Oscar Gets Huge Fine For Unpaid Tax – Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been given a fine of hundreds of thousands of rands due to unpaid tax. [news24]
Vuyo Mbuli’s Widow Lashes Out Over Alleged Affairs – Vuyo Mbuli’s estranged wife has accused TV and radio presenter Kuli Roberts of being among 18 women her husband committed adultery with during their marriage. [chan24]
Piece Of Dead Sea Scrolls Up For Sale – Nearly 70 years after the discovery of the world’s oldest biblical manuscripts, the Palestinian family who originally sold them to scholars and institutions is now quietly marketing the leftovers — fragments the family says it has kept in a Swiss safe deposit box all these years. [washpo]
Cannes Film Festival: Lesbian Romance Takes Top Prize – Abdellatif Kechiche’s lesbian romance “Blue Is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele” has won the Palme d’Or, the top honor of the Cannes Film Festival. [cbsnews]
French Soldier Stabbed While On Patrol Near Paris – A French soldier patrolling a business neighborhood west of Paris was stabbed in the neck and injured on Saturday by a man who fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande said. [reuters]
Mandela Too Soft On Whites, Says Mugabe – Robert Mugabe has criticised Nelson Mandela for being too soft on whites in a documentary offering a rare look at the Zimbabwean president. [mail&guardian]
Angelina Jolie’s Aunt Dies Of Breast Cancer – Angelina Jolie’s aunt has died of breast cancer less than two weeks after Jolie had a preventative double mastectomy to avoid the disease. [telegraph]
Why PayPal Is Bullish On Bitcoin – President David Marcus tells Fortune why he embraces digital currency, how he thinks the trend will play out, and when Americans can reasonably expect to go wallet-less. [fortune]
Vintage Apple-1 Sells for Record R6.4 Million – Apple’s stock price may be well down from its peaks last year, but the market for the company’s oldest computers continues to set records. [nytimes]
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