North Korea Successfully Launch Rocket – North Korea successfully launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and impoverished state poses to its opponents. [reuters]

FBI, NASA Hacked: Ghost Shell Posts 1.6 Million Users’ Personal Data Online – Hackers with the Ghost Shell organization posted the information online of about 1.6 million accounts from numerous government agencies and other organizations in one of the largest hacks carried out this year by any group. [epoch]

Madiba Has A Lung Infection – Military doctors are treating Nelson Mandela, the former President, for a recurring lung infection. The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader remains susceptible to the ailment because of his age and his 27 years in prison. [independent]

Aussie Prank Radio Station To Donate Half A Million Dollars To Victim’s Family – Australian radio station 2DayFM will pay at least $525,000 to a memorial fund in the name Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse found dead after two DJs duped her into putting their prank radio show call through to the hospital room where Kate Middleton was being treated for extreme morning sickness. [radio-online]

Reward Offered For Recovery Of Vending Machines Missing From Cargo Ship – Several containers were washed off a freight ship on 6 December in Cape Town. Whilst much of the discarded cargo has been recovered, five vending machines, fully stocked with Lipton Ice Tea are still missing. They are believed to be afloat due to the protective polystyrene packaging. The company has confirmed that each vending machine contains a tracking device and is offering a reward to members of the public that locate these vending machines. [more here]

Prank Call Nurse Left A Suicide Note – The nurse who apparently took her own life following the royal hoax call scandal left a note for her family, it emerged yesterday. Jacintha Saldanha had not told her husband or children that she was involved in the incident, meaning the letter may provide their only clue to what prompted the respected nurse to take such a drastic and tragic step. [dailymail]

ANC North West In Court To Stop Mangaung Delegation – Disgruntled ANC North West branches have filed an urgent interdict to stop the province’s 234 delegates from attending the ANC’s national conference. [mail&guardian]

Google Accidentally Transmits Self-Destruct Code to Army of Chrome Browsers – Google’s Gmail service went down for about 20 minutes on Monday. That was annoying, but not exactly unprecedented. These sorts of outages happen all the time. What was strange is that the Gmail outage coincided with widespread reports that Google’s Chrome browser was also crashing. [wired]

Delta To Buy Virgin Atlantic Stake From Singapore Airlines – Delta Air Lines has agreed a deal to buy Singapore Airlines’ 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic for $360m (£224m). Virgin Group and Sir Richard Branson will retain their 51% shareholding, and the Virgin brand will remain in place, the new partners said in a joint statement. [bbc]

Snoop’s Reddit AMA Is Second Biggest, Only To Obama – Rapper Snoop Lion’s candid Ask Me Anything session on Reddit attracted 1.6 million page views on Friday, becoming the second biggest AMA ever. The biggest for the social news site? President Barack Obama’s surprising Reddit session in August. That one netted nearly 3 million page views. [mashable]

US To Formally Recognise Syrian Opposition – Barack Obama says US will recognise opposition coalition as the de facto administration of Syrian regions under rebel control. [guardian]

Arsenal Knocked Out Of Tournament By League Two Side – Arsenal were knocked out of the Capital One Cup quarterfinals by League Two side Bradford City after a thrilling penalty shootout at Valley Parade. [sportsworld]

Makhaya Ntini Is Managing A Rugby Team – Former Proteas cricketer Makhaya Ntini is confident he will make a success of his new task of managing Kaizer Chiefs’ sevens rugby team. [sport24]

Eighth Tibetan Child Dies After Setting Herself On Fire Protesting Chinese Rule – A teenage girl set herself on fire on the grasslands of an ethnic Tibetan region in western China, becoming the eighth child to self-immolate to protest Chinese rule over the region, rights groups said. [washpo]

Three Dead In US Mall Shooting – Panicked customers rushed to the exits when a gunman opened fire Tuesday at a mall outside Portland, Oregon. Some people huddled behind store counters and hid behind racks of clothing. The mall’s Santa dropped to the ground. [cnn]

Queen To Make TV History With 3D Christmas Message – She has never shied away from using the latest technology for her Christmas message. And this year viewers will be able to watch the Queen’s speech in 3D. She recorded the message at Buckingham Palace in the new format on Friday – becoming the first royal to use the technology. [dailymail]

Lindsay Lohan Still Hasn’t Thanked Charlie Sheen For The $100,000 – Charlie Sheen is unhappy that Lindsay Lohan never thanked him for giving her a reported $100,000. He generously helped out his Scary Movie 5 co-star when he heard she was having financial difficulties but admitted he is unimpressed that the 26-year-old actress accepted money from him but didn’t acknowledge it. [ndtv]

Victoria Beckham Joins Geri Halliwell And Other Spice Girls For ‘Viva Forever’ World Premiere [PICTURES] – The Spice Girls united in London on Wednesday evening for the world premiere of the musical based on their songs, ‘Viva Forever’. [huffers]

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The Rolling Stone Chart – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts at 12h45 each Wednesday – live to your radio / car / mobile phone on the Just Josie Show! [justjosie]

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