The 2011 Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade [Rad Photos] – On Thursday Nov. 24, 2011, the 85th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade lit up the streets of Manhattan with mammoth floats and toe-tapping high school bands. As the star-studded revelers marched through the Big Apple, an estimated 3.5 million lined the streets to cheer them on. [ibtimes]

American Idol Botches Lip Sync [Video] – Scotty McCreery has a whole lot to be thankful for this year, but he’s probably not going to enjoy his turkey quite as much after a slip up at today’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year’s “American Idol” winner was riding a float and setting himself to perform to his hit, “The Trouble With Girls.” Unfortunately, his cue didn’t go quite right, and the song began a few seconds before he began to “sing.” In other words, a lip sync fail. [huffpo]

Secrecy Bill: ANC Wrong About Public Interest Clause – Legal experts have challenged the ANC’s claim that international precedent does not show a need for a public interest clause in legislation concerning the protection of state information. [mail&guardian]

England RFU Told Players To Bribe Hotel Maid – The Rugby Football Union allegedly told three England players to pay NZ$30,000 (£14,350) to a chambermaid to buy her silence following her claims that they had sexually harassed her during the World Cup tournament. [telegraph]

Paparazzi Slipped Note Into JK Rowling’s Kid’s Bag – Paparazzi hounded “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling so constantly after her children were born that she felt like a hostage in her own house, she told a government-backed inquiry into British press ethics and practices Thursday. And it was “hard to say how I angry I was” at finding that a journalist had managed to slip a note into her 5-year-old daughter’s school bag. [cnn]

Something About Malema – I didn’t have the strength to read the whole thing but basically Malema spoke to a group of people and was whining about how he was treated, compared to people within the ANC who went against the secrecy bill vote. The usual base-level arguments and child-like rhetoric. Yawn. [news24]

Russian TV Presenter Fired After Obama Middle-Finger – A Russian news anchor made headlines herself by giving the middle finger on air, seemingly aimed at President Obama. And now she’s lost her job. REN TV’s Tatyana Limanova is seen flipping the bird in a newscast that aired earlier this month, but went viral on the web after a report Wednesday by London’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. [nydailynews]

Camera Trap Sends Wild Animals To Your Phone – Stuck in an airport this holiday season? Hiding from extended family? Or just looking to take a mobile phone safari? The Instant Wild app, free and newly released by the Zoological Society of London, streams images to your iPhone or iPad from camera traps in Kenya, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and England’s Whipsnade Zoo. Images can also be seen via browser. [wired]

Hulk Hogan’s Divorce Settlement – Court records show a financial settlement has been agreed upon between wrestler Terry Bollea — better known as Hulk Hogan — and his ex-wife. He agreed to give his ex-wife 40 percent ownership in his various companies and pay her an additional $3 million property settlement. The paper reports Linda Bollea received $7.44 million of the couple’s $10.41 million that was held in bank and investment accounts. [associated]

American Samoa Football Team Celebrate First Win. Ever – American Samoa’s football team – ranked as the worst international team in the world – has won a game for the first time in its history. The US protectorate managed a 2-1 victory over Tonga after 30 straight defeats in almost two decades. [bbc]

26 Bodies Found In Vans In Mexico – Suspected drug gang hitmen murdered at least 26 people and dumped their bodies in the center of Mexico’s second city of Guadalajara on Thursday as a showdown between rival drug gangs intensified. The bodies were found in several vans abandoned around the western city’s iconic Millennium Arches monument, together with a message from drug cartels. [reuters]

Self-Proclaimed Super-Hero Will Not Be Charged – Seattle’s self-proclaimed “superhero” Phoenix Jones won’t face charges with misdemeanor assault for a pepper spray incident last month near the Alaskan Way Viaduct because of “proof problems,” City Attorney Pete Holmes said Wednesday. “However, Mr. Fodor is no hero,” Holmes said in a statement, “just a deeply misguided individual. [seattlepi]

Watch Justin Bieber Struggle to Name All Seven Continents – Justin Bieber stopped by the Late Show this evening for a chat with David Letterman. At one point, Bieber noted that he’d been to “every continent.” But after being challenged by Letterman to actually name each of them, Bieber was less than successful. [gawker]

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