Michael Douglas’ Ex Says It Wasn’t Her Vagina – On the heels of Michael Douglas’ admission that his throat cancer may have been caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), which can be transmitted by oral and genital sex, his ex-wife, Diandra Douglas, told TMZ that she does not have the sexually transmitted infection. [huffpo]
Roger Federer upset by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at French Open – By Roger Federer’s standards, defeat came early in the French Open. And it came quickly. The 17-time Grand Slam champion lost Tuesday in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, 7-5, 6-3, 6-3. [sportsillustrated]
Reeva’s iPhone Might Have Sophisticated Password Protection, Holding Up The Investigation – An encrypted iPhone recovered from the bloody bathroom of murder accused and South African Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius is believed to be crucial to the police’s investigation. [timeslive]
People Throw Poo At Helen Zille’s Bus – A group of people in Khayelitsha threw human waste at a bus on which Western Cape Premier Helen Zille and others had travelled to a green economy event on Tuesday, her spokesperson said. [news24]
Semi-Naked Photos Commissioned By Reeva Steenkamp For A ‘Special Someone’ Emerge – A set of semi-naked photos that Reeva Steenkamp commissioned for an unidentified ‘special someone’ in the months leading up to her death have emerged. [dailymail]
Standard Bank And Vodacom Race For Township Cash – South Africa’s banking and cellphone giants are in a battle to reach the 11-million people in the country with no bank accounts. [mg]
Boston Bomber Accused Is Getting Donations – Alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told his mother that people are sending him money and that someone opened an account for him, according to a new recording of their first phone call from prison. [abc]
Amazon Wants Tp Sell Groceries Online – Amazon.com Inc is planning a major roll-out of an online grocery business that it has been quietly developing for years, targeting one of the largest retail sectors yet to be upended by e-commerce, according to two people familiar with the situation. [reuters]
American Tourist Gang-Raped in India – A 30-year-old American woman was raped by three men in a tourist region of northern India, a police official said, in the latest of similar attacks on female travelers since the beginning of the year. [nytimes]
Bollywood Actress Jiah Khan Found Dead In Mumbai – Bollywood actress Jiah Khan, who was found dead at her home in the Indian city of Mumbai, killed herself, a police post-mortem has found. Her mother found Khan’s body hanging in her apartment. [bbc]
Bose Shakes Up Wireless Speakers With SoundLink Mini – Who is buying portable wireless speakers? Everyone, apparently, since market research shows sales in the category tripled last year — and the more portable, the better. After taking a stab in the category with its SoundLink speaker, Bose is elevating things to a new, more compact level with the SoundLink Mini. [mashable]
Sales Of Older iPhones, iPads Banned As Agency Says Apple Infringed Samsung Patent – A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday banned the sale of several iPhone and iPad models for infringing a Samsung patent, dealing a high-profile setback to Apple’s crusade against copycats. [washpo]
Kate Winslet is Pregnant! – Kate Winslet and her husband Ned Rocknroll are expecting their first child together. The Oscar winner, 37, has two children from previous marriages: daughter, Mia, 12, and son Joe, 9. [abc]
Japan Tests 310mph (500km/h) Bullet Train – Japan’s “floating” trains of the future, designed to travel at speeds of 311mph, have undergone their first test tracks. [telegraph]
Why Are So Many Google Execs Quitting To Work With This CEO’s Startup? – Two years ago, Google announced a massive new initiative around a product called Google Wallet. The mission: replace credit cards with smartphones. It didn’t happen. Why? [busins]
Vegetarians Live Longer Than Meat-Eaters, Study Finds – Vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, a Journal of the American Medical Association. [wsj]
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