Saatchi Threatens Suicide – Charles Saatchi threatened to commit suicide in a bid to win back Nigella Lawson after the first stages of their divorce, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. [dailymail]

Obama Says Putin Is ‘Like A Bored Kid’ – President Barack Obama on Friday denied he has poor relations with Vladimir Putin after canceling their Moscow talks, but said the Russian president can sometimes appear “like a bored kid in the back of the classroom.” [reuters]

Keep an eye on this Obama/Putin vibe – it’s reaching a head..

Nelson Mandela Is Sitting Up – Nelson Mandela’s health is improving daily and he is now able to sit up for minutes at a time, his youngest daughter Zindzi has told the SABC. [mail&guardian]

Lavabit Email Service Abruptly Shut Down Citing Government Interference – Founder of service reportedly used by Edward Snowden said he would not be complicit in ‘crimes against the American people’ [guardian]

Dina Pule Linked To Assassination Plot – Disgraced former communications minister Dina Pule, found guilty this week of lying to parliament after dishing out foreign trips and business deals to her boyfriend, has been linked to an alleged plot to assassinate top parliamentary officials probing her for misconduct. [timeslive]

Sheryl Sandberg Sells $91 Million (R892 Million) Of Facebook Stock – The Facebook chief operating officer and author of the much buzzed-about “Lean In” sold nearly 2.4 million shares of the social network’s stock last week at an average price of $38 per share, according to a regulatory filing. [cnn]

Schoeman Claims Double Gold – Four-time Olympian Roland Schoeman raced to a double gold on the first day of the second leg of the FINA World Cup Swimming in Berlin on Saturday. [news24]

Bolt Regains 100m Title In Moscow Storm – Usain Bolt was made to look human by a combination of a Russian rainstorm and a fired-up Justin Gatlin on Sunday but the Jamaican superstar was still good enough to regain his world 100m title in a surging 9.77 seconds. [malins]

Bernie Madoff Allegedly Was Involved In Love Triangle With Indicted Employee – Between the allegations of rampant cocaine use, George Clooney-esque charisma, and a winky dinky penis size, it doesn’t feel like we could possibly learn much more new information about Bernie Madoff and the shenanigans that went on at his offices. [gothamist]

Apple Expected To Show Next iPhone On Sept. 10 – Apple is widely expected to unveil its next-generation iPhone on Sept. 10, during what is an annual product refresh intended to juice its all-important holiday sales. [usatoday]

Zim Agrees To Sell Uranium To Iran – Zimbabwe has signed a secret deal to supply Iran with the raw materials needed to develop a nuclear weapon, in breach of international sanctions. [mail&guardian]

Apple Wins Key Patent Case Against Rival Samsung In US – The US ITC upheld a 2011 decision which found that Samsung had infringed Apple patents in the production of mobile phones, media players and tablets. The US ITC has ordered that Samsung devices affected by the ruling are banned from the US. [bbc]

YouTube Founders Try For Their Next Big Thing – Chad Hurley and Steve Chen want video storytelling to be as easy as a few taps on a smartphone. [money]

Dr. Sanjay Gupta Comes Out In Favour Of Medical Marijuana – TV personality Dr. Sanjay Gupta has reversed his opposition to medical marijuana — and admitted he’s even tried the drug himself. [yahoo]

‘Elysium’ Tops Weekend Box Office – Neill Blomkamp’s “Elysium” was No. 1 at North American theaters, but ticket sales nonetheless fell well short of expectations. An R-rated science-fiction tale about haves and have-nots, “Elysium” (Sony Pictures Entertainment) took in an estimated $30.5 million over the weekend. [newyorktimes]

Hundreds Protest In London Against Russian Anti-Gay Law – Hundreds of people protested in London on Saturday against a Russian anti-gay propaganda law that has attracted international condemnation as the world athletics championships kick off in Moscow. [reuters]

Kris Jenner Fires Back On Obama’s Remarks About Kardashian, West – Kris Jenner had some strong words for President Obama after he took aim at her daughter Kim Kardashian and rapper-boyfriend Kanye West. [latimes]

Could Elon Musk’s ‘Hyperloop’ Become the 5th Form of Transportation? – Last month, entrepreneur Elon Musk announced on Twitter that he would unveil the alpha design for his “Hyperloop” transportation system by Aug. 12. [mashable]

Jason Dufner Claims First Major At PGA Championship As Adam Scott Just Misses Out Once Again – Jason Dufner set aside emotional scars from squandering a major title two years ago to win the PGA Championship on Monday (AEST), holding off Jim Furyk despite a bogey-bogey finish. [abc]

Popular SA Blogger Plants Tree Where Anene Booysen Died – Well-known SA blogger, Fred Hatman has planted a tree at the spot where Anene Booysen raped and murdered in Bredasdorp. Fred went out again to plant more at the RDP housing project on Women’s Day.  [fredhatman]

Mark Wahlberg To Fan Who Mistook Him For Matt Damon: ‘Close Enough’ – Two Matt Damon fans who ran into Mark Wahlberg recently mistook the former for the latter, and good-sport Wahlberg was kind enough to take a picture with them anyway while pretending to be Damon. [gawker]

Chris Brown Suffers Seizure Due To Intense Fatigure, Emotional Stress – Grammy-winner Chris Brown has suffered a seizure brought on by intense fatigue and extreme emotional stress, his publicist said Saturday. [post]

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