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Pistorius Accused Of Lying, Rehearsing Answers – Murder accused Oscar Pistorius has been accused of lying, rehearsing his answers and changing his story to fit new facts. [ewn]

Oscar Bigger Than Elections, Nkandla – As Wednesday marked the third day of murder accused Oscar Pistorius taking to the stand in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, his trial continued to dominate the news headlines, with the trial receiving 54.14% of the news coverage in South Africa. [n24]

High Drama: Gerrie Nel Breaks Pistorius – Forces Him To Look At Image Of Dead Reeva [Audio+Image] – An incredibly hard-core scene emerged yesterday in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius. Gerrie Nel played the video of Pistorius at a shooting range and compared the watermelon to Reeva’s brain. He shouted at Pistorius and told him to look at an image of Reeva. [2ov]

Nkandla Committee Set To Begin Work – An ad hoc committee would be formed to consider the submissions made by President Jacob Zuma in response to Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s report on upgrades to his Nkandla homestead, Parliament said on Wednesday. [iol]

Dewani: Every Move Is Watched – Honeymoon-murder accused Shrien Dewani is being closely monitored by a state-appointed mental health team to ensure that he is not faking his mental condition to avoid trial. [tlive]

Jet-Wreckage Recovery Seen Possible In Days As Pings Heard Again – Investigators are optimistic that they can soon locate wreckage from the missing Malaysian Air jet in the Indian Ocean after reacquiring acoustic pings that may emanate from the flight recorders. [washpo]

Kim Jong Un ‘Elected’ With 100% Of The Vote – With no one else on the ballot, state media reported Monday that supreme leader Kim Jong Un was not only elected to the highest legislative body in North Korea, he won with the unanimous approval of his district, which had 100% turnout. [usat]

22 People Stabbed In US High School Knife Rampage – Twenty-two people were injured when a 16-year-old boy went on a stabbing rampage at a Pennsylvania high school early Wednesday, leaving five students in critical condition, authorities said. [nydn]

Facebook Will Pull Chat Out of Main Mobile App – TechCrunch reports that Facebook will be removing chat from its standalone mobile apps in an effort to force people to use its Facebook Messenger application. If true, the move would be Facebook’s latest aggressive play to take control of your messaging life. [gizmodo]

California Man Confesses To 40 Killings – A suspected contract killer charged in Central California with killing nine people confessed to investigators that he carried out up to 40 slayings in a career spanning decades, a prosecutor said Wednesday. [time]

Alec Baldwin Deletes Homophobic Tweet To Former Romney Aide – Jack Donaghy lashes out again — this time at Garrett Jackson, a former aide to Mitt Romney. Alec Baldwin said, “You’re on your knees in that photo. What’s up with that Garrett?” [bf]

An Art Critic Reviews George W. Bush’s Paintings… And Isn’t Impressed – Art critic Deborah Solomon stopped by HuffPost Live to give her thoughts on the 43rd president-turned-burgeoning artist. Spoiler alert: she wasn’t particularly impressed. [huff]

Lindsay Lohan Cries On ‘Letterman’ After Calling Oprah – Lindsay Lohan was left fighting back tears during a recent TV taping after she attempted to prank call Oprah Winfrey, only for the media mogul to gush about how proud she is of the embattled actress’ progress. [torsun]

Game Of Thrones: HBO Almost Dropped Series After Pilot – Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner reveals HBO were not happy with the original pilot and almost ‘said no’ to the series, while Sky Atlantic confirm UK-US simulcast at Season 4 premiere. [telegraph]

Lost And Found: 100-Year-Old Message In A Bottle Finally Delivered – Richard Platz sent his SOS to the world in the form of a postcard nestled in a bottle, before he threw it out to sea along Germany’s Baltic Coast. Little did Platz know that it would be more than 100 years before his message in a bottle would be found and delivered. [mash]

Facebook Overhauls and Limits Those Despised Right-Rail Ads – When Facebook rolled out its last desktop redesign last month, it left the right column — the home of many dodgy direct-response ads — alone. Now, however, it’s gotten around to cleaning them up as well. [mash]

Scarlett Johansson Hates Her Nickname – Do not call her ScarJo. Serious actress Scarlett Johansson has serious problems with her JLo-esque nickname. [fox]

Scarlett Not Shy Of The Cleavage In Latest Vanity Fair – Everyone’s favorite soon-to-be-MILF Scarlett Johansson made the cover of Vanity Fair for May, and delivered one seriously awesome photoshoot thanks to those growing baby bumps of hers. [hollytun]

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