iPhone 5s, 5c Arrive In South Africa – The new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c launches in South Africa today, with the major operators carrying both devices. The iPhone 5s sports the Apple-designed A7 64-bit chip, an 8 megapixel iSight camera with True Tone flash and Touch ID. [MBB]

Batten Down The Hatches, Cape Town Warns – Cape Town’s disaster response centre is preparing for the possibility of flash floods in the next two days, it said on Thursday. [News24]

Ministers Abandon Nkandla Report Interdict Application – The security cluster ministers have abandoned their court bid to interdict public protector Thuli Madonsela from releasing her provisional Nkandla report. In responding papers filed at the high court in Pretoria on Thursday, the ministers said since the relief they initially sought – an extension of time to review the report – had been granted, the interdict application would be “academic”. [M&G]

Naspers Leads SA Stocks In Rebound – South African stocks rebounded on Thursday from their biggest fall in four months in the previous session, led by media group Naspers [JSE:NPN] which was lifted by gaming revenue growth by its Chinese money spinner Tencent Holdings. [Fin24]

Rob Ford Is Too Busy Eating His Wife’s Pussy to Eat Staffer Pussy – In a press conference this morning, Toronto’s honorable mayor Rob Ford told reporters that allegations that he “wanted to eat [staffer Olivia Gondek’s] pussy” were not true. “I would never do that,” he said. “I’ve got more than enough to eat at home.” [Gawker]

Rob Ford Is Getting A TV Show – Canada’s Sun News Network announced that Ford and his brother Doug will begin hosting their own TV show on Monday. The show, “Ford Nation,” picks up where the two brothers left off on a talk radio show that ended its run last week, the network said on its website. [CNN]

Google’s Book-Scanning Is Fair Use, Judge Rules in Landmark Copyright Case – Google’s massive book-scanning project that makes complete copies of books without an author’s permission is perfectly legal under U.S. copyright law, a federal judge ruled today, deciding an 8-year-old legal battle. [Wired]

Why Facebook Wanted Snapchat So Badly – Facebook’s reported $3 billion bid for Snapchat has a lot of industry watchers scratching their heads. But if you look at the performance of Facebook’s would-be Snapchat killer, Poke, the overture makes more sense. [Mashable]

Whitey Bulger Gets Two Life Sentences — Plus Five Years – Whitey Bulger, the ruthless gangster who ran the South Boston underworld and then spent 16 years on the run, was sentenced Thursday to two life terms plus five years. [NBC]

Bitcoin Boomtown: Digital Currency Tops $400, Mining Rigs Sell for $3M – Alix Resources Corp. is a Canadian mining company that invests in gold mines in Arizona and tungsten mines in British Columbia. But in early 2014, it will kick off a new venture: It’s launching a bitcoin trading exchange. [Wired]

Africans Are Rather Tired of Paying Bribes – Surveys by Transparency International, the leading global anti-corruption group, show that Africa is the continent most consistently plagued by official corruption and bribe-seeking. The latest figures show the fight against corruption there is proceeding rather slowly. [Gawker]

Fugitive Comments On Own Most Wanted Photo On Facebook – If the police are looking for you, it seems unwise to comment and argue on a “most wanted” photo of you circulating around Facebook. [Deadspin]

Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Apologize for Cutting Off Wrong Guy’s Head – Militant Islamist rebels in Syria linked to al-Qaeda have asked for “understanding and forgiveness” for cutting off and putting on display the wrong man’s head. [Telegraph]

CBS Will Stream JFK Assassination Coverage Online in ‘Real Time’ – When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963, millions of Americans were alerted to the tragedy by watching Walter Cronkite’s broadcasts on CBS News. [Mashable]

SABC Signs Proteas TV Deal – Cricket South Africa (CSA) and the public service broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), on Thursday concluded a broadcast rights deal that will see ball-by-ball coverage return to television screens for all Proteas matches during the upcoming season. [Sport24]

Hawaii Town: No More Tourists, Please – Kailua has beautiful white sand beaches, charming bed-and-breakfasts, and is nice enough to be President Obama’s chosen Christmas vacation spot each year. But the Hawaiian town would like you to stay away. The neighborhood board of the Honolulu suburb is requesting that a state tourism agency stop pushing it as a vacation destination. [Newser]

Actress Convicted Of Stalking Alec Baldwin –  Canadian actress was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail by a judge who found her guilty of stalking Alec Baldwin in New York. Genevieve Sabourin, 41, was well-behaved but defiant after the verdict was announced. [USAToday]

Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Living Apart? Report Claims They Stay At Separate Houses –  A new tabloid report claims Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are living apart, but the story seems a bit blown out of proportion. InTouch reports that Kardashian is living in Kris Jenner’s Calabasas, Calif., mansion with baby North, while West has been staying at his “bachelor pad” in the Hollywood Hills. [Huffers]

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