Two Men Bust Plotting To Murder Joss Stone – Two men armed with weapons including a samurai sword and equipped with body bags and gaffer tape were arrested as they plotted to rob and murder the soul singer and actor Joss Stone, a jury has heard. [guardian ]
Australia’s Top Sports Handed Funding Ultimatum – Seven of Australia’s top sports have been told to either adhere to mandatory reforms or have their taxpayer funding cut by as much as 20 per cent. [abc ]
Hillary Clinton Comes Out In Support Of Gay Marriage – Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her support for gay marriage Monday, putting her in line with other potential Democratic presidential candidates on a social issue that is rapidly gaining public approval. [ap ]
China Says US Should Chill With North Korea – The United States’ plans to beef up its missile defenses against North Korea are likely to inflame tensions that are running high over Pyongyang’s nuclear program, China said Monday. [cnn ]
Mugabe Curtails EU Travel Ban To See The New Pope – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has sidestepped a travel ban and flown into Rome to attend Pope Francis’s inauguration. The ban applies to the EU but not to the sovereign Vatican City. [mail&guardian ]
Newtown Massacre Shooting Suspect Had Spreadsheets So He Could Compete – It is three months since the killings in Newtown, since 20 children and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School less than two weeks before Christmas. And as bad as the story was, and will always be, it is even worse than we originally knew because now we discover that this was slaughter by spreadsheet. [nydailynews ]
Multivan Merida Take Stage 1 Of The Cape Epic – Stage 1 of this year’s Absa Cape Epic was won by the Multivan Merida team of José Hermida and Rudi van Houts in a time of 4:30.56,7. They were closely followed by Karl Platt and Urs Huber of team Bulls in 4:32.17,6. [cape-epic ]
North Korea Appears To Be Running A Trade Surplus, And That’s Troubling News – Marcus Noland and Stephen Haggard have been studying North Korea’s economy and their research appears to have revealed something unusual — North Korea, despite being an economic basket-case, may be running a trade surplus. If that’s true, sanctions may well a losing tactic for the international community. [ busins ]
SA’s Cardinal Napier Apologises For Paedophilia Comments – Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier has apologised for offending victims of child abuse when described paedophilia as an illness and not a crime. [mail&guardian ]
Justin Bieber ‘Kicked Out’ Of Top Paris Hotel – Guests did not like children screaming and shouting, the noise was intolerable and the singer was encouraging fans. [skynews ]
What It’s Like to Be Pope Francis’ Social Media Intern – A little-known fact is that Pope Francis has a couple of helping hands on social media: a pair of American undergraduate interns from Villanova University, a Catholic school in Pennsylvania. [mashable ]
Mad Frenzy As Rollover Creates R2.4 Billion Powerball Jackpot For Wednesday – It’s not often this carries on like this and for those of you who have been feeding this monster, you can’t stop now! And those who haven’t been feeding it – what a great time to jump on the bandwagon! Good luck and get your tickets for the $260 million jackpot prize [here ]
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Tiger Woods And Lindsey Vonn Are Officially Dating – Two months after rumors began circulating in Europe, Woods and Vonn posted separate items on their Facebook pages Monday afternoon to announce their relationship. The posts include photos of golf’s 14-time major winner and the Olympic and World Cup downhill ski champion. [espn ]
New York’s Mayor Bloomberg’s Plan Wants Cigarettes To Be Hidden – Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, fresh off a defeat in his campaign to limit large servings of sugary drinks, is returning to a front where he has enjoyed far more success: making it more difficult to smoke, by proposing legislation on Monday requiring stores to put cigarettes out of sight. [nytimes ]
White Has Sights On Wallaby Job – Former Springbok coach Jake White has set his sights on the Wallaby job as his ACT Brumbies continue to set the pace in the Vodacom Super Rugby tournament this year. [supersport ]
Lil Wayne’s Hospital Visit Points At Cough Syrup Addiction – Multiplatinum rapper Lil Wayne was hospitalized on Friday night, March 15, and reps confirmed he was “recovering.” A person close to the rapper’s camp confirmed that Lil Wayne had a seizure. [latimes ]
David Hasselhoff Joins Protest to Save Berlin Wall – David Hasselhoff’s new mission is to save what remains of the Berlin Wall. The “Baywatch” star joined thousands of protesters in Germany Saturday to stop developers from knocking down the longest-surviving part of the wall to build apartments. [abcnews ]
LMFAO Rapper Enters US Tennis Open Playoffs – Rapper Redfoo of LMFAO and “Heroes” actor Sendhil Ramamurthy have entered the U.S. Open national playoffs in their bids to earn berths in the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. [washpo ]
Man Forbidden From “All Libraries On The face Of The Earth” – A Racine man has been forbidden from “all the libraries on the face of the earth” after his alleged lewd and lascivious behavior in the Racine library. [jour ]
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