [politico]
Obama Considering Anna Wintour for Ambassadorship to UK or France – The president supposedly is weighing appointing the long-time Vogue editor U.S. ambassador to France or the U.K.—although the British-born fashion maven maintains she doesn’t want either job. [dailybeast]
Jackpot Winner Still Unknown – A mystery lottery winner has until tonight to claim a £64m (R907 million) prize before the ticket expires. The EuroMillions ticket was bought for the draw on Friday, June 8. [skynews]
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