Twitter Sets IPO Price Range – Twitter has set a relatively modest price range of $17 to $20 per share for its initial public offering (IPO), and says it could raise as much as $1.6bn in the process. [aljazeera]
SA Moves To Repair Ties With Malawi – South Africa tried to patch up relations with Malawi on Thursday after a gaffe by President Jacob Zuma about the state of its roads that reinforced stereotypes of awful African infrastructure and South African arrogance. [iol]
Get Ready to Pay 99 Cents to Watch YouTube – YouTube is increasing its efforts to generate more revenue with its most popular videos producers. Thousands of YouTube creators will now be able to launch paid channels, which charge a monthly subscription fee of $0.99 or more. [time]
Officials Alert Foreign Services That Snowden Has Documents On Their Cooperation With U.S. – U.S. officials are alerting some foreign intelligence services that documents detailing their secret cooperation with the United States have been obtained by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, according to government officials. [washpo]
China Court Upholds Life Sentence For Bo Xilai – A court in eastern China rejected an appeal by ousted senior politician Bo Xilai on Friday and, as expected, upheld his life sentence on charges of bribery, corruption and abuse of power. [reuters]
White Widow’s SA Baby – Samantha Lewthwaite, the British terrorism suspect known as the “White Widow”, gave birth to her fourth child at an upmarket private health clinic in Johannesburg where she paid cash and gave a false address. [tlive]
Indian Girl Dies After Being Raped, Set On Fire – A girl believed to be 13 was gang raped by three men in her village in India and set on fire, according to various news reports. [usat]
Another Angel Might Be Out At Victoria’s Secret – Another Victoria’s Secret model might not walk in the company’s famous fashion show next month. Erin Heatherton might be ousted for being “difficult to work with,” reports Stephanie Smith at The New York Post. [busins]
American Student Slashed In London, Police Eye “Muslims Patrols” – A Florida man was beaten savagely in area where police say self-appointed “Muslim patrols” target gays, drinkers and scantily-clad women. Nico Hines reports. [daib]
Spanking ‘Kills Kids’ – As South Africa prepares itself for a law banning parents from spanking their children, a US study has found that regular beatings can cause aggression in children and impoverish their vocabulary. [timeslive]
Bruce Jenner Wasn’t Invited To The Engagement – Bruce Jenner was NOT invited to AT&T Park when Kanye West popped the question to Kim Kardashian … in fact, he had no idea his step-daughter was getting engaged until AFTER the fact. Blind. [tmz]
The Hidden Room Inside Mitt Romney’s New Utah House – The front door of Mitt Romney’s soon-to-be-constructed Holladay house opens to a massive living room, and to your left, around the fireplace, lies a study. If you look closely at the bookshelves there, you find something interesting: a secret door. [strib]
Never-before Seen Risque Pictures Of Madonna Go Up For Auction – Aged 18, in late 1977, a University of Michigan dance student named Madonna Louise Ciccone posed nude at $10 an hour for photographer Herman Kulkens – only for the pictures to surface less than 10 years later after she became a household name. [daimai]
Gay Art School Student to Lose Anal Virginity in Front of Class [NSFW] – Art school student Clayton Pettet says he’s held on to his anal virginity for the past 19 years, but he’s finally ready to lose it — and he wants to share his grand opening with the world. [gawk]
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