Women Nobel Laureates Cancel SA Trip Over Dalai Lama’s Visa – Sonke Gender Justice says laureates have cancelled their trip to the country following South Africa denying the Dalai Lama a travel visa. [m&g]
EFF Welcomes Mbete’s Confession – The EFF on Wednesday welcomed the confession by Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete that she “lost it” during presidential question time on 21 August. [n24]
White House Fence Jumper Aas Fixated On President – The troubled Iraq war veteran who scaled the White House fence had a dangerous fixation on the president, stockpiling weapons and ammunition and carrying a map to the White House stuffed in a Bible during an earlier arrest, a federal prosecutor said Monday. [lat]
ISIS Kill French Hostage – An Algerian splinter group from al-Qaida has beheaded a French hostage over France’s airstrikes on the Islamic State group, in a sign of the possible widening of the crisis in Iraq and Syria to the rest of the region. [ap]
Kid Who Made Millions Selling App To Yahoo – Goes To University – Nick D’Aloisio, the self-made teenage millionaire who sold his mobile app to Internet giant Yahoo, is going back to school. [ind]
AC/DC’s Malcolm Young Departs As New Album Rock Or Bust Announced – AC/DC’s 17th studio album will be the first not to feature their founding rhythm guitarist, whose place has been taken by his nephew Stevie Young. [guardian]
Facebook Wi-Fi Drone the Size of 747 Could Fly In 2015 – The Facebook drones are on their way, and we’re not talking about bored friends who send out Candy Crush Saga invites. [nbc]
Last Mitford Sister, Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Dies At 94 – Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, and the last surviving Mitford sister, has died aged 94. [bbc]
India Satellite Reaches Mars Orbit On First Try – India Became the First Asian Nation to Reach Mars and the First Country to Succeed on its First Attempt. [wsj]
Three Jailed For Killing Former Miss Venezuela And Her Husband – Three men convicted of killing a former Miss Venezuela and her husband in front of their daughter have been sentenced to at least 24 years in jail. [abc]
Wedding Fever In Venice: George Clooney To Wed Amal ‘In The Next Few Days’ – The pair are set to wed in the next few days in Venice, Italy. But once the couple have tied the knot, they will impose a rule to ensure their relationship always stays on track. [ind]
‘Jersey Shore’ Star ‘The Situation’ Indicted On Tax Fraud Charges – Former “Jersey Shore” star Mike Sorrentino — aka “The Situation” — and his brother, Marc, were indicted Wednesday on charges of tax fraud. [busins]
Matt Damon Nails Impression Of Bill Clinton, Raises Water Awareness While He’s At It – Actor Matt Damon sprinkled in some humor with talk of the global water crisis, channeling “Bubba” in his panel discussion at Clinton Global Initiative. [huff]
U.S. To Pay Navajo Nation $554 Million In Largest Settlement With Single Indian Tribe – In the largest settlement with a single American Indian tribe, the Obama administration will pay the Navajo Nation $554 million to settle claims that the U.S. government has mismanaged funds and natural resources on the Navajo reservation for decades. [washpo]
Masturbating Passenger Forces Plane To Land – A commercial airplane traveling from Boston to Los Angeles was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Nebraska because of an unruly passenger from the Bay Area. [nbc]
Awe-Struck McIlroy Left ‘In A Trance’ By Fergie Pep Talk – Whether Alex Ferguson realised he was having such a mesmerising impact on the world’s No 1 golfer at the time remains questionable. [ind]
Jason Orange quits Take That – Jason Orange has quit Take That and, like us, his bandmates are totally and utterly ‘devastated’. [metro]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Might Play Edward Snowden – Oliver Stone is thought to have his sights set on the “Don Jon” actor and director for an upcoming biopic on the NSA leaker. [time]
9 Rules For Emailing From Google Exec Eric Schmidt – In a new book out this week chock full of Google-flavored business wisdom, How Google Works, Google Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt and former Senior Vice President of Products Jonathan Rosenberg share nine insightful rules for emailing (or gmailing!) like a professional. [time]
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