Man Kidnapped, Married, Raped, Held Girl For 10 Years – Santa Ana police arrested a Bell Gardens man on suspicion of kidnapping and rape after he allegedly abducted a 15-year-old girl a decade ago and held her hostage, forcing her to marry him and have his child. [latimes]

U.S. Deploys Troops in Search For Kidnapped Nigerian Girls – President Barack Obama is putting American troops on the ground to help find the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. [time]

Krejcir Trial: State Objects To Pic As Exhibit – A picture of the first state witness in the Krejcir trial has been entered as evidence despite the prosecutor’s objection. [m&g]

eBay Hacked: 230 Million Told To Change Passwords After Major Cyber Attack – More than 200million eBay users were told last night to change all of their passwords amid fears their personal data might have been stolen in a major cyber attack. [metro]

DA Causes Upsets In Parliament – There was an outcry from ANC’s benches in the National Assembly on Wednesday when the DA asked Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to deny Jacob Zuma the right to stand for election as President of the country. [news24]

Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak Jailed For Embezzlement – A court in Egypt has sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling public funds. [bbc]

Uber Hires Ex-Nemesis To Crush Taxi Industry For Good – Uber has scored a major coup in hiring away a New York taxi regulator from the agency that once kept the company’s ride-hailing service off the city’s streets. [wired]

Office For R1,500 A Month At The Woodstock Exchange – This is your ‘in’ to the buzz that is the Woodstock Exchange. You get a desk, internet and the cool factor you’ve been missing. [thebureaux]

EFF Shakes Up Parliament On First Day – The EFF was at the centre of a number of controversies on the first day of the new Parliament. [m&g]

KwaZulu-Natal To Get E-Tolls – KwaZulu-Natal is set to have electronic tolling on the N2 and the N3 by November this year, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) revealed on Wednesday. [tlive]

Lance Armstrong Stripped of France’s Legion of Honour – Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his award in the Legion of Honour, the best-known recognition in France. [ndtv]

France Spent $20 Billion On Trains That Can’t Fit In The Station – French officials admitted this week that they may not have taken the most thorough measurements before writing a $20 billion check. [gawker]

Marketers Use Facebook Despite Believing It May Be Ineffective – Facebook remains the most popular social media platform among marketers, but less than half agree that it’s actually effective, according to Social Media Examiner’s 2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report. [mash]

The FBI Says It Can’t Find Hackers to Hire Because They All Smoke Pot – Many hackers can find more lucrative deals that don’t involve working for the feds. But there’s another wrinkle: the FBI now says that its drug-testing policies are keeping experts off the payroll. [vice]

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Facebook Brings Autoplay Adverts To UK – The social network initially trialled the features in the US and the first ads are expected to play in Britain within weeks. [bbc]

Jessica Alba Is Back In A Bikini – It’s been a while since Jessica put the kids down for a second and jumped into a bikini. That’s happened, on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. [here]

Elin Nordegren Opens Up About Tiger Woods’ ‘Betrayal’ – Just because Elin Nordegren took a couple digs at Tiger Woods during that now-famous commencement speech earlier this month doesn’t mean the former model is dwelling on the past. [huff]

Hamster Bums Are A Thing Now – They’ve Sold 40,000 Copies Of A Hamster Bum Book In Japan [wsj]

Rachel Bilson Is Pregnant – Rachel Bilson is reportedly pregnant, expecting her first child with longtime boyfriend Hayden Christensen.  [latimes]

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