Local Hooters Restaurant Saves Customer Bill As ‘Darkies’ – The Johannesburg outlet of American restaurant chain Hooters, famous worldwide for its scantily clad waitresses, has been slapped with a R1m lawsuit over a racial boob. The Fourways Hooters has been hauled in front of the Equality Court after they issued a bill emblazoned with the word “darkies” to three customers. [news24]

Steve Jobs Designed The iPhone 5 Before He Died – The next-generation iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason…this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes. The iPhone 5 is expected to be a “cult classic” because of Jobs’ involvement. [cnet]

Microsoft Confirms Takeover Of Skype – Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype. The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft’s largest acquisition.Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold. [bbc]

Indy 500 Driver Dies After Massive Race Wreck [Video] – Race car drivers always know the worst can happen whenever they get behind the wheel. On Sunday, it happened to one of IndyCar’s biggest and most popular stars. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died after his car became ensnared in a fiery 15-car pileup, flew over another vehicle and hit the catch fence just outside turn 2 in a season-ending race at Las Vegas Motor. [abcnews / video]

SA Ref To Handle World Cup Final – South African referee Craig Joubert will referee Sunday’s World Cup final between the All Blacks and France. It will be his first World Cup final. Joubert, who controlled yesterday’s semifinal between the All Blacks and Wallabies at Eden Park, becomes only the second South African to take charge of a final after Andre Watson who has controlled two. [stuff]

‘Occupy’ Anti-Capitalism Protests Spread Around The World – Protests inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York and the “Indignants” in Spain have spread to cities around the world. Tens of thousands went on the march in New York, London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Rome, Sydney and Hong Kong as organisers aimed to “initiate global change” against capitalism and austerity measures. [guardian]

Occupy Wall Street Has Amassed $230 000 – The Wall Street protesters have amassed a $230,000 war chest and a warehouse full of supplies for their long-haul campaign. And the money continues to pour in — through online donations, money orders and about $1,000 a day dropped in a plastic jug and paint buckets in Zuccotti Park. [nypost]

Lady Gaga Drops F-Bomb At Clinton Concert – Gaga’s banter between songs during her performance at A Decade of Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton Foundation included sexual innuendos about Clinton, and at one point she dropped the F-bomb in front of the Hollywood Bowl’s capacity crowd and a Yahoo live stream. [hollywoodreporter]

Zuma Reveals Assassination Plot – President Jacob Zuma has revealed there was a plot to have him assassinated when he was still the deputy president, but said the plot was thwarted due to the loyalty of some of his bodyguards who refused to be coerced into the plan. [news24]

Sex And The SABC Big Wig – The SABC wants its head of human resources to pay back R246000 for not completing a prestigious international business course in London amid a disputed incident involving prostitutes. [timeslive]

Gang Of Women Arrested For Sex Attacks To Steal Semen From Men – Police investigating a spate of ‘ritualistic’ kidnappings and sex attacks on male hitchhikers have arrested three women. Detectives in Gweru, Zimbabwe, seized 33 used condoms from a suspect vehicle following reports of attacks on men seeking lifts in the town, as well as Harare and Mashonaland West. [dailymail]

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