MH370 – Australian Prime Minister Announces Possible Breakthrough – The Australian-led search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight has had an apparent breakthrough, with satellite images showing two objects in waters off Perth. [smh and 3aw]
Malaysia Plane Relatives Dragged From News Conference – Frustration with the search for missing flight MH370 boiled over into chaotic scenes as Chinese relatives were dragged away from journalists. [bbc]
A “Startlingly Simple Theory” About the Missing Airliner is Sweeping the Internet. It’s Wrong. [slate]
Google and Facebook Control Two-Thirds of U.S. Mobile Ad Market – Facebook is nearly monopolizing the growth in the global mobile ad industry, whilst Google remains the dominant force with just under half of the mobile ad market at 49.3%. [mash]
Nkandla Report ‘Damning’, Impeach Zuma: DA – Impeachment proceedings against President Jacob Zuma would be sought without delay, DA Parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko said on Wednesday. [tlive]
ANC Postpones Response To Nkandla Report – An ANC briefing on Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead was postponed on Wednesday. [n24]
Gold Tipped To Hit $1,400 On Russia Fears And ETF Buying – German bank says that turmoil in Ukraine and a return of ETFs will push gold prices even higher in 2014. [telegraph]
Rolling Stones Fear For Mick Jagger Over L’Wren Scott Death – Bandmates are reportedly concerned for the health of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger following the sudden death of girlfriend L’Wren Scott. [smh]
Swedish Serial Killer Released – A Swedish man convicted of eight murders will be released from the psychiatric institution where he has been held since the early 1990s, after all murder sentences against him were overturned. [wsj]
Kiev Announces Plans To Withdraw Ukrainian Troops From Crimea – Ukrainian servicemen come under pressure from Russian troops and local forces to abandon Crimean bases. [guardian]
Pope Francis Blesses Russell Crowe But Still Won’t Watch His ‘Noah’ Movie – Russell Crowe, who plays the title character in the new Hollywood blockbuster “Noah,” lobbied hard for a personal audience with Pope Francis. What he got Wednesday (March 19) instead was a blessing. [huff]
Scrap Dealer Finds €24m Faberge Egg At Bric-A-Brac Stall – A scrap metal dealer who bought a golden egg at a US bric-a-brac market discovered it is an ultra-rare Faberge egg worth around $33 million (€24 million). The unnamed buyer purchased the egg for $13,000 (€18,000) in the Midwest in the hope he could cash in on its scrap metal value. [irtim]
The U.S. Giving Up ICANN Will Kill the Internet – After years of handling the names and addresses on the Internet, the United States is giving control to other bodies by September 2015. [pcmag]
‘Flappy Bird’ Creator Says Game Will Return – Get your thumbs ready. “Flappy Bird” is coming back! The app’s creator, Dong Nguyen, confirmed he would be bringing the viral game back in a Twitter response to a gamer who asked whether it would ever return to Apple’s app store. [abc]
Lindsay Lohan’s Famous Lovers List Expands – To include Ashton Kutcher, Orlando Bloom, Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro. More shocking names were released by In Touch Weekly of Lohan’s alleged Hollywood conquests. Last week, the list of trysts included Justin Timberlake, James Franco, Adam Levine and many more. [nydn]
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