Church of Scientology Fraud Conviction Upheld In France – The Church of Scientology said it would appeal to international tribunals after France’s highest court upheld a fraud conviction this week. The courts found that Scientology targets people who are emotionally vulnerable and then milks them for large fees. [upi]

FACT: Air Pollution Causes Cancer – What many commuters choking on smog have long suspected has finally been scientifically validated: air pollution causes lung cancer. [yah]

Thumbs Down: Chinese Rating Agency Downgrades US – Despite a temporary budget compromise in Washington, China’s Dagong agency has downgraded the United States. Dangong maintains a negative outlook on the sovereign credit, as revenue and GDP fail to keep up with the country’s massive debts. [rt]

Vittorio Missoni Plane Crash: Doubt Cast On Reports That Body Has Been Found – Mystery continues to surround the fate of Vittorio Missoni, the Italian fashion executive, after reports that his body had been recovered from an aircraft off the Venezuelan coast went unconfirmed by his relatives. [guardian]

Steyn Mansion Sets R250m Property Record – Insurance tycoon Douw Steyn’s mansion in Sandton’s Fourways, recently completed at a cost of R250m, has set what is believed to be a new record for South African residential property values. [bdlive]

Final Written Warning For Wearing EFF Beret At Work – A Lanseria International Airport employee received a final written warning for wearing an Economic Freedom Fighters beret at work. [cipr]

South Africa Has 47,000 Slaves – Africa cannot rid itself of slavery. The prevalence of modern-day slavery on the continent has been mapped in the inaugural Global Slavery Index compiled by the Walk Free Foundation. [timeslive]

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Skull Suggests Single Human Species Emerged From Africa – A newly discovered 1.8 million-year-old skull offers evidence that humanity’s early ancestors emerged from Africa as a single adventurous species, not several species as believed, drastically simplifying human evolution, an international research team said Thursday. [wsj]

Morrissey Autobiography Published As Penguin Classic – The lead singer of The Smiths’ Autobiography has been released as a Penguin Classic, causing heated debate among literature traditionalists. Jeremy Garner finds out why. [crbl]

Michael Bay Attacked On The Set Of “Transformers 4” – As Michael Bay confirms on his website, he was recently attacked in Hong Kong on the set of Transformers 4. [buzzfeed]

Anyone Know Why People Are So Angry With Jonty Rhodes On His Facebook Wall? – Some strange requests have appeared from people asking Jonty Rhodes to unfriend them on Facebook. One person even stated they were glad their grandmother wasn’t alive, as Jonty was her hero. Anyone know what’s going on? [here]

Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame Throws Some Serious Shade At Kim Kardashian – Kanye West, in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that you might have missed last week, talked about how it was ludicrous that his baby mama Kim Kardashian did not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. How did the Walk of Fame team respond? With a big resounding “Fuck thaaaat.” [defamer]

Larry Flynt: Don’t Execute the Man Who Paralyzed Me – Joseph Paul Franklin, who has confessed to shooting Flynt in 1978 and been convicted in a series of racially motivated murders, is set for execution in Missouri in November. Flynt writes for THR, “I have every reason to be overjoyed with that decision, but I am anything but.” [hollyrep]

Latin America Brings Up Its Dead, Seeking Truth to Help Settle the Past – In the aftermath of Chile’s 1973 military coup, the Nobel Prize-winning poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda was found dead. Although he was long thought to have perished from prostate cancer, a judge recently ordered his remains exhumed from a grave overlooking the Pacific Ocean to investigate claims that he was poisoned. [nyt]

Small Businesses On Twitter: 7 Successful Strategies To Learn From – If you’re a small business owner, you’ve no doubt already spent some time stressing about what to say on Twitter… or whether to say anything at all. And while there’s no shortage of PR and marketing pros doling out tips and tricks, sometimes the best way to learn is by taking a page from the competition’s book. [huffpo]

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