The Late Great Andy Irons
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Surf Champion Andy Irons Dies – The surfing world is mourning with shock news of three-time world champion Andy Irons’ death at age 32. Irons was forced to withdraw from round one of the current Rip Curl Pro Search world championship tour event in Puerto Rico with illness over the weekend, and then flew out of the island. The American died during a stop over, believed to be in Dallas, Texas, on Tuesday on his way back home to Kauai, Hawaii where he was to seek treatment. [bigpond]

Ten Year Old Gives Birth In Spain – A 10-year-old girl has given birth in southern Spain and authorities are evaluating whether to let her and her family retain custody of the baby. The father of the baby is also a minor (as in a youngster, rather than the Chile miner kind), and both the mother and the baby were in good health. Her department declined to give details, including the sex of the child. [abcnews]

Silvio Berlusconi Reckons Liking Girls Is Better Than Being Gay – Following the recent scandal that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hd sex with a 17 year old girl and then paid her for her services, he has dismissed calls to resign, saying it was ‘better to like beautiful girls than to be gay’. Like music, Silvio is the gift that keeps on giving. And we don’t have to fuel it to keep the momentum going. It just keeps coming. What a treat! [reuters]

Drug Mule Says State Security Minister Should Be Having Sleepless Nights – Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele, should be the one having sleepless nights, “not me”, said drug mule Tessa Beetge in an interview with Special Assignment on Tuesday. “My only mistake was trusting her … Sheryl Cwele should be the one paying the price. She must face consequences for her actions,” Beetge said from a Brazilian prison in the SABC 3 show. [mail&guardian]

Idols Winner To Share Money With Opponent – A wave of blue joy swept the country on Tuesday night when Elvis Blue (Jan Hoogendyk) was announced the winner of Idols in Johannesburg. Blue then announced that he would be sharing his R500 000 prize money with his opponent, L’loyd Cele. They had made an arrangement ahead of time that whoever wins would share the prize money with the other one. Clever. [chanel24]

Charlie Sheen’s Hooker Made a Psychic Spoof Sex Tape – Wearing the same bra she wore on Girls Gone Wild, Capri Anderson made a spoof video where she played a high-end hooker who services Charlie Sheen. The weird part? She made it before her hotel-trashing encounter with Charlie. [gawker]

Google Sues US Government – Google has filed a suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior for anti-competitive behavior. The company says the department did not seriously consider Google Apps as its client for handling messaging needs.The central issue surrounds a requirement by the DOI stating that any messaging solution had to include integration with Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite. Ballsy. [mashable]

Twitter Rolls Out Adverts – Twitter has started rolling out promoted tweets, its own form of advertising, into peoples’ personal timelines. Earlier this year, the site, which had famously resisted commercialising the product for four years since its launch, announced its advertising initiative, which would see brands pay to have their sponsored tweets appear throughout the site. Oh my God, they’re such prostitutes! Oh my God they’ve sold out. Oh my God I’m never using Twitter again! [telegraph]

Legal Pot Dream Is Over – Proposition 19, rejected Tuesday, would have made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, smoke the drug in nonpublic places and grow it in private plots. The proposed law also would have authorized local governments to permit commercial pot cultivation and sales. Proponents pitched the measure as a source of tax revenue and a sensible experiment for reducing marijuana-related arrests and crime. [newser]

Jellyfish Cells Can Find Cancer – Luminous cells from jellyfish can be used to diagnose cancers deep inside the body, scientists have said. The process uses the green fluorescent protein (GFP) enabling jellyfish to glow in the dark. Researchers in North Yorkshire found it can be targeted at cancer cells allowing them to be spotted using a special camera. Aah, yes, those ‘special’ cameras, working their magic again. [bbc]

MPH To Debut Pagani Zonda Roadster – One of the world’s most exclusive supercars is to make its UK debut at the MPH The Prestige & Performance Motor Show. The £1.3 million special edition Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster, which will be showcased at the event in London’s Earls Court, is the last of only five cars manufactured. Powered by a 678hp Mercedes AMG V12 engine, which can go from 0 to 62mph in just 3.4 seconds, the model is a roadster version of the Pagani Zonda Cinque. [rac]

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