British Island Wants to Make Physical Bitcoins with UK Royal Mint Deal – A tiny island in the English Channel, Alderney, wants to mint physical bitcoins as part of a larger campaign to become one of the world’s first financial services centers devoted to digital currency. [coin]
Fast & Furious Actor Paul Walker Dies In California Car Crash – US actor Paul Walker, who starred in the Fast & Furious series of action films, has been killed in a car crash in California. [bbc]
4 Dead, 63 Injured Following New York Train Derailment – A Metro-North train whipped around a sharp turn in the Bronx on Sunday morning just before a deadly derailment that killed four, injured dozens and tossed passengers around like rag dolls. [nydn]
Eight Dead As Helicopter Crashes Into Pub – Eight people are now confirmed to have died after a police helicopter crashed into a busy pub in Glasgow city centre. Three people inside the helicopter and five people inside The Clutha were killed after the Police Scotland aircraft came down at 22:30 on Friday. [bbc]
Patrice Motsepe Pays Hefty Sum For Party Pics – The ANC’s regular gala dinners are fast becoming a barometer for the amount of kitsch the ruling party can sell to itself. This recent event was no different. [citpre]
Thousands Demand Resignation of Ukraine Leader – Enraged by a violent crackdown by security forces, Ukrainians took to the streets with new, revolutionary urgency on Sunday, with hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich and a realignment of the country away from Russia toward Europe. [nytimes]
Cape Gangsters Form Political Party – Some of Cape Town’s most notorious criminals and gangsters have stepped out of their comfort zone and formed their own political party. [n24]
Mandla Mandela To Face Assault Charges – Mandla Mandela is set to face charges relating to the alleged assault of a teacher and the pointing of a firearm during the incident, says a report. [m&g]
Four Dead as Bangkok Sees Worst Political Violence Since 2010 – Police unleash tear gas and water cannons on antigovernment protesters as embattled Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is forced to flee to secret location [time]
20 Richest South Africans Get Richer – The 20 richest South Africans saw their holdings increase in value over the year to March, with the biggest gains observed in the retail, health and media sectors. But mining and manufacturing continued to punish its investors. [tlive]
Mbeki Walks Out Of Traffic Jam – Former president Thabo Mbeki abandoned his motorcade during a traffic jam in central Johannesburg and walked to his destination, the Saturday Star reported. [n24]
Lindsay Lohan Wants To Sue Grand Theft Auto Game Makers – Lindsay Lohan has called in her lawyers to take action against ‘Grand Theft Auto V’ … claiming video game honchos jacked her image without her permission. [tmz]
Bob Dylan Is Getting Sued For ‘Racism’ – Slate.fr reports a Croatian community association in France is suing Bob Dylan and the French version of Rolling Stone magazine for racism. [busins]
Wendi Deng Had A ‘Crush’ On Tony Blair – A sensational note written by Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife Wendi Deng that reveals she had a ‘crush’ on Tony Blair has been found, it was revealed last night. [dmail]
Mugger Apologises To Victim On Facebook – 35 Years Later – A man who mugged a stranger on the steps of the American Museum of Natural History 35 years ago finally got to say sorry after recognizing his victim on a random Facebook post. [nyp]
The World’s Ugliest Dog Is Dead – Elwood, a dog so homely and lovable that he was crowned world’s ugliest dog and had a book written about him, has died. [yahoo]
Man Posts ‘Lost Girlfriend’ Flier Featuring Scarlett Johansson – What do you do when you’re desperate for a girlfriend and, if given the choice, you’d really love for her to look like Hollywood bombshell Scarlett Johansson? Forget Match.com — just put up a “Lost Girlfriend” flier, just like this guy did. [huff]
Madison Square Garden To Make Historic Billy Joel Announcement – Madison Square Garden just announced that they will hold a press conference with Billy Joel on December 3rd to make an “exclusive and historic announcement.” Neither he nor the arena have given indication of what they are going to announce, but the moment will be broadcast live on Fuse, the MSG Network and BillyJoel.com. [rolsto]
Chuck Palahniuk Spills ‘Fight Club’ Sequel Details – Chuck Palahniuk is finally ready to break the first rule and talk about his sequel to Fight Club. Wait, wait, pitchforks down, it’s cool, this isn’t a movie. It isn’t even a traditional novel; it will be a graphic novel. In fact, there might be more than one. [slfi]
Apple Made Its Stores’ Logos Red For World AIDS Day – In honor of World AIDS Day, Apple made the Apple logo of its major retail stores red. It’s also posting a direct link on Apple.com to (RED)’s site about World AIDS Day. We have photos of Apple’s stores with the red Apple. They look pretty great. [busins]
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