Facebook Creams Expectations – Another quarter, another chance for Facebook to easily beat Wall Street’s expectations. The world’s largest social network now has 1.35 billion monthly active users, and it generated $3.2 billion in revenue and more than $800 million in profit from them in the third quarter. [time]

Karoo Fracking By Winter 2016 – The first exploratory drill head could be biting its way down through Karoo rock in search of shale gas by as early as mid-2016, according to the mineral resources department. [n24]

‘I Was Hacked’, Says Man Who Apparently Claimed Meyiwa Was Shot By Khumalo’s ‘Brother-In-Law’ – A Facebook post claiming Senzo Meyiwa was shot as a result of an altercation between Kelly Khumalo’s sister’s Zandi and her boyfriend is an apparent hoax. [tlive]

FIFA President Sepp Blatter Warns Against Boycott Of 2018 World Cup – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has categorically backed Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup and praised its preparations. [skysports]

Well-Preserved Woolly Mammoth Goes On Display In Russia – Yuka, a 10-foot-long female mammoth, which died some a 38,000 years ago has gone on display in Moscow. [tele]

Numsa’s Ambitions Spell Game-Changer For SA Politics – Numsa is playing all its cards and forging ahead, at all costs, with its plans to stand firm in its political ideals. [m&g]

“He’s Chickenshit” – The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially Here – The Obama administration’s anger is “red-hot” over Israel’s settlement policies, and the Netanyahu government openly expresses contempt for Obama’s understanding of the Middle East. Profound changes in the relationship may be coming. [atlantic]

ENCA Chairman Dismisses Allegations Of Threat To Editorial Independence – South Africa’s leading private broadcaster hit back at allegations on Tuesday that its editorial independence was under threat from a political and trade union plot to sway coverage on its 24-hour ENCA news channel. [bdl]

Investigator in Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Resigns (For Bonking A Prostitute) – The investigator who led the Department of Homeland Security’s internal review of the Secret Service’s 2012 prostitution scandal quietly resigned in August after he was implicated in his own incident involving a prostitute, according to current and former department officials. [nyt]

Mugabe Skirts Raging Succession Battle – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe opened parliament on Tuesday, steering clear of a succession struggle raging in his Zanu-PF party following his wife’s sensational attempt to force his deputy out of office. [n24]

Woohoo – Japan Approves Law To Allow Dancing Past Midnight – Japan’s cabinet has approved a change in the country’s nightlife laws that will allow people to dance past midnight. [tele]

This Will Be The Biggest Halloween Party In Cape Town On Friday [here]

Kim Kardashian’s Book Contains 2,000 Selfies – Kim Kardashian’s new book ‘Selfish’ will be composed of 2,000 self-captured photos taken over the last decade. [cont]

Giant Tortoises Are Back From Near Extinction – The Espanola giant tortoises, a species that can live for over 100 years, had numbered in the thousands but dropped to 15 by 1960 due to human exploitation, the study said. Between 1963 and 1974, conservationists brought the 12 female and three male surviving giant tortoises into captivity. Over 1,500 of their offspring have since been released onto the island, and the species’ survival no longer requires human intervention, scientists said. [time]

McDonald’s Just Doesn’t Care Anymore, About Anything, Why Bother – The Wall Street Journal says McDonald’s, a store that sells toxic food and pays the people who make said food just enough money to ensure permanent poverty, has a new advertising slogan: “Lovin’ Beats Hatin'”—sure, man, OK, that sounds good, why not. [gawker]

Sarah Palin: Haters May Drive Me To Run Again – Message to Sarah Palin haters: The former Alaska governor says you can’t get rid of her so easily. [onp]

Bill Cosby Threw Me Down On His Bed And Pinned Me By My Neck – I’ll never forget the sound of the clinking of his belt buckle’: Actress bravely reveals harrowing years of rape at hands of TV legend. [dm]

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