Sega Hacked – 1.29 Million Users’ Info Compromised - Sega has confirmed that the personal data of 1.29 million of its customers was stolen in an attack on its systems. It comes after the computer games firm said on Friday that e-mail addresses and dates of birth stored on the Sega Pass database were accessed by hackers. [bbc]
Routine Traffic Stop Leads Italian Police To $3.6m Of Stolen Art - When Italian police stopped a car near Milan last month, not only was the driver driving without a license, but he and his companion had a painting by Giorgio Morandi worth €200,000 ($291,500) in the trunk. A further 12 paintings belonging to collector Paola Folon of Monaco were found. [artinfo]
Famous Marilyn Monroe Subway Dress Sets $5.6m Auction Record - “The Holy Grail” of Hollywood costumes went under the hammer yesterday. One of them was the Subway dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in “The Seven year Itch”. The dress sold for a whopping $5.6 Million which is an all time record. Follow link for other iconic items auctioned. [popyacollar]
Malema Turns On Zuma Like An Alsation – African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema used his closing address on Sunday to launch a veiled attack on President Jacob Zuma and his close allies within the party’s national executive committee, in what appeared to be the clearest indication yet that the league was moving away from the ANC president and his lieutenants. [mail&guardian]
Winnie Mandela Endorses Malema - Winnie Mandela, most famous for her role in the kidnapping, torture and murder of one Stompie Seipei, has come out in full support of Julius Malema and his mission to take over the world. [mail&guardian]
Bruce Springsteen’s Saxophonist Dies - The “Big Man,” saxophonist Clarence Clemons, has died in Palm Beach, Florida, from complications of a stroke he suffered last Sunday. The beloved 69-year-old musician was born in Norfolk, Virgina, in 1942 and met his most famous collaborator, Bruce Springsteen, at an Asbury Park, New Jersey bar during a lightning storm in 1971. [yahoo]
SA Sniper Rifles In Libya - A video shows rebel fighters displaying the rifles after they were taken from pro-Gaddafi troops according to Sunday’s Rapport newspaper. The rifles have “seven or eight highly unique characteristics” that prove they came from Truvelo Manufacturers in Midrand, Gauteng. [timeslive]
NATO Confirms They Hit Civilians - NATO acknowledged Sunday that an errant missile had destroyed a civilian home in the Libyan capital in the early morning, saying it may have killed civilians. It was the alliance’s first such admission in the three-month-long campaign of airstrikes against the military forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. [nytimes]
Rory McIlroy Wins US Open – When Rory McIlroy sauntered down the 18th fairway Sunday evening – cap already doffed, smile already wide — he could have dropped shots from his pockets with each stride and still won the U.S. Open comfortably. He had some time, then, to look into the crowds. He needed to spot one green shirt, his father Gerry, on Father’s Day. [washpo]
Murder Prisoner Released At 108 - India’s oldest prisoner has been freed from a jail in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh at the age of 108, after serving time for committing multiple murders, a report says. Brij Bihari Pandey was convicted along with 15 men for the 1987 murders of four people over the inheritance of a Hindu religious institution. [bigpond]
Joost Goes To Court Over Kids - Joost van der Westhuizen intends getting an urgent application to force his wife, Amor Vittone, to let him see his children more regularly. His lawyer, Robert Klinkenberg said Joost wanted more time with his children as the “current agreement between the couple wasn’t working”. [news24]
Mel Gibson’s New Greek Girlfriend Is Into S&M - Mel Gibson has reportedly moved on from his disastrous relationship with Oksana Grigorieva by dating a Greek fetish model. Gibson now appears to be putting the past behind him and moving on from his bitter split from the Russian singer by spending time with Gothic model Stella Mouzi. [3news]
Man Beat Up Over Shaq Sex Tape – A Los Angeles music producer testified gang members kidnapped him in 2008 and told him the reason was an “issue” with then-NBA standout Shaquille O’Neal and his business partner. Robert Ross claims the attack came because he said he had a sex tape featuring O’Neal. Spicy. [seattletimes]
A Chat With The Nike Swoosh Creator - When the Nike pioneers caught their first glimpse of the black, curvy checkmark, the graphic designer waited patiently for a reaction. Nothing. Then, what else you got? One by one, Carolyn Davidson presented a handful of sketches. But ultimately the three men circled back to the checkmark, her favorite. [oregonlive]
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