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If you’ve gone through security at an airport recently, and I mean it real security, not the quick glance-and-pat that we have here in SA, then you’ll know that sneaking anything onto a plane is damn near impossibly. Even a bottle of water. Which is why this woman’s threat was so unique.

Google recently put out an ad for a full-time doodler, and it seems they may have filled that position. Today’s doodle celebrates the 78th birthday of Robert Moog, creator of the famous “moog” synthesisers, in their best tribute yet. But what sets it apart from your average doodle?

I was wondering how long this was going to take. The ANC is currently in preperations for its court date at the Johannesburg High Court tomorrow, to get the painting of JZ and his junk taken down. After today’s NEC meeting, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe had some choice words for the media.

The SAPS have issued a stern warning against persons taking the law into their own hands. This is following the necklacing of a 32 year-old man in Khayelitsha over the weekend. The man was out on bail, and was suspected of the theft of a cellphone.

The now infamous Zuma painting, Brett Murray’s The Spear, has blown up all over the social networks today. The ANC has instituted legal action against the Goodman Gallery, who received a letter from the ruling party’s lawyers this morning. The Spear will stay up – and City Press has also refused removal of an image of the painting.

We reported in the Morning Spice that Donna Summer tragically passed away yesterday at the age of 63. The cause of her death is her long struggle with cancer, but before she passed, the devout Christian singer expressed her opinion that the source may have been 9/11.

Richard Branson is the most prolific, if not the best entrepreneur in the world. Having grown his company from nothing, he is now the man behind commercial space travel – quite literally proving that the sky is not the limit. Forbes paid homage to the man with an infographic on what the world would be like without him.

An SA Roadlink bus has overturned just outside of Bloemfontein, killing five people and leaving another 25 seriously injured. The bus itself was less than a week old, and had two drivers on board. It was travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg.

This year sees the Queen of England celebrating 60 years on the throne. While the main celebrations will only be taking place on the long weekend of 2 to 5 June, the Royal Air Force has been working hard at rehearsing their aerial maneuvers. Have a look at these great pictures taken yesterday from their practice session.

Environmental activist group, Greenpeace staged a protest outside tech giant, Apple’s head office in Cupertino yesterday. The protest was a call for Apple to start powering its data centers with greener energy, and to move away from coal. They did this is the strangest way possible – by live tweeting from a “pod” dropped outside their HQ.

Isn’t this exciting – one of Britain’s most fantastic pairs, long thought lost to separate endeavours, are busy re-uniting. This is great news for any fans of Dr House, who announced earlier this year that the show is ending. Fry and Laurie made a great comedic duo in the early 90s, and the announcement has been welcomed by many fans.

South African police are not the public’s favourite people despite much of the great work that they do. Recently, stories of police brutality, corruption in the police force have emerged – do I even need to mention Bheki Cele? So when someone finds themselves behind bars for 18 months – for all the wrong reasons, it’s nice to see that something is done about it.

A vintage 1923 Leica camera went under this hammer this weekend, and shattered the record previously set for a camera. The auction was held at the Galerie Westlicht in Vienna, with the camera being sold to a buyer who has chosen to remain anonymous. But exactly how much did it go for?

DA Leader Helen Zille was under the spotlight after a new report written on behalf of Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, alleged that lawful process was not followed in a recent tender procurement by the Western Cape government. Zille has previously spoken out against corruption by stating that she would resign should any tender be found corrupt.

This is a little embarrassing for the Russian police. A Russian blogger recently decided to try a little experiment – he took a replica AK-47, hung it around his neck, and walked through the centre of Moscow to see if anything would happen. Not one police officer stopped him. See the pictures from his experiment after the jump.

As the total number of rhino poached in the Kruger National Park reaches 130, it’s nice to read news like this. SANParks has reported that two suspects have been arrested, and one killed, in a shoot out in the Crocodile Bridge section of Kruger.

The first part of the Olympics happened this morning, which saw the lighting of the Olympic torch in Ancient Olympia in Greece. This marks the start of the 78 day torch relay to the Olympic Stadium. Where will the torch be traveling this year?

Gentlemen, I have some good news. Sofia Vergara, one of the stars of Modern Family, has just split up with her boyfriend, Nick Loeb after two years together. All the juicy details inside, including who the hell Nick Loeb is.

Some people become really famous, and then we forget all about them when they were younger. People change, perceptions change – but photos don’t. Check out these amazing photos of world figures.