White House Reevaluating Obama-Vladimir Putin Summit Following Edward Snowden Asylum – A highly anticipated fall summit between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin could become a casualty of Moscow’s defiant decision to grant temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. [huffpo]

Goldin, Bloom Killers Denied Parole – Two of the men convicted of killing actor Brett Goldin and his fashion designer friend Richard Bloom in 2006 have been denied parole, but will have another chance at being granted parole in December. [news24]

Russia’s Version Of Facebook, VKontakte, Offers Ed Snowden A Job In Data Protection – Now that Ed Snowden is actually in Russia, apparently a bunch of job offers are flowing in — including from the somewhat controversial massive social network VKontatke, often called “Russia’s Facebook.” [techdirt]

Tsvangirai Dismisses Zimbabwe Election As ‘Farce’ – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has dismissed yesterday’s election as a “huge farce”. [rte]

Zim On Knife Edge – The outgoing Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, warned of a looming crisis amid reports that as many as a million voters might have been disenfranchised in fiercely contested but chaotic presidential, parliamentary and local elections. [timeslive]

Ariel Castro: I Am Sick And Addicted To Porn – The Cleveland kidnapper tells a sentencing hearing that he was the victim of sexual abuse as a child, which led him to become addicted to pornography and act impulsively, as he is imprisoned to life without parole, with 1,000 years added for good measure. [telegraph]

Camps Bay Ratepayers Freaking Out Over Land Use Law Amendments – Residents of an upmarket Cape Town suburb fear the city’s proposal to amend land use regulations could ultimately block their view of the city and the sea because nearby property owners would be able to build as they pleased. [timeslive]

EFF Needs Your EFT: Malema Urges Supporters To Donate – Julius Malema’s EFF is ready to register at the IEC to contest the 2014 elections, but they need money for their red berets. [mail&guardian]

US Embassies To Shut Over ‘Security Threat’ – After receiving an unspecified threat, the US announces it will close some embassies and consulates in the Middle East on Sunday. [skynews]

To Keep His ‘Sacred’ Wedding Private, Sean Parker Invited Vanity Fair – Sean Parker, the man who recently wrote a nearly 10,000-word diatribe against the press, lamenting that “nothing is sacred on the Internet, not even a wedding,” invited a Vanity Fair reporter to his supposedly sacred wedding. [atlanwire]

Despite Controversy, Rolling Stone ‘Boston Bomber’ Issue Is a Hit on Newsstands – Rolling Stone’s “Boston Bomber” issue got a rash of bad publicity and retailers like CVS and Stop & Stop pulled it from shelves after a “Boycott Rolling Stone” campaign gained steam on Facebook. But the controversy doesn’t seem to have hurt newsstand sales. [adweek]

One Direction Singer Louis Tomlinson Signs For Doncaster Rovers – Doncaster Rovers have signed the One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson. The 21-year-old, who was born in Doncaster but has never played higher than Sunday league football, has been given the No28 squad number for the 2013-14 season. [guardian]

Fan’s Touching Story Will Make Roger Federer Your Favourite Athlete – Tennis star Roger Federer has long been considered one of the good guys in sports. A recent Twitter post by a young fan, however, takes Federer’s sainthood to a whole new level. [mashable]

The Dude Who Wrote Cool Runnings Was on Heroin the Whole Time – His name is Tommy Swerdlow, he’s been clean since 2007, and the reason we’re talking about any of this now is that he’s trying to crowdfund a movie loosely based on his drug experiences, and he’s using a Reddit AMA, which has of course explored in part what it was like writing Cool Runnings while high as balls, to do it. [grantland]

Simon Cowell Affair Blasted As “Unbelievable Story Of Betrayal” By Pregnant Lover’s Brother-In-Law – The 53-year-old is accused of adultery in divorce papers filed by his best friend Andrew Silver after revelation his wife is having Cowell’s baby. [mirror]

Rollover Sees Prize Of R2.8 Billion Up For Grabs – That’s right folks, Wednesday’s Powerball lottery has rolled over and it’s now sitting on $290 million. Click here if you are worried about playing overseas lotteries. Click here to live a little. [lotto]

Glee Cast to Film PSAs, “Deal Directly” With Cory Monteith’s Death, Drug Abuse on Show – Ryan Murphy and the cast of Glee are doing everything they can to honor Cory Monteith’s memory — and to make sure that what happened to him doesn’t happen to others. [usmagazine]

Kebble Murder Case Forensic Detective Hosts Murder Mystery Weekend – Any armchair detective would be crazy to miss the murder mystery weekend in Stanford, with SA’s top forensic Scientist, David Klatzow. Klatzow is most famous for his case-breaking testimonies in famous SA trials, including the Helderberg and the Kebble murder. He is currently involved in the Pistorius case. [info]

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Sportsfire with Graeme Joffe, 09h30 – Sportsfire kicks off with Kass Naidoo from the Gsportrust discussing raising the profile of women in sport. SportsFire’s Rugby Analyst, Dan Retief  chats to Joffers thereafter. And the show is closed by Mandy Loots -Former SA swimming star and the BBC World Service’s Football Wrap. [sportsfire]

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