Brothers Wrongfully Convicted In 1983 Murder Pardoned – Two brothers, one of whom spent three decades on death row, were pardoned Thursday in the 1983 rape and killing of a girl, clearing the way for them to receive up to $750,000 in compensation from the state. [cbs]

FIFA Paid Ireland Not To Sue Over Thierry Henry’s Handball – Thierry Henry’s uncalled handball in a World Cup play-off was a major reason France qualified for the 2010 tournament instead of Ireland. Today, the head of the Football Association of Ireland confirmed that FIFA paid off the FAI to avoid legal action. [ds]

Sepp Blatter Starts Meetings On FIFA Reform Process – Two days after becoming the face of soccer corruption, disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday he has already started working on ways to clean up the sport’s governing body. [espn]

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Danny Jordaan Sees No Reason To Speak About FIFA Bribe Saga – Soccer boss and new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Danny Jordaan says that nowhere has his name ever been mentioned in the US indictment alleging corruption and bribery relating to the 2010 World Cup. [tlive]

REVEALED: Please Enjoy This Letter Danny Jordaan Wrote To FIFA – Another letter has emerged in the exchange leading up to the payment of the $10 million, this time sent by Danny Jordaan and calling officials out by name. [2ov]

FNB Launches Own Mobile Network – First National Bank is set to become the first financial institution in South Africa to launch a mobile network when it starts selling SIM cards on June 15. [f24]

World-First Skull And Scalp Transplant Gives Texas Man ‘New Lease On Life’ – Recovering cancer patient James Boysen ‘forever grateful’ after receiving donor top of head on the same day as kidney and pancreas transplant. [grdn]

China Suspected In Massive U.S. Government Data Breach – The federal government is notifying up to 4 million current and former employees that their personal financial data may have been breached by a hack attack from China, the Obama administration said Thursday. [usat]

Batman Cinema Shooting: Gunman Felt ‘Relief‘ – Jurors hear James Holmes express relief after the massacre as they finish watching 22 hours of videotaped interviews with him. [sky]

Alan Bond Dies – Alan Bond, the polarizing global entrepreneur who became an Australian hero by bankrolling a historic America’s Cup yacht race victory before going to prison over the nation’s biggest corporate fraud, died on Friday, his family said. He was 77. [tele]

Pong, Doom, Tetris, Super Mario Bros Enter First Video Game Hall Of Fame – The project to find influential games that deserved to be in the Hall of Fame was begun in February by The Strong – a US museum of play. Tetris, Super Mario Bros, Pac-Man, and World of Warcraft were also chosen to feature in an exhibit of iconic games. [bbc]

Remember The Recovering Drug Addict On Social Media? Check The Results – Turn on your telly these days and you may come across any number of reality shows documenting the addict’s road to recovery – alcohol, drugs, sex, eating, they’re all edited into bite-size nuggets of so-called entertainment for us to easily digest. [read]

Baidu Caught Gaming Recent Supercomputer Performance Test – Chinese search engine giant Baidu recently made headlines when its supercomputer reportedly beat out challengers from both Google and Microsoft on the ImageNet image recognition test. [eng]

Noakes Hearing Postponed Until November – Professor Tim Noakes must wait until November to present his case on a unprofessional conduct charge, after advising a mother via Twitter to wean her child on low-carbohydrate, high-fat foods. [n24]

How France Let the Charlie Hebdo Killers Go Free – Like other terrorists across Europe, Cherif Kouachi served a laughably short sentence on terror charges—just 20 months—before he was liberated to commit an even more horrific crime. [db]

George Clooney Takes Wife Amal Back Home to Kentucky – It was only a quick trip home to Augusta, Kentucky, for George Clooney and his wife, Amal, but they managed to pack a lot into their brief visit. [ppl]

Ferrari Sent Deadmau5 A Cease And Desist About His ‘Purrari’ – Apparently Ferrari was none to pleased with the custom badges and associated floor mats on Deadmau5’s 458 Italia Purrari. So much so that Ferrari North America sent the self-admitted button-pusher a cease and desist to have the custom emblems removed. [jlpnk]

John Cusack Slams President Obama: He’s “Worse Than Bush” – John Cusack slammed President Obama in an interview on Thursday, saying his administration’s policies about “drones, the American Empire, the NSA, civil liberties, attacks on journalism and whistleblowers” are “as bad or worse than [George] Bush.” [msn]

Queen Gives Prince Harry A Knighthood – Prince Harry is made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order to reward his work representing the Queen at home and abroad. [tele]

Justin Bieber Pleads Guilty To Assault In Canada – Justin Bieber may be a changed man — if you believe his big apology tour — but he still can’t escape the past. [yah]

Snoop Dogg Shares Meme Calling Caitlyn Jenner a ‘Science Project’ – Snoop Dogg joined the ranks of public figures who’ve shared less-than-sensitive reactions to Caitlyn Jenner’s transition on social media, sharing a meme Wednesday (June 3) that compares the coverage of Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover with the coverage of Akon’s charitable initiatives. [bb]

Kendall And Kylie Jenner Still Call Caitlyn “Dad” – All of Caitlyn Jenner’s children have been super supportive of her transition, sharing their support on social media of her stunning Vanity Fair cover. Still, many people have been wondering how their relationship with Caitlyn has changed, and according to source, not much at all. [17]

Lewis Hamilton ‘Couldn’t Care Less’ About Pit Error At Monaco Grand Prix – Having been hugely disappointed after a pit strategy error cost him the win at the last round in Monaco, Lewis Hamilton has insisted he goes into the Canadian Grand Prix with the incident behind him and full confidence in his team. [grdn]

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