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Rolling Stones Gather To Plot 50th Anniversary Concert – The Rolling Stones are strongly considering at least one live concert later this year to mark their 50th anniversary, Stones insiders tell Rolling Stone. Sources add that the band is still considering a tour in 2013. “I’d like to get a couple of shows down and see how it goes,” Keith Richards says. “But I’d love it.” [rollingstone]

Kicking Game Failed Us: Jean – Springbok captain Jean de Villiers says all aspects of their kicking game failed them in the final Test against England. The Test in Port Elizabeth was drawn 14-all on Saturday with the hosts going on to win the series 2-0. [sport24]

Communists Oppose Mvelaphanda Bid For Avusa – The South African Communist Party has come out against a bid by Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda Group for control of media and entertainment company Avusa, saying the takeover would restrict media diversity. [businessday]

The Queen Tells The Duchess Of Cambridge To Curtsy To The ‘Blood Princesses’ – The Queen has updated the Order of Precedence in the Royal family, making it clear that the Duchess of Cambridge must curtsy to the Princesses by birth. [telegraph]

Schumacher Delighted At First Podium Since F1 Return – Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher was delighted to end his six-year wait for a podium with an impressive drive to third in the European Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion returned to the sport with Mercedes in 2010 but has rarely challenged at the front. [bbc]

Turkey Promises ‘Necessary Steps’ After Syria Downs Jet – Turkey on Saturday vowed to take “necessary steps” to respond to the downing of a Turkish military jet by Syria on Friday, but signals from Ankara and Damascus suggested neither wanted a military confrontation over the incident, which raised tensions along the neighbors’ long border to an ominous new high. [wallstreetjournal]

Fund For Bullied Grandmother Karen Klein Surpasses US$600k (R5 Million) – As the fund for elderly bus monitor bullied by schoolchildren in a viral video surpasses half a million dollars, the Toronto man who created the online campaign says the grandmother should be free to spend the money as she sees fit. [natpost]

Baby Boks Win Junior World Championship – South Africa ended the dominance of New Zealand in the IRB Junior World Championship with a thrilling 22-16 final triumph at Newlands on Friday. [taipeitimes]

World’s Ugliest Dog: Beady Eyes, Short Snout Propel ‘Mugly’ To Victory – at annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest. Check this photo, please. [vansun]

Two Dead in Beverly Hilton Murder-Suicide – Two people have been found dead in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide at the Beverly Hilton (where Whitney Houston died), just hours before the Daytime Emmy Awards were being held at the posh hotel, police said Saturday. [time]

Google-Doodle Honours Alan Turing – It’s “code”-your-own doodle day on the Google home page as the search giant celebrates the 100th birthday on Saturday of Alan Turing — the English mathematician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist — with an interactive doodle. [usatoday]

Judge Dismisses Apple vs. Google Smartphone Patent Case – A federal judge in Chicago, Ill. has thrown the Apple-Motorola Mobility smartphone patent case out the courtroom window and locked the window behind it, making sure it never finds its way back inside his court. [mashable]

There Are No Words: Riaan Cruywagen Gives Lessons On How To Be Awesome [Videos] – Legendary South African newsreader Riaan Cruywagen, aka ‘Cruy-Cruy’, has taken it upon himself to teach South Africans how to be awesome. [channel24]

New Site Megabox From Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom – Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom has announced his plans to launch a new website, despite still being under arrest. The 38-year-old tweeted an image of Megabox, a site he said would allow recording artists to sell music directly to fans. [bbc]

Lions Coach John Mitchell Suspended – The Golden Lions Rugby Union have suspended coach John Mitchell with immediate effect. This follows revelations that a group of players have presented a ‘list of grievances’ to GLRU president Kevin de Klerk as a result of the manner in which Mitchell treated his players. [news24]

Fury As Martin McGuinness Agrees To Shake Hands With Queen – The Queen has never met with a senior figure from the now-defunct IRA, which killed her cousin Lord Mountbatten in 1979. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams said meet would ‘understandably’ cause difficulties for some republicans and nationalists. [mail]

Nine Naughty Sex Tips From ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ – Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotica novel that just can’t seem to stay on a store shelf for long, has raised more than eyebrows this year. Check out these nine hot tips taken from Fifty Shades of Pleasure, and make your own sex life a best-seller! [huffpo]

The Woman in the Facebook Frat House – An early staffer recalls the raucous days of a company in transition from Harvard dorm room to Silicon Valley. [wallstreetjournal]

Elvis Fans Block Auction – Elvis Presley’s crypt has left the auction block. Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien said Friday that his company has agreed not to sell the crypt after fans worldwide demanded that it be kept as a shrine to his memory. [yahoo]

Madonna Hires DNA Team To Sterilise Her Dressing Room – Any fans hoping to nab a personal memento from Madonna on her current ‘MDNA’ world tour will have no luck ransacking her dressing room – because the pop icon has hired a team to remove any traces of DNA she leaves behind. [nme]

Giovanni Ribisi Marries Model – News that Avatar actor Giovanni Ribisi and his model bride Agyness Deyn got married broke yesterday, and now comes a photo of this most surprising summer couple. The quirky blonde fashionista’s sister took to Twitter to congratulate the happy couple moments after news of the marriage made headlines. [eonline]

Whale Shoots Rainbow Out Of Blowhole (VIDEO) – We know what you’re thinking and yes, you saw that right: A whale just shot a rainbow out of its blowhole. A rainbow. While the video is from 2011, it’s still full of awesome. [huffpo]

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