Adam Scott Wins Masters, The First For Australia – Some thought Adam Scott’s devastating loss in last year’s British Open might scar him for the rest of his career, but he says it ultimately helped him win the Masters. [usatoday]
This Perfect Shot Cost Tiger Woods The Masters – Tiger Woods hit a perfect third shot on the 15th hole on Friday. But in an awful bit of bad luck, his ball clanged off the flagstick and kicked violently into the water. [businessinsider]
DA Calls for Police Brutality Commission Of Inquiry – DA spokesperson on police Dianne Kohler Barnard says the latest incident, where a woman was beaten by an off-duty cop, proves a “major crisis”. [mail&guardian + video]
Oscar Pistorius ‘Feeling Up Women’ During Night On The Town With ‘Tow-Truck Baron’ – When do you think it will dawn on Oscar Pistorius that he is hanging with the wrong crew? When do you think he will take a step back and see how this looks to people who don’t own guns, and don’t admit to pumping bullets into occupied bathrooms? Read this – it’s what a lot of people are thinking. [2ov]
Billions At Stake In Suspect Meat Probe – Pick n Pay, Shoprite, Fruit and Veg City and Spar were yesterday said to be stocking incorrectly labelled meat products containing donkey, water buffalo, goat and pork. [timeslive]
US Keen To Talk To North Korea – The United States and Japan opened the door Sunday to new nuclear talks with North Korea if the saber-rattling country lowered tensions and honored past agreements, even as it rejected South Korea’s latest offer of dialogue as a “crafty trick.” [time]
Nicolás Maduro Declared Venezeula Election Winner By Thin Margin – Political heir to Hugo Chávez claims victory in presidential election but rival Henrique Capriles demands recount. [guardian]
No-One Has Seen Kim Jong Un For Two Weeks – North Korea’s been owning headlines for the better part of a month now with its threats against the American imperialists and friends. Kim Jong Un, however, has been less conspicuous. In fact, the country’s supreme leader has basically been absent from the public eye altogether. [atlanwire]
Facebook Home Gets The Thumbs Down – It looks like Android users aren’t happy about Facebook Home moving into their Android phones. A day after launch, an astounding 44% of users who have reviewed the app on Google Play have given it just one star, with a mere 19.4% of users opting to give Home a 5-star rating. [mashable]
Teenager Exposes India’s ‘One Month Wives’ Sex Tourism – A 17-year-old girl has exposed the scale of Islamic sex tourism in India where Muslim men from the Middle East and Africa are buying ‘one month wives’ for sex. [telegraph]
Alonso wins Chinese Grand Prix – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso wins his first race of the Formula 1 season with a victory in a dramatic Chinese Grand Prix. [theage]
George W Bush Becomes A Grandparent – Meet the newest member of the Bush dynasty: Margaret Laura “Mila” Hager, born Saturday night to former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager and her husband Henry Hager. [cbs]
Paris Jackson: My Father Was Incredible – In a rare interview, Michael Jackson’s daughter says the singer fought to give her and her siblings a “normal childhood”. [skynews]
Justin Bieber Hopes That Anne Frank Would “Have Been A Belieber” – If Anne Frank had not died a teenager in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, Justin Bieber hopes she would have been his devoted fan. [cnn]
Is Loch Ness Monster Just A Tourist Conspiracy? – It is 80 years since hotel manageress Mrs Aldie Mackay first reported seeing a “whale-like fish” in the waters of Loch Ness. Now an academic at St Andrew’s University is trawling through 1,000 eye-witness accounts since to see what they can tell us. [bbc]
Will Ferrell Showed Up To The MTV Movie Awards In A Money Suit – Will Ferrell accepted the comedic genius award at the MTV Movie Awards in a full-blown money suit. [busins]
New City On The Cards For Cape Town – A new city – complete with police stations, universities and cemeteries – could soon rise on the edges of Cape Town. [timeslive]
Snails As Big As Rats In Florida – South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of the world’s most destructive invasive species: the giant African land snail, which can grow as big as a rat and gnaw through stucco and plaster. [nbcnews]
