Cape Town CBD Protest Leader To Be Charged – Western Cape Premier Helen Zille’s spokesperson, Zak Mbhele told eNCA that charges would be filed against Loyiso Nkohla, an ANC councillor believed to be behind the protests in Cape Town’s central business district (CBD) on Wednesday. [m&g]
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Red Sox Win The World Series – The Red Sox, for the first time since 1918, won the World Series in front of their fans, pounding the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-1, in front of a raucous sellout crowd of 38,477 at Fenway Park. [usat]
Murdoch’s News of the World Editors Admit To Phone-Hacking – Three senior editors from Murdoch’s defunct News of the World plead guilty to charges of hacking into the phone messages of politicians, royals, crime victims and movie stars. [dabe]
Bill To Limit Arbitration For Foreign Investors – In a move likely to cause jitters among South Africa’s already skittish foreign investors, the government will exclude any recourse to international arbitration in the draft Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill, which will be published in the Government Gazette on Friday. [bdl]
Is This the First Google Glass Traffic Ticket? – Probably a murky area of the law right now, but we’re thrilled to see a big first step towards criminalizing face computers. [valwag]
SA Mom To Be Sentenced For Raping Son – A Free State mother convicted of raping her teenage son is to be sentenced by the Bloemfontein Regional Court today. In an explanation of plea read to the court, the 51-year-old woman admitted to having sex with the 17-year-old without his consent. [cipr]
Madeleine McCann Suspect ‘May Have Died In Tractor Accident’ – Former employee of Ocean Club, where Madeleine McCann disappeared, who died in tractor accident, reportedly identified as suspect. [telegraph]
Mobile Ads Help Facebook Beat Expectations – Facebook posted a 60% revenue increase in the third quarter thanks to mobile advertising growth. The numbers beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second consecutive quarter. [nsr]
Facebook Admits Young Teens Are Losing Interest In The Site – Facebook shares soared 15% Wednesday on blowout quarterly results — but the stock lost steam after the company admitted young teens are losing interest in the site. [cnn]
US ‘Spied On Future Pope Francis During Vatican Conclave’ – The American spy agency monitored telephone calls made to and from the clerical residence in Rome where then Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio stayed during this year’s conclave, the secret election at which cardinals chose him as pontiff. [smh]
NSA Infiltrates Links To Yahoo, Google Data Centers Worldwide, Snowden Documents Say – The US’s National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with knowledgeable officials. [washpo]
Russia’s Goodie Bag Gifts ‘Bugged’ G-20 Delegates – Crafty Russian operatives gave goodie bags to world powers at the G-20 summit with USB drives and phone chargers — but they were “Trojan Horses” designed to download info and send it back to the motherland. [nyp]
New York To Raise Cigarette Sale Age – New York City Council has voted to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. [bbc]
More Terrifying Clown News – Drunk Clown Caught Dangling Child From Railroad Overpass. [gawker]
Twitter Now Fills Your Feed With Photos – Remember the old days, when you used to have to click on a picture in Twitter to see it? No longer. As of Tuesday, Twitter is making your photos and videos show up in your stream by default — making the service look a lot more like Facebook. [mashable]
Cirque Du Soleil Fined Over Las Vegas Acrobat’s Death – Cirque du Soleil will be fined after an acrobat died during one of its live shows in Las Vegas in June, Nevada state officials say. [bbc]
Kanye Compares Kim To Michelle Obama – Kanye West says it’s just not fair that Vogue put first lady Michelle Obama on its cover but won’t feature his fiancée, Kim Kardashian. [politico]
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