Pistorius Investigators Meet Apple To Access Potential Evidence On iPhone – South African prosecutors pressing a murder charge against Oscar Pistorius secured a meeting Thursday with Apple officials in the United States over accessing potentially crucial evidence on the double-amputee athlete’s locked iPhone, they said. [fox]

Reeva’s Dad Suffers Stroke – The murder trial of Oscar Pistorius is taking its toll on the family of Reeva Steenkamp. Her dad, Barry Steenkamp, is said to have suffered his second stroke a few days ago. [tlive]

Inside Japan’s Bitcoin Heist – A former Mt. Gox employee says incompetent management and faulty accounting—not virtual robbers—are the real culprits in the missing millions. [beast]

Fugitive Ukrainian President Said To Be In Moscow – Ukraine’s fugitive president may be enjoying VIP treatment under Moscow’s protection, said to have been spotted at an opulent five-star hotel and a Kremlin country retreat. But beneath the surface, the embrace has been chilly: State-run TV has portrayed him as a coward who betrayed those who stood by him. [washpo]

Musk’s $5 Billion Tesla Gigafactory May Unleash Bidding War – Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA:US)’s plan to build what co-founder Elon Musk bills as the world’s largest battery factory could shake up the power industry and trigger a bidding contest between states eager for the 6,500 jobs the $5 billion investment could create. [bloomberg]

Gay Ugandans Send Out SOS To The World – Ugandans have made a plea for countries to loosen their asylum regulations for those in danger of physical harm because of their sexuality. [mg]

Organisers Defend Eminem Media Ban – Organisers of Eminem’s Rapture Tour Concert have defended the barring of local media from his Rapture Tour concert. [ch24]

Dramatic Photo Captures Ukraine Protest In Raw, Human Encounter (GRAPHIC) – We’ve seen plenty of powerful photos emerge from the violence in Ukraine over the last three months. But few have documented the violence’s aftermath with such raw emotion as this one. [huff]

Tonight’s MegaMillions Jackpot Is R2.3 Billion – Please don’t ever choose ‘economy’ from any airline’s cabin choice again. Because if you don’t have your own jet, that thing better default to 1st class, baby! Get your tickets for Friday’s draw [here]

Egyptian Military Claims To Cure H.I.V. And Hepatitis C – The Egyptian military made the unlikely announcement last week that after 22 years of secret research it had found a cure to not just one global public health scourge, but two: hepatitis C and H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. [nyt]

Great-Grandfather Takes the Wrong Kid Home From School – In what sounds like the start of either a charming Disney movie or a terrifying psychological horror story, a five-year-old Connecticut boy went on a bit of a detour when someone else’s great-grandfather picked him up from school. [gawker]

Spike Lee’s Amazing Rant Against Gentrification: ‘We Been Here!’ – Speaking Tuesday night in Brooklyn, blocks away from his company headquarters and his father’s apartment, Spike Lee went off on how the neighborhood has changed. [nymag]

Copies Of Mein Kampf Signed By Adolf Hitler To Go Up For Auction – Autographed editions of Nazi leader’s manifesto, dedicated to German SS officer, expected to fetch $25,000 in Los Angeles. [guardian]

Sandra Bullock To Make $70 Million For ‘Gravity’ – Space travel has been very good for Sandra Bullock. The 49-year-old actress looks set to earn her biggest paycheck to date for Gravity, with studio sources saying she will make at least $70 million when all revenue streams are factored in. [hollyrep]

Rebekah Brooks Says She Paid UK Officials For Leaks – Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks admitted in court Thursday that she sometimes paid public officials for information, but insisted she only did so when it was in the public interest. [nyt]

Yahoo Webcam Images From Millions Of Users Intercepted By GCHQ – Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal. [guardian]

Roger Federer To Meet Novak Djokovic In Dubai Semi-Finals – Roger Federer will play world number two Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships after beating Lukas Rosol in straight sets. [bbc]

Dolly Parton To Play UK’s Glastonbury Festival – Britain’s leading rock festival is going a little bit country. Organizers said Thursday that Dolly Parton will play the Glastonbury Festival on June 29. [yahoo]

 

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There are a number of ongoing deals setup at our various exclusive partners. We get emailed regularly to remind the readers about these various discounts and specials. They’re all pretty fantastic and worth knowing about – so we thought we would leave them here, out of your way at the bottom of the Morning Spice, should you ever need to find the one you’re looking for 😉

R2,999 / Month For A Brand New MINI – The product range at MINI is diverse, to say the least. That’s why we’ve managed to structure a special deal for those of you desperate to join the MINI family, but are struggling to pull it together. [check it out]

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