Court Reserves Judgement In Oscar Appeal – Both the State and legal teams for Oscar Pistorius made submissions on whether or not the paralympian was rightfully acquitted of murder. [mg]
US Detects Heat Around Doomed Russian Jet Just Before Crash – U.S. satellite imagery detected heat around a Russian passenger jet just before it went down in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. But the discovery doesn’t resolve the mystery of why the plane crashed, killing all 224 aboard. [ap]
VW Discloses New Emissions Problem, Involving Carbon Dioxide – Volkswagen’s pollution problems took a costly new turn on Tuesday when the company said it had understated emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, for about 800,000 of its vehicles sold in Europe, and overstated the cars’ fuel economy. [nyt]
Putin Was Missing in Action After Plane Crash – It took days for the Russia’s president to acknowledge the worst aviation accident in the country’s history, and people aren’t afraid to criticize him for it. [db]
‘Execution’ Officers Feel Hurt About Their Treatment – The officers arrested in connection with the killing of Khulekani Mpanza felt hurt about the way they are being treated following the incident, the SA Policing Union said on Tuesday. [tlive]
Cuba, SA Agree To Up Bilateral Trade And Investment Opportunities – South Africa and Cuba have entered into an agreement to increase the level of trade and investment between the two countries, the South African Department of Trade and Industry said on Tuesday. [enca]
Runner Sues Nike After Breaking Leg On Company’s Iceland ‘Dream Run’ – Oregon company faces $1.3m suit after event in Iceland, which Los Angeles woman says was unsafe thanks to icy conditions and ‘disoriented’ guides. [guardian]
UWC Vice Chancellor Ducks Bottle, Students Tell SRC To ‘Voetsek, Fokof’ – The University of the Western Cape Vice Chancellor Tyrone Pretorius had to duck after a bottle was thrown at him while addressing students. [tlive]
Petition Launched To Stop Phil Collins From Coming Out Of Retirement – Well, this is mean. A petition has actually been launched on change.org to try and stop Phil Collins from coming out of retirement. [yahoo]
Missing Italian Marathoner Found on New York Subway, Still in His Running Gear – For most runners, the finish line of the New York City Marathon is the end of an arduous journey. [nyt]
Facebook Is Developing Technology That Can Describe Pictures to Blind People – Facebook announced a new artificial intelligence technology on Tuesday that could help describe images to the blind. [time]
8 SA Players In BaaBaas Squad – The Barbarians have included eight South Africans in their squad to tackle English club Gloucester and Argentina later this month. [s24]
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Twitter Unfaves Itself – On Tuesday, exactly a week after announcing dreadful quarterly earnings, cataclysm struck Twitter. The company was not hacked, nor did it suffer a mass user exodus. No mass-misogyny movement rose up, either.Instead, the company changed all its stars to hearts. [atlantic]
US Fast-Food Brand Chipotle Closes Dozens Of Locations As More Confirmed E.coli Cases Emerge – Chipotle has temporarily closed dozens of its restaurants in Washington and Oregon out of an abundance of caution after an E. coli scare, and one of the people sickened in the outbreak has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant chain. [cnn]
Meet Trump’s Littlest Apprentice – They came from all over to see Donald Trump sign his latest book. Some were seeking autographs, others—like Averie and her mom—were seeking fame. [db]
‘It Was Not Depression That Killed Robin’ – Susan Williams Opens About Husband’s Battle with Lewy Body Dementia. [people]
Wu-Tang Clan Was Investigated By FBI In Two 1999 Murders – Members of the Wu-Tang Clan were investigated for allegedly ordering two men’s murders in 1999, according to recently released documents. [bb]
Report: Woman Caring For Bobbi Kristina Brown At Time Of Her Death Was Impersonating A Nurse – According to a police report obtained Tuesday by the Associated Press, the woman in charge of caring for Bobbi Kristina Brown at the hospice where she died was impersonating a nurse and faces charges including identity fraud and nursing without a license. [gawk]
Adele: Inside Her Private Life and Triumphant Return – “I always feel like this is going to turn out to be a hidden-camera show, and someone is going to send me back to Tottenham” [rollingstone]
Shia LaBeouf Details His Arrest History in New Book Prison Ramen – “It’s Freeing to F–k Up and Recover” [eol]
Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana ‘MTV Unplugged’ Cardigan And A Lock Of His Hair On Auction Block – We just passed the 21st anniversary of the release of Nirvana‘s MTV Unplugged in New York disc and the familiar cardigan that Kurt Cobain wore during the taping is one of the pieces of memorabilia that are up for auction through Julien’s Live. [lw]
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