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South Africa Tops Luxury Resort Hot-Spots List – You’ll be proud as punch when you follow this link and check out the pic of Cape point and the accompanying video, hailing South Africa and Cape town as one of the trendier places to go on holiday. No surprises there! [luxist]

Murdoch and Microsoft Gang Up On Google – Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company being paid to “de-index” its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. [financialtimes]

Blonde Prostitute Claims Italian Prime Minister is Linked to Mafia – Silvio Berlusconi faces more damage to his reputation with claims that he was directly linked to Mafia bosses and new disclosures about his private life in the memoirs of an escort girl who says that she was attacked and threatened after sleeping with him. [timesuk]

FIFA Calls Emergency Meeting Following Ireland’s Controversial Defeat – Fifa may have refused Ireland’s request to replay their World Cup play-off with France after Thierry Henry’s controversial “handball” goal settled the match, but the governing body will discuss the match at an extraordinary general meeting in Cape Town next week. [cnn]

Jennifer Lopez Punishes Herself at the AMA’s – Jennifer Lopez fell incredibly heard on her incredible ass at the American Music Awards. As luck would have it, the incident was caught on camera. She turned 40 this year, for God’s sake – she really should consider gravity. [youtube]

Red Headed Boy Attacked: Police Probe Tie To ‘Kick A Ginger Day’ – Fair enough. Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Cali may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads. Interesting that Paul Snodgrass told us it was HUG a Ginger day? [huffers]

Nude Photo of French President’s Wife Fails to Sell at Auction – A nude photo of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy – identical to one sold last year for $91,000 – has been withdrawn from a Paris auction after bids failed to hit the reserve prices. Bidding for the shot, showing Miss Bruni covering her crotch with her hands, reached only €5,800. [telegraph]

Michael Jackson’s Glove Goes For Over R2million – The publicity may have slowed down, but Michael Jackson fans are still coming out in force. Several lots soundly beat presale estimates at an auction conducted by Julien’s Auctions. The staples of Michael Jackson’s image went under the gavel. [luxist]

Bon Jovi Back At Number 1 – It took 23 years for a Bon Jovi album to debut atop the Billboard Top 200, a feat the group finally accomplished with 2007’s Lost Highway, but it only took two years to do it a second time. The Circle debuted at Number One on this week’s charts. [rollingstone]

More Levi Johnston Naked Shots Hit The Net – The father of Sarah Palin’s grandchild, Levi Johnston, has gone nude in Playgirl Magazine. Although he doesn’t show his full main chap, I’m sure the ladies will still appreciate it. [superficial]

Kite Surfers Jump Pier – In this amazing footage out of West Sussex, England, two kite surfers jump over Worthing Pier. The men spent three years planning the stunt, waiting for the perfect weather and wind conditions; we spent about 20 minutes afterward trying to pick our jaws up off the floor. [youtube]

Girlfriend, Boyfriend Both Win Rhodes Scholarship – The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University is not going to separate two lovers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – they both won. Henry Spelman and his girlfriend, Libby Longino (not hot) were among the 32 on the list. [usatoday]

Wild Child, 10, Tasered Over Bath Time Rage – An unruly 10-year-old girl has been given a Taser stun gun jolt after she kicked an Arkansas policeman in the groin. When he arrived, the girl was curled up on the floor and screaming. I used to get the wooden spoon – thank God tasers weren’t around at the time! [sky]

SuperEna Jackpot Rollover – Jeepers Hudders! Have you seen what we’re dealing with at the SuperEna Lottery? Its at $135 million. That works out to exactly R1 billion. The last big jackpot was roughly the same amount of money and was one by two people in Europe a few weeks back. Buy your tickets safely online. [playsuperena]

One FREE Pair of Tickets Available For This Weekend’s Synergy Live Concert – Simply email alan.ball@sa.24.com and one of you will be notified by the end of the day of your victory! If you aren’t notified, then you didn’t win! Good luck, you crazy rock star!

[thanks michael]