Oscar’s Lawyers Set To Contest Appeal  – Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius will on Friday appeal the court decision allowing the State to appeal his culpable homicide conviction. [iol]

Ferguson On Edge After Shootings Of Police Officers – Dozens of demonstrators have returned to the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, one night after two police officers were wounded during a protest. [bbc]

MPs Reject Zuma’s Proposal Of November Q&A Session – Parliament’s programming committee has demanded that Zuma appears before the House by the end of April instead of the proposed November 3 session. [m&g]

EFF Suspends Members Aligned To ‘Rebels’ – More EFF members have been suspended from the party, this time from the regional structures of the Northern Cape, allegedly for aligning themselves with four suspended MPs. [citypr]

Super-Rich Find Their Place In Sunny SA – They might be brimming with poverty-stricken masses, but Johannesburg and Cape Town are among the most attractive cities for the world’s wealthiest individuals. [tlive]

IS Accepts Allegiance Of Nigeria Jihadists Boko Haram: Tape – Baghdad: The Islamic State group has accepted a pledge of allegiance to the group made by the Nigerian jihadist organisation Boko Haram, according to an audiotape Thursday purportedly from its spokesman. [star]

Private, Affordable Education For Townships? – Kagiso Trust is set to enter the low-fee private school sector, with a specific focus on township schools. [n24]

Fibre Broadband? Not So Fast, Says Vodacom – Vodacom has distanced itself from reports that it is prepared to offer fibre to the home (FTTH). [f24]

Is Putin ill? ‘Everything Is Fine’ Despite Canceled Meetings And Old Photos – Russian president has not been seen in public since 5 March and details of alleged meetings have been disproved but spokesman says ‘There’s no need to worry’ [guardian]

Tim Cook Offered Steve Jobs His Liver – In Becoming Steve Jobs, a new biography by veteran technology reporter Brent Schlender and Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli (due out March 24), it’s revealed that current Apple CEO Tim Cook once offered an ailing Jobs a portion of his liver. [fast]

Richard Branson’s Virgin Accused Of Pirating Cruise Ship Plans – Richard Branson’s Virgin Cruises has been accused of pirating business plans and ideas for building “ultra ships,” and in the process exposing the dark side of Virgin. [smh]

Google Now Puts Company Press Releases In Its ‘News’ Search Results – Next time you do a Google search and the results include news stories, watch out: Some of the “news” might actually be press releases. [vb]

Alibaba Working On Internet-Connected Car – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has joined the country’s biggest auto maker with a plan to develop an internet-connected car, following other non-traditional players such as Google making inroads into the industry. [toi]

Max Clifford Reportedly Held Over New Sex Allegations – Former PR guru Max Clifford has reportedly been arrested over new sex allegations. [guardian]

Britain’s Richest Woman Wins Council Approval For ‘Mega-Basement’ At £10m Westminster Home – Former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli set to add dining room, cinema, kitchen and gym to multi-million home in two-storey ‘iceberg’ mega basement extension. [tele]

UK’s Cocaine Use Trebles Over Two Decades – Cocaine use has more than trebled in the past two decades and it is no longer the preserve of ‘bankers and celebrities’, a report says. [metro]

Kathy Griffin Flees ‘Fashion Police’ After Seven Episodes – “I discovered that my style does not fit with the creative direction of the show and now it’s time to move on.” [hollyrep]

Disney Announces ‘Frozen 2′ – Disney officially announced plans to produce a sequel to “Frozen.” The company revealed plans during the Walt Disney Co.’s annual shareholders meeting on Thursday from San Francisco. [variety]

Andy Samberg Tapped To Host The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards – Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg will host this year’s 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy announced today. [verge]

Boy George And Spandau Ballet Stars Carry Coffin – Boy George and Spandau Ballet brothers Martin and Gary Kemp have carried the coffin of Visage singer Steve Strange at his funeral in Porthcawl. [bbc]

‘Blurred Lines’ Artists ‘Sleep Well Knowing They Didn’t Copy’ – Attorney Howard King, who represented Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams in the “Blurred Lines” copyright lawsuit, says that, despite the verdict against his clients, the artists are adamant the 2013 hit did not infringe on Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up.” [rollingstone]

Leonardo DiCaprio to Adrian Grenier: Let’s Find That Whale, Bro – Through his environmental nonprofit, Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $50,000 to Adrian Grenier’s Kickstarter project, 52: The Search for the Loneliest Whale. [jez]

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