Wonga Bust And Fined For Sending Fake Legal Letters To Desperate Customers – Britain’s biggest payday lender Wonga will pay 2.6 million pounds in compensation to 45,000 customers after sending them bogus letters from non-existent law firms that threatened legal action. [reuters]

21 Killed In Bombing At Nigerian Shopping Mall – Violence rocked the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Wednesday when a bomb exploded at a shopping mall in the upscale Wuse 2 neighborhood, killing at least 21 people and sending a pall of black smoke into the sky. [lat]

90-Year-Old Woman Dragged Off Street And Raped In England – A 90-year-old woman was dragged off the street and raped in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, as she walked to a local shop yesterday. [rte]

Digital News Catches Up With Papers In UK – The number of people using websites and apps to find out about the news has overtaken the number reading printed newspapers for the same purpose in the UK, according to the country’s media watchdog. [bbc]

The Hacking Trial Cost R1.7 Billion – The seven-month phone hacking trial is believed to have cost £95million, making it the most expensive criminal case in Britain. [dm]

Rupert Murdoch’s Trouble Has Only Just Begun – His protégée Rebekah Brooks may have been spared, but the mogul faces a police grilling Thursday, more possible charges against News Corp from Scotland Yard, and a looming Senate probe. [beast]

Suarez And Uruguay Sweat Ahead Of FIFA Ruling On Bite – Luis Suarez and his Uruguay team mates faced an anxious wait on Wednesday as soccer’s governing body FIFA decided whether to expel him from the World Cup for biting an opponent in a match against Italy. [reuters]

Goldin, Bloom Hijackers Out On Parole – Two of the four men involved in the murders of actor Brett Goldin and fashion designer Richard Bloom were released on parole on Wednesday, according to reports. [n24]

GM Halts Sales Of Top Selling Car In US – General Motors has told dealers in the U.S. and Canada to stop selling 2013 and 2014 Chevrolet Cruzes because of a potential defect in air bags made by beleaguered air bag supplier Takata. [usat]

World Cup 2014: A Tie Sends France Through and Ecuador Out – The goals came so easy, and so often, for France in its first two games at the World Cup that one could be forgiven for assuming it might never end. Three against Honduras. Five against Switzerland. [nyt]

Shock Over Malema’s JSC Appointment – Opposition parties have reacted with shock after EFF leader Julius Malema was included as a new member of the Judicial Services Commission, which is responsible for appointing the country’s judges. [n24]

Amnesty Apologises Over Iggy Pop Torture Campaign – Amnesty International has apologised to Iggy Pop for using his likeness without his consent. [ind]

Nerds Are The New Jocks – US university offers athletics scholarships to skilled video game players. [ind]

This Guy Is Suing British Airways After Claiming They Flew Him to Grenada Instead of Granada – According to a legal complaint filed by Edward Gamson, an American dentist, he and his partner booked a trip to the Spanish city of Granada through British Airways. They were flying out of London, which is a two-hour journey from Granada. Unfortunately, that two-hour flight was actually a nine-hour flight to the Caribbean. [eonline]

Evander Holyfield Comments On World Cup Bite – It was a moment for the World Cup history books (sort of — Suarez has bitten two other players previously), but it’s old news to Evander Holyfield. The boxer, who took a nasty bite to the ear by Mike Tyson in 1997, tweeted his thoughts on the new most famous bite in sports. [mash]

Almost 70% of Facebook’s Employees Are Male – The social network revealed the demographic makeup of its staff for the first time Wednesday, following similar disclosures from competitors such as Google and Yahoo. [time]

Drug-Smuggling Drone Crashes Into Dublin Prison – Prison staff foil a “sophisticated” plan to carry drugs into the jail when the device hits special netting and is brought down. [sky]

Official Resigns Over Hillary Clinton Comment – The state Republican Party’s 2nd District chairman resigned Wednesday after being quoted as saying Hillary Clinton might “get shot” if she campaigns for president in Arkansas. [arknew]

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