Robin Williams’ Parkinson’s Diagnosis Revealed By Wife – While urging others to seek help for problems they might be facing, Robin Williams’ wife Susan Schneider on Thursday revealed a detail that had previously been kept private: Her husband had been in the “early stages of Parkinson’s disease,” she said in a statement. [lat]
Zuma Gives Parliament His Response To Nkandla Report – President Jacob Zuma presented his response to the security upgrades at his private Nkandla homestead to Parliament on Thursday, the Presidency said. [tlive]
Nkandla: Zuma Drags New Police Minister Into Fray – The president has put the onus on Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko to determine whether he should pay back any monies used on security upgrades to Nkandla. [m&g]
Zuma Avoiding Accountability: DA – President Jacob Zuma has attempted to avoid accountability in his response over the R246 million security upgrades at his Nkandla private home, the DA said on Thursday. [tlive]
De Klerk Welcomes Name Change – Former president FW de Klerk on Thursday said he was honoured that the City of Cape Town’s naming committee had recommended changing Table Bay Boulevard to his name. [n24]
Boko Haram Kidnap About 100 Boys and Men in Northeast – The Islamist militant group Boko Haram kidnapped about 100 boys and young men from a remote northeastern Nigerian town, a vigilante group said. [bloom]
Putin’s “Humanitarian” Convoy Nears Ukraine, APCs Cross in Secret – In a war full of imaginative tricks, the convoy of almost 300 trucks headed toward the Ukraine border is part of the Kremlin’s most dangerous illusion yet. [beast]
Russians Start Paying the Price for Putin’s Ukraine Adventure – How much are ordinary Russians willing to sacrifice for their leader’s imperial ambitions? [time]
Pilot’s Arm Detaches Mid-Flight, Causing ‘Nightmare’ Landing – A pilot has lost control of a passenger plane after his prosthetic arm became detached during landing. [smh]
Suárez’s Ban For Bite Is Altered But Upheld – The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday upheld Luis Suárez’s four-month ban from soccer, ruling that he could not play in an official game for his club team, Barcelona, until the end of October. [nyt]
Tinder Owner Just Bought Troubled Q&A Startup Ask.fm – You might not have heard of IAC (also known as InterActiveCorp) but between Vimeo, Tinder, Dictionary.com, OKCupid and UrbanSpoon, you’ve almost definitely used one of the services it owns. Now it looks like that stable just got a little bigger. [engadget]
New Online Neighbourhood Platform Exploding In SA – Until now though there hasn’t really been a platform that concentrates on building and strengthening communities. OurHood wants to be that platform. [ventureburn]
Apple Shareholder Suing Steve Jobs’ Estate – The class action lawsuit claims Apple damaged the value of the company by striking a hiring agreement with other firms. [sky]
North Korean Pair Swim Across Sea Border To Defect To South Korea – Two North Koreans, believed to be father and son, swim 2.5km across the sea border with South Korea in rare maritime defection across the tense boundary. [tele]
Kendall Jenner Threatens to Sue Waitress She Allegedly Threw Cash At – Kendall Jenner’s lawyer says the young Keeping Up With the Kardashians 2: The Wrath of Khan star is prepared to sue a waitress who claimed last week that Kendall ran out on a bill and then threw cash in her face when confronted. [gawk]
Barcelona Orders Closure Of A Third Of City’s 145 “Cannabis Clubs” – Barcelona City Hall has ordered the closure of almost 50 cannabis clubs in a bid to stem an industry that has the Catalan capital rivalling Amsterdam as a “potheads’ paradise” [tele]
Whatever You Do, DON’T Buy Tickets For Friday’s R1.5 Billion MegaMillions Lottery – You moan about how much you’re being paid and you spend your Saturdays looking at the property section, at houses you know you’ll never afford. The last thing you want to do is become a billionaire. [2ov]
Rambo Hates Guns: How Sylvester Stallone Became the Most Anti-Gun Celeb in Hollywood – This weekend, you can see Sly lay waste to hundreds of fools in The Expendables 3. But the man formerly known as John Rambo is, surprisingly, one of the NRA’s most reviled stars. [beast]
Police Nab Porn Star Who Filmed In Local Church – A woman accused of making a porn movie in a local church has been caught after an informant tipped off police that he recognised her by her breasts www.health-canada-pharmacy.com/migraine.html after an appeal for information. [austim]
Taylor Swift Snaps Selfie With Boy George – Taylor Swift is making the rounds of the late-night talk shows this week, and it looks like she’s having a blast every step of the way. [huff]
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