William & Kate Get Their Own Coin – Well as you can imagine the poms are up in arms over the new coin, which has William and Kate’s faces engraved on it. Apparently the coin doesn’t look a thing like the two lovebirds. They’re moaning about William’s hair in the image, as well as Kate’s features. Dearie dearie me! [express]
Media24 Notches Major Wikileaks Scoop – The fledgling Media24 investigative journalism unit struck a rich vein of gold when it obtained a cache of unpublished cables about southern Africa that were originally leaked to WikiLeaks. The scoop is the latest in a growing number of headline stories broken by the Media24 unit and which have caused sleepless nights for those suddenly in the spotlight of its exposés. [dailymav]
Motorist Caught 32 Times Over The Booze Limit – A drunk motorist was arrested near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape after allegedly being found to be 32 times over the alcohol limit. The motorist was driving a Mercedes-Benz Vito at about 23:00 on Wednesday when he was stopped by police. Blood tests were conducted on him and he was found to have an alcohol content of 1.6g/100ml – 32 times over the limit. Five boys and a woman, who were also in the vehicle with 15 sheep allegedly stolen from nearby farms, were also arrested. [news24]
Stephen Baldwin Sues Kevin Costner – Kevin Costner and Stephen Baldwin (yes, THAT Baldwin) aren’t Harvard students weaseling inside a dorm room, they’re grown men, but Costner allegedly pulled a ‘Social Network’-style Zuckerberg move when he supposedly duped Baldwin into dropping his shares in Costner’s company Ocean Therapy.According to TMZ, Baldwin is suing Costner because he robbed him of his shares in the oil-filtering invention Costner sold during the BP oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. [popeater]
North Korea Might Launch Holy War – His warning came as South Korea staged a massive show of force aimed at deterring further aggression from their volatile neighbour. The North’s defence chief, Kim Yong Chun, told a patriotic rally to celebrate the military achievements of the country’s ailing dictator Kim Jong-il, that Pyongyang was “fully prepared to launch a sacred war” if the South encroached on its territory. [telegraph]
The Facebook Map – A Facebook intern used data from the social networking site to create a map of people’s friendships across the globe and to see how they related to geographical and political boundaries. After experimenting with different techniques, he ended up using arced, weighted lines to connect cities based on the volume of the Facebook friendships between them. The result is “a surprisingly detailed map of the world. Check it out. [cnn]
Man Jumps From Balcony In Romania (Video) – Here is a good example of an unhealthy way of protesting you’re government. A Romanian man decided to jump off the chambers balcony in the Romanian Parliament. According to reports, a man named Adrian Sobaru was protesting the Romanian government austerity measures. He decided to jump off the 23 foot ledge in front of the country’s public television station. [postchron]
Gwyneth Paltrow Found Dating Affleck And Pitt ‘Strange’ – Gwyneth Paltrow is in love with and happily married to “genius” Coldplay singer Chris Martin, but she admits that her previous Hollywood relationships weren’t quite as blissful. Paltrow told E! that her relationships with Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck were a bit surreal. “It was strange to be part of a public couple,” she said. It was over half a decade of strangeness for her, then; she dated Pitt from 1994-1997, and the pair was briefly engaged; and she was on-and-off with Ben Affleck from 1997 to 2000. [huffers]
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