Pistorius Fails In Bid To Block Extra Gun Charges – Oscar Pistorius’s legal team has failed in its bid to stop gun charges from being added to his murder indictment. [enca]
Court Orders ANC Official To Return Kebble Money – ANC Western Cape provincial secretary Songezo Mjongile has been ordered to repay more than R350,000 he got from late mining boss Brett Kebble before the latter’s death in 2005. [bdlive]
BlackBerry Met With Facebook Last Week On Potential Bid – BlackBerry Ltd. executives flew to California to meet with Facebook Inc. last week to gauge its interest in a potential bid for the struggling smartphone-maker, according to people familiar with the matter. [wsj]
David Beckham Is Starting A Major League Football Side In America – With his playing career over, former England captain David Beckham has decided his next move: starting a Major League Soccer team in Miami. [spoil]
Jimmy Savile Chauffeur David Smith Found Dead After Failing To Turn Up For Sex Abuse Trial – The former chauffeur for paedophile TV presenter Jimmy Savile was found dead in his home after failing to turn up for the start of his sex abuse trial. [express]
‘Racist Until The End’ – Eleven years after the first Boeremag member was arrested for high treason, only one of the 23 men has changed his beliefs. [timeslive]
Steve Jobs’ Childhood Home In Silicon Valley Gets Historic Designation – The Silicon Valley home where Apple co-founder Steve Jobs grew up and built some of his first computers is now on the city’s list of historic properties. [finpo]
Sunday Times Reckons Zapiro Cartoon Was Not Disrespectful – Sunday Times editor Phylicia Oppelt has responded to the criticism of a cartoon by Zapiro that has angered Hindus, saying it is not disrespectful. [mg]
Chelsea Clobbers Arsenal – Jose Mourinho extended his unbeaten record in meetings with Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger as his Chelsea side triumphed 2-0 at the Emirates in the Capital One Cup. [fox]
Kim Kardashian Will Take Kanye West’s Name When They Wed – Kim Kardashian is headed in a new direction. Specifically, West. The newly engaged reality queen revealed she will be taking Kanye West’s name when they eventually wed. [people]
Unfortunate Church Looks Like Penis – On the ground, the newly-constructed Christian Science church in Dixon, Ill. looks perfectly lovely. But from the air? Well.. [huffers]
Chris Brown Heads To Rehab; Seeks ‘Insight’ Into His Behavior – Chris Brown is reaching into Lindsay Lohan’s playbook for avoiding jail: Go to rehab before your court date. [cnn]
Beyoncé Photobombs a Fan Mid-Concert—See the Pic! – A 15-year-old Australian girl thought she was snapping a selfie in the midst of the singer’s concert at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park on Friday, Oct. 25. What the young dancer didn’t anticipate, however, was that Queen Bey would end up photobombing her. [eonline]
Rihanna And Her Bodyguard To Go Into Space – Rihanna is set to spend $750 000 to go into space. The Only Girl (In The World) singer is reportedly planning to buy three seats on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic programme. [ch24]
Nicole Kidman on Her Marriage to Tom Cruise: The Only People Who’d Understand Are Brad and Angelina – “I was so young,” Nicole Kidman tells Vanity Fair contributing editor Sam Kashner in the December-issue cover story, reflecting back on her marriage to Tom Cruise when she was just 23 years old. “And you know, with no disrespect to what I had with Tom, I’ve met my great love now. [vanfair]
Jonas Brothers Are Breaking Up – Nearly three weeks after the Jonas Brothers announced they were canceling their tour due to a “deep rift within the band,” the brothers tell PEOPLE that they’ve decided to call it quits. [people]
New Research Shows Women Stare At Boobs Just As Much As Men – The phrase “eyes up here” usually applies to some dude who can’t make eye contact with a woman because he’s too focused on her chest. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found out that that phrase could and should apply to ladies too, because the women they studied stared at other women’s breasts just as much as the men did. [atlwir]
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