Yahoo Is Buying Tumblr For $1.1 Billion – The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry makes a headlong rush into social media. [nytimes]

What Happens Once Yahoo Owns Tumblr? – The initial reactions from many Tumblr users have ranged from skepticism to outright anger, as many fear the acquisition will change the culture of the platform. [mashable]

Name Game Blamed For Gupta Debacle – Name-dropping has been blamed for the unlawful landing of an aircraft carrying guests to the Gupta family wedding at the Waterkloof Air Force Base. [mail&guardian]

Gupta: Evasion Still The Game – Cabinet ministers investigating the Guptagate scandal played a game of smoke-and-mirrors yesterday. [timeslive]

Independent Gupta probe is needed – DA – It comes as no surprise that President Jacob Zuma and his Cabinet were exonerated from the landing saga of a civilian plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. [iol]

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One Ticket Wins The Big Powerball Lottery Jackpot – Residents of Zephyrhills, Fla., where the winning ticket for the $590 million jackpot was sold, are anxiously awaiting to find out who the big winner is. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports. [nbc]

Report: North Korea Launches Fourth Short-Range Missile – North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, according to South Korea’s semiofficial news agency Yonhap. this, after launching three the day before. [cnn]

France Goes Shopping For Drones – France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday. [reuters]

Police Identify New Madeleine McCann Suspects – Kate and Gerry McCann have welcomed news that detectives from Scotland Yard had identified a number of suspects who could be responsible for their daughter’s abduction. [telegraph]

Even Obama’s Umbrellas Are A Scandal Now – Even President Obama’s use of umbrellas has become a scandal in the eyes of some Republicans. On Thursday, during a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Obama signaled to two Marines and asked them to protect him and his guest from the rain. [washpo]

Boston Bombings Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Left Note In Boat He Hid In – Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a note claiming responsibility for the April 15 attack on the Boston Marathon. In the note he allegedly claimed the attacks were retribution for US military action in Afghanistan and Iraq. [cbs]

Nadal Whips Federer In Rome – After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. [fox]

Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift Big Winners At Billboard Awards – Pop stars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift won the big prizes on Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards, which also honored legendary performers Madonna and Prince. [reuters]

Cannes Film Festival Jewel Heist: Gems Worth £1million Stolen From Safe In Hotel Room – They were to be loaned to stars appearing at the glitzy event in the south of France. [mirror]

Man Arrested After Gun Scare At Cannes Film Festival – A man was arrested on Friday at the Cannes Film Festival after he threatened the Canal+ television studio by brandishing a gun loaded with blanks and a fake grenade, causing a scare but no injuries, police sources said. [france24]

Star Trek Into Darkness Gets Rave Reviews – J.J. Abrams is often dinged by Trekkers for daring to futz with the Star Trek universe (they’ll probably stone him when he revives Star Wars). I thought his 2009 Trek reboot proved the naysayers nuts. And now Abrams boldly goes into Star Trek Into Darkness, and crushes it again. [rollingstone]

Denmark Wins Eurovision Song Contest – Emmelie de Forest carried Denmark to triumph early Sunday in the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual musical spectacle known for its combination of over-the-top costumes, kitsch pop songs and international rivalries. [cnn]

Ex-Wife Of Rolling Stones’ Rocker Ronnie Wood Reveals How The Pair Once Smuggled Heroin Into The Bahamas – It was a meeting of two rock legends — Ronnie Wood, the guitarist of The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr. The year was 1978 and the pair had been invited to the Bahamas to help record an album for an aspiring Colombian musician who had another job, too. He was a drugs lord. [radar]

Linkin Park Frontman Joins Temple Pilots For New Single – Linkin Park‘s Chester Bennington joined ththe Stone Temple Pilots onstage at the 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast. The group also took the opportunity to debut a new track called ‘Out of Time.’ [loudwire]

Prince Jackson’s Girlfriend Is Part Of The Kuwaiti Royal Family – Most 16-year-olds probably make do with the bowling alley and two romantic hot dogs. But Prince Jackson is pop royalty and and because of that, he can offer a better standard of teen date than most. [dailymail]

New York Blog Gawker Uses Crowd-Funding To Raise Funds To Buy Video Of Mayor Smoking Crack-Pipe – One of several crowd-funding campaigns that sprung up overnight in an effort to purchase the alleged Rob Ford crack video had amassed tens of thousands of dollars in contributions by late Friday. [natpos]

Robert Pattinson And Kristen Stewart Are Overs Gadovers – There have been recent signs of trouble in paradise for newly-split couple, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. The exes, who were inseparable just weeks ago, grew distant since Pattinson returned from New York to Los Angeles on May 8. [people]

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