Burundi Army Divided After Coup Attempt – Burundi’s armed forces chief announced that an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who is in hiding in Tanzania, had failed. [mg]

Blues Legend BB King Dies In Las Vegas – The 89-year-old guitarist had recently returned home after a brief stay in hospital for high blood pressure and diabetes. [sky]

Panayiotou Bail Application Postponed – The bail application for Christopher Panayiotou has been postponed until Wednesday 20 May. Panayiotou has been charged with conspiring to murder his wife as well as defeating the ends of justice. [enca]

SA Government Withdraws 88‚000 Tablets From Schools Due To Theft – The much-lauded programme to introduce tablets to government schools to improve the quality of education has come to an abrupt end following a spate of thefts. [tlive]

China To Invest $50bn In Brazil Infrastructure – China is planning to invest up to $50bn (£32bn) in Brazil for new infrastructure projects. [bbc]

Hold Off On Nkandla, Zuma Tells EFF – President Jacob Zuma on Thursday said the final word on whether he should reimburse the state for improvements to his Nkandla home had yet to be spoken, and insisted that the Public Protector’s report on the spending scandal did not carry the status of a judgment. [iol]

De Zalze Axe Murder: Luxury House For Sale – The luxury home in Stellenbosch where three members of the Van Breda family were brutally murdered earlier this year, is for sale, Netwerk24 reported on Thursday. [n24]

Jeb Bush Now Says ‘I Would Not Have Gone Into Iraq’ – After nearly a week of differing answers on the question, Jeb Bush on Thursday said that, knowing what we know now, he would have not authorized the invasion of Iraq. [nbc]

Obama Tries To Calm Arab Fears Over Iran Talks – President Obama assured allies in the Persian Gulf the U.S. would stand by them in the event of an external attack, tried to assuage their fears over U.S. talks with Iran over its nuclear program and said he shared their concerns about the Islamic republic’s “destabilizing actions in the region.” [npr]

Bill Cosby Donated To The Clinton Foundation – The entertainer Bill Cosby made a contribution to the Clinton Foundation, according to a database of the foundation’s donors created by The Washington Post. [huff]

Heidi Klum In Bomb Threat As Germany’s Next Topmodel Finale Gets Cut Short – A bomb threat and an unattended suitcase prompted German broadcaster ProSieben to stop the grand finale of model competition show Germany’s Next Top Model and evacuate thousands of people from the event’s venue on Thursday. [stuff]

‘The Simpsons’ Fires Mr. Burns: Harry Shearer Claims He’s Been Kicked Out of Springfield – Harry Shearer, the legendary voice behind Mr. Burns, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, and many more indelible Simpsons characters, has been canned from the Fox series. [beast]

Natalie Portman To Play Jacqueline Kennedy In Jackie – Jacqueline Kennedy was the epitome of dignity amid unspeakable pain in the days following her husband’s assassination in Dallas in 1963. And now, an Oscar-winning actress has been tapped to relive that historic time in a new movie about the woman who still enchants the nation. [time]

Something Happened With Floyd Mayweather’s Crew At The Warriors Game – Floyd Mayweather and his entourage attended Wednesday night’s Warriors game, and received a nice booing when the Jumbotron showed them. According to TMZ, however, the verbal spilled over into the physical. [ds]

Human And Bear Scare The Crap Out Of Each Other – A human and a black bear were just going about their day, minding their own business when they unexpectedly came across each other. Rather than hug it out, grab a drink and be friends, the two decided to get as socially awkward as possible and bolt off in the opposite directions to avoid all possible contact. [mash]

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