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Oscar Pistorius Trial Is Bigger Than The World Cup – Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial is bigger than the Fifa World Cup, according to figures by the media monitoring group, Data Driven Insight (DDI). [ctyprs]

Fast Cars, Big Guns, A Day In The Life Of Oscar Pistorius – Pistorius lived dangerously, and believed he could act recklessly, with impunity. When things got really heated, he made his friends take the blame for him. What is sad is that the clean-cut image that the country had of Pistorius was so wrong. [n24]

Definition For ‘White Trash’ According To The Urban Dictionary – An individual that may or may not be poor, but is monumentally ignorant and quite possibly stupid. [urbdic]

Crowdsourcing Volunteers Comb Satellite Photos For Malaysia Airlines Jet – You — the person now reading this story — can help experts solve the mystery of what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the open sea. [cnn]

The Botched Hunt For Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 – Time is running out for the passengers aboard an airliner that mysteriously disappeared. And the man allegedly in charge of search and rescue mission is in danger of blowing it. [beast]

Stolen Passport Man ‘Was Looking For Freedom’ – Two men who boarded the missing Malaysia Airlines flight using stolen passports have been identified as Iranians and were “probably not terrorists”, according to Interpol. [bbc]

Keith Richards Is Writing A Children’s Book – The Rolling Stone guitarist has a deal to write a picture story called “Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar” that will be published this fall. The book will include illustrations by Richards’ daughter Theodora. [nvine]

SA Governement Blames Shell For Jet Refuel Embarrassment – South Africa criticised Royal Dutch Shell’s local unit on Tuesday for not refuelling a jet carrying the visiting speaker of Iran’s parliament, saying the action was an “embarrassment” to the government. [f24]

Caribbean Adopts Plan To Seek Slavery Reparations – Leaders of Caribbean nations on Monday unanimously adopted a broad plan on seeking reparations from European nations for what they say are the lingering ill effects of the Atlantic slave trade on the region. [ap]

Do People Still Think Polo SA Is Part Of Ralph Lauren? – Anyone who has walked into a genuine Ralph Lauren store will be aware that A) the price is vastly different to the SA version and B) the horse is running the other way. Apparently this is not widely known.. [2ov]

Motlanthe Bids Farewell To Parliament – Members of Parliament bid Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe farewell as he announced his retirement from government. [m&g]

Rollover Means Friday Megamillions Jackpot Is R3.8 Billion – Another rollover pushed the Megamillions lottery jackpot close to record-levels last night, with Friday prize sittign at a whopping $353 million. Get tickets [here]

Or You Can Do What We Do – And make the system buy you new tickets automatically when it hits a certain minimum size jackpot [here]

Trevor Manuel Bows Out Of Politics – Trevor Manuel, Minister in the Presidency for National Planning, is to step down as a cabinet minister after 20 years in office. [monweb]

Premier League Fan Park To Open In South Africa – South African fans will get a taste of the English Premier League thanks a two-day fan park that will be opened in Johannesburg at the end of March. [bbc]

Shaquille O’Neal Says He Spends $1,000 a Week on Apps – According to The Wall Street Journal, the former NBA-star-turned-analyst recently admitted he drops some serious cash on phone games and applications. [bleach]

Google Faces Lawsuit Filed By US Parents Over In-App Purchases By Kids – Google is facing a class action lawsuit filed by parents in the US whose children downloaded a free or modestly-priced game on Google Play, and then chalked up charges for in-app game currency without the parents’ knowledge or authorization. [nextweb]

Hacker Claims This Crucial WhatsApp Flaw Can Expose Your Messages In Minutes – WhatsApp users should be careful when downloading Android apps. If you don’t read an app’s permissions attentively before installing, your WhatsApp chat history could end up in a stranger’s hands, according to one IT specialist from the Netherlands. [busins]

California Plans Driverless Cars Regulation – The California Department of Motor Vehicles held an initial public hearing Tuesday as it puzzles through how to regulate the public’s use of the technology that is still being tested. [ctv]

When Last Did You See Claudia Schiffer In Public? – Wonder no more, with these pics taken of Claudia and her hubby this week in London. [daimai]

New York Planning A Reality Check For Virtual Currencies – New York’s financial regulator on Tuesday revealed new details on how the state plans to govern virtual currencies such as bitcoin, just as problems in the nascent market took a turn for the worse. [reuters]

The Grand Budapest Hotel Is Already Breaking Records – Eccentric director Wes Anderson’s latest flick, The Grand Budapest Hotel, made a startling $800,000 on just four screens in New York and Los Angeles this past weekend, and that sounds like a reason to celebrate to me. [cineblend]

Charlie Sheen ‘On Detox’ – Charlie Sheen is reportedly focusing on detoxing at the moment. The 48-year-old actor is engaged to porn star-turned-nurse Brett Rossi, 24, and has apparently decided it’s time to overhaul his life. Again. [beltel]

Justin Bieber Slams the Haters After Deposition Video Release: “We All Have a Right to Defend Ourselves” – The beleaguered 20-year-old woke up yesterday to find that video of the deposition he gave in a civil assault case involving one of his security guards had been released online. And he didn’t come off looking too great. So… [eonline]

Game Of Thrones Actor Reveals He Is Gay – In an interview published today, actor Kristian Nairn disclosed to Game of Thrones fan site WinterIsComing.net that he is gay. [advocate]

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