Malaysia Airlines Plane Search: British Yachtswoman ‘Saw MH370 On Fire’ – British sailor reports having seen plane on fire near possible route of Flight MH370 – three months after it went missing. [telegraph]
‘Hunger Games’ Salute Used As Protest In Thailand – The three-finger salute from the Hollywood movie “The Hunger Games” is being used as a real symbol of resistance in Thailand. Protesters against the military coup are flashing the gesture as a silent act of rebellion, and they’re being threatened with arrest if they ignore warnings to stop. [washpo]
Madeleine McCann: Scrubland Dig Set To Resume – Police are expected to continue their search of an area of land close to where Madeleine went missing seven years ago. [sky]
There Are No More Rhinos Left In Mozambique Park – Mozambique’s game rangers have helped poachers kill every single rhino in the Mozambique section of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park according to the International Fund for Wildlife Management. [m&g]
Airbnb Doing What It Can To Stop Orgies From Happening In Your Home, OK? – Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky is working really hard to make sure that people aren’t throwing orgies in your home. [huff]
Yengeni Appears In Court On Drunk Driving Charges – ANC heavyweight Tony Yengeni has made his second appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on charges of drunken and reckless driving. [m&g]
Michael Schumacher Fans ‘Will Never Have Any Good News’ – A former F1 doctor says fans of Formula One star Michael Schumacher will “never have any good news” regarding his condition. [adnow]
Syria’s Assad Joins the Presidential Selfie Club – A picture uploaded to the Syrian first lady’s Facebook page shows Bashar Assad crowding into the frame with a group of young people as voting begins in the country’s presidential election, which Western observers assume will be rigged in Assad’s favor. [time]
The Fictional Online Creature That Drove 2 Young Girls to Stab Their Friend – A 12-year-old girl was stabbed 19 times by two of her friends this weekend who say they were inspired by a mythical Internet creature known as Slender Man. [mash]
Tobacco Industry Once Had High Hopes For Marijuana Business – Richard Nixon was in the White House, his “war on drugs” was in full swing, yet Big Tobacco was secretly exploring the possibility of becoming Big Pot. [latimes]
The ‘Godfather Of Ecstasy’ Is Dead – Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, pioneer, pharmacologist, author, and medicinal chemist, passed away this evening at the age of 88. He is best known for introducing MDMA, the purest form of ecstasy, to psychologists in the 70s. [gawker]
Kendall Jenner Takes Cleavage To The Next Level – The model stepped out in NYC today in a teal suit, showing some serious skin by wearing it with absolutely nothing underneath the low-cut blazer. Jenner paired the look with silver heels, straightened hair and sported some sexy eye makeup. [toofab]
Ridiculous Things The UK’s Wealthy Spend Their Money On – The UK is now home to a total of 104 billionaires, which makes it the nation with the highest per-capita concentration of the ultra-rich in the world. Collectively, these billionaires are sitting on a combined wealth of £301 billion ($504 billion) at a time when most of us are sitting on a forest of unpaid utility bills. [vice]
Where Is The Cheapest Place To Buy Citizenship? – It is a cliche used from Bond to Bourne: the classic spy image of a suitcase filled with cash and multiple passports for a quick getaway. But increasingly it is not spies that are looking for a second passport, but a growing number of “economic citizens”. [bbc]
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