Christopher Walken Couldn’t Catch a Cab So He Hitched a Ride With Fans – All-around smooth operator Christopher Walken casually hitched a ride with two strangers in New York last month and was apparently a perfect gentleman. [gawker]

Quake Hits Gauteng – A tremor hit some parts of Gauteng at 21:19 on Monday night, lasting up to 10 seconds. Twitter users from all over Gauteng, from Pretoria to Randburg, reported that their walls and floors were literally shaking. [n24]

Apple Buys Twitter Analytics Firm Topsy For $200 Million – Apple Inc. acquired the Twitter analytics firm Topsy — which uses tweets to determine consumer attitudes — for about $200 million on Monday. [time]

Volvo To Unload 100 Self-Driving Cars Onto City Streets – While Google’s self-driving car has garnered most of the headlines, a handful of car companies are also working on their own renditions of autonomous vehicles. Volvo is one of the latest car manufacturers to join this list. [cnet]

Gauteng Motorists Wake Up To E-Tolls – Gauteng road users woke up to tolled highways on Tuesday morning after the controversial project finally kicked in after midnight. [iol]

U.S. to Destroy Syria Arms At Sea, as Other Nations Balk – The U.S. agreed to destroy Syria’s most lethal chemical weapons on a ship in international waters, an unprecedented operation, after Washington was unable to enlist other countries to undertake the task on their own soil. [wsj]

Cyber Monday Clicks In With Record Sales – The day widely regarded as the Super Bowl of online sales ca-chinged its way to a record day for retailers, including Walmart, and marked a shift in shopping preferences as smartphones and tablets drove nearly a third of traffic — and for some retailers, more than half. [usat]

Bidvest Attempts To Torpedo $1.2bn Adcock Takeover – A Chilean group’s $1.2-billion bid for South African drugmaker Adcock Ingram was challenged on two fronts on Monday, as a group led by Bidvest sought nearly a third of Adcock’s shares and launched a court action against the bid. [m&g]

Pope Francis Sneaks Out At Night To Help The Poor – While archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was reportedly known for sneaking out at night to feed the homeless and distribute alms to the poor. Now some are wondering if he ever quit. [blaze]

 

Kris Jenner ‘Went Ballistic’ Over Topless Kim Kardashian In Kanye West’s ‘Bound 2’ Video – Kris Jenner reportedly didn’t approve of her daughter’s topless antics in the ‘Bound 2’ video. Kanye West’s “Bound 2” video, which features the rapper riding on a motorcycle while fiancé Kim Kardashian straddles him topless, was divisive even within the Kardashian family. [nydn]

Thailand Protests: PM Rejects Resignation Demand – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has rejected protesters’ demands that she step down, amid fresh clashes in Bangkok. [bbc]

Blurred Lines Star Emily Ratajkowski Makes Beige Underwear Sexy In Saucy New GQ Shoot – Beige underwear is usually relegated to the the practical section of most women’s lingerie draws. But when put on one of the world’s sexiest models, the shade is anything but boring. [daimai]

Uruguayan President Asks World To Help Him Legalize Weed – In an interview with Brazilian daily A Folha de São Paulo published Sunday, José Mujica defended his push to legalize the limited government sale of marijuana, calling on foreign governments to support the project. [huffers]

Look Out! There’s a Craft-Beer Revolution Taking Over France – Something’s afoot in Paris, but it has nothing to do with kings or the bourgeoisie. The culprit: specialty beer. From microbrewers to bar owners, meet the people leading the uprising. [db]

Kid’s Santa Letter Proves Amazon Has Taken Over The North Pole – Nothing says Christmas spirit like a child’s heartfelt letter to Santa asking for a sleigh filled with presents. But it’s 2013, so an Amazon link will totally suffice. [mash]

Mandela Movie Rakes In R4m At SA Box Office – Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom emerged as the highest grossing film in South Africa this past weekend, earning over R4m, production company Videovision said on Monday. The film outgrossed Leon Schuster’s Schuks! Your Country Needs You, which earned R 3 635 876, said Videovision spokesperson Nilesh Singh. [ch24]

Beyoncé Beats Kim Kardashian As America’s Most-Searched Celebrity – Despite the tabloid frenzy caused by her pregnancy, divorce and engagement to Kanye West this year, reality TV megastar Kim Kardashian fell short of being crowned 2013’s most-searched celebrity in America. Instead the title went to Beyoncé according to the annual report released by Bing on Monday. [time]

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