FBI Seizes Deep Web Black Market Silk Road, Arrests Owner – The feds have caught up to the Silk Road. The underground website long known for drug trafficking and other illegal activity was seized by the FBI who also arrested the owner on three criminal counts. [techcrunch]
Marc Jacobs Says Farewell to Louis Vuitton – What was likely designer Marc Jacobs’ last ready-to-wear collection for Louis Vuitton looked like a show in mourning Wednesday — black, black and more black. [ap]
KZN Rapist Jailed For Life – A 60-year-old man has been jailed for life by the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court for raping his teenaged step-daughter, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Wednesday. [news24]
Woody Allen’s Son Ronan May Be Frank Sinatra’s – Ronan Farrow, thought to be the only biological child of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, may actually have been fathered by Frank Sinatra, his mother suggests in Vanity Fair. [guardian]
Russian Tycoon Sues Dulux Owners For £62 Million Over ‘Botched Paint Job’ On His 391ft Luxury Yacht – Many of us are familiar with the frustration of a paint job botched by a dodgy decorator. But when the blunder takes a multi-billionaire’s mega-yacht out of action, the result can be explosive – and rather expensive. [dailymail]
Bestselling Writer, Tom Clancy Dies – Tom Clancy, who has died aged 66, was the author of gung-ho techno-military thrillers which generated many millions of dollars, a number of successful films, and a franchise of equally popular – and profitable – video games. [telegraph]
16-Year-Old Takes Billboard Number 1 Spot – Kiwi singing sensation Lorde has made history, claiming the No.1 spot on the US Billboard chart. The Auckland teen’s song Royals had been hovering at No.3 for several weeks but has just displaced Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball, Billboard said. [smh]
Westgate Attack: Cape Town’s ‘Gentle Giant’ Laid To Rest – Cape Town’s James Thomas, 57, was one of the 67 people confirmed killed in the terror attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre. His body was returned to Cape Town last weekend for burial. At an emotional funeral service in Cape Town on Wednesday, family and friends spoke movingly of a man who seemed to touch the lives of an extraordinary number of people. [dailymav]
Three Hurt In Jail Hostage Drama – Three people have been injured following a hostage situation at the Mangaung Correctional Centre near Bloemfontein, Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) said on Wednesday. [ewn]
Bryan Adams Is Returning To SA – Big Concerts confirmed on Wednesday that the legendary Bryan Adams will be returning to South Africa to perform in four cities as part of his Bare Bones World Tour. [channel24]
Local Storage Company Offers Storage For R1 – You know that Stor-Age branch in Gardens? They’re offering storage for only R1 for your first month. And they don’t care how long or short you stay with them for. Think about that.. [click here]
‘World of Warcraft’ Movie Gets a December 2015 Release Date – Warcraft, the long-anticipated movie based on Blizzard Entertainment’s wildly popular World of Warcraft video game franchise, finally has another release date: Dec. 18, 2015. [mashable]
Premature Puberty Toddler, Aged 3, Cured With Surgery – A three-year-old boy in India has undergone brain surgery to cure premature puberty, which made his genitals grow, deepened the timbre of his voice and caused acne to sprout on his face. [ibtimes]
Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scans – Wiretapping is typically the stuff of spy dramas and shady criminal escapades. But now, one of the world’s biggest Web companies, Google, must defend itself against accusations that it is illegally wiretapping in the course of its everyday business — gathering data about Internet users and showing them related ads. [nytimes]
AEG Not Liable In Michael Jackson’s Death, Jury Finds – A Los Angeles jury decided Wednesday that AEG Live hired Dr. Conrad Murray, but also concluded that the concert promoter was not liable for Michael Jackson’s drug overdose death. [cnn]
Russia’s Putin Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize – Russian President Vladimir Putin was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by an advocacy group that credits him with bringing about a peaceful resolution to the Syrian-U.S. dispute over chemical weapons. [washtim]
Virgin Mobile Gets Guinness World Record – Nothing To Do With Telecommunication – Virgin Mobile on Wednesday achieved a Guinness World Record for the most number of people crammed into a Mini Cooper, the company said. [timeslive]
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