Andy Murray Wins Historic US Open – Scot Andy Murray becomes the first British man to win a tennis singles Grand Slam since Fred Perry in 1936. [skynews]

The iPhone 5 Is Expected To Boost The US GDP – As anticipation builds for the launch of Apple’s iPhone 5, one economist has got an additional selling point for the product: It could provide a significant boost to GDP growth. [cnn]

Taliban Very Keen On Kidnapping Or Killing Prince Harry – The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or kill Britain’s Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. [reuters]

Ster Kinekor R15 Movie Ticket Madness – Come now, when last did movies cost R15? Probably when you were a tinkle in your randy dad’s eye. Relive the days when car guards were happy with 50c and get to the movies for only R15. [clickhere]

Lonmin Strikers Remain Defiant – Striking workers paralysed a gold mine in South Africa on Monday, fuelling fears that mounting discontent could spread to the entire mining sector and grip the continent’s economic powerhouse for months. [iol]

SA Selling Weapons To Zimbabwe: ‘Above Board’ – The discovery of the sale of hardware worth more than R2-billion was revealed in answers to parliamentary questions by DA MP David Maynier yesterday. [timeslive]

SA’s Digital Spend To Rise 21% – Digital spending in the local entertainment and media industry is expected to increase at an approximate 21% compound annual rate during the next five years‚ according to PwC’s South African entertainment & media outlook 2012-2016‚ released on Monday. [fin24]

Led Zeppelin’s Mysterious Facebook Countdown – Seems like Tom Waits just did something similar, but now Led Zeppelin are in the midst of a mysterious countdown on Facebook. The band on Saturday posted the word “Five” in the stylized typeface of their fourth album, garnering nearly 37,000 “likes.” Yesterday, they followed with “Four.” [rollingstone]

Caribbean Coral Reefs On The Verge Of Collapse – With less than 10% of the Caribbean’s reefs showing live coral cover, one of the world’s most important ecosystems is in danger of utter devastation. [mail&guardian]

Drug Traffickers And Their Homemade Submarines – For more than 24 hours last September, a Coast Guard helicopter and speedboat pursued drug traffickers and their contraband across the Caribbean Sea. Finally they caught up with the improbable vessel, the latest innovation in the decades-old drug war. It was a submarine. [nytimes]

First Look At Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ Trailer [Video] – We’ve already gotten a first look at Daniel Day-Lewis in his sure-to-be Oscar nominated turn as Abraham Lincoln in an official first look photo. Now it’s time to see the actor in action in this first teaser leading up to the actual trailer premiere. [firstsghowing]

R982 Million Jackpot Tonight – Tickets are flying for tonight’s massive $120 million MegaMillions lottery jackpot. At just under a billion Rand, one wonders what you will do with the money! That’s IF you give yourself the chance to win it. Get tickets online [here]

New Formula To Settle Divorce Payouts – Divorce settlements would be worked out according to a mathematical formula which would divide up a couple’s assets depending on income and how long they have been married, a major review has suggested. [telegraph]

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How Sports Would Be Better With Doping – As training, coaching, nutrition and equipment has been perfected, the best times of the best athletes have been increasing at a slower and slower rate. There are numerous estimates of what the fastest possible 100m time will be, based on extrapolating current trends. The most recent study found that 9.48 seconds was the predicted “fastest” time. [wired]

Kris Jenner In A Bikini At 56 – There’s a new bikini’d Kardashian/Jenner cover girl in town — 56-year-old Kris Jenner. The Kardashian matriarch stripped down for the cover of Australia’s New Idea, wearing a red bikini and black sarong. [huffpo]

John Mayer Sued For Ponzi Scheme Money – John Mayer has just been dragged into a lawsuit over a $100 million Ponzi scheme — and according to the docs, the singer might be in possession of as much as $465,000 in dirty money. [tmz]

Notebook Director Approves Of Incest – Writer-director Nick Cassavetes unveiled his new movie “Yellow” at the Toronto Film Festival this weekend and found himself defending the main character’s incestuous love affair with her own brother. [thewrap]

Rihanna Got a Massive Underboob Tattoo in Memory of Her Late Gran Gran [NSFW] – Or is that in mammary of her late Gran Gran? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) Either way, Bad Girl RiRi flashed her new ink on Instagram along with the caption, “Goddess Isis- Complete Woman – Model for future generations- #GRANGRANDOLLY – always in and on my heart #1love.” [gawker]

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COMING UP TODAY

Childhood Cancer Awareness On Mommy Matters – September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month in South Africa, and tonight on the show they will be talking to Mandie from the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, who facilitates assistance to families affected by Childhood Cancer. She will be sharing on how we can all get involved in helping those fighting this challenging disease, and very importantly, what we should be looking out for in our own children in order to assist making early diagnoses and reduce some of the scary statistics surrounding death in children due to cancer and late detection. Tune in from 19h00-20h00! [mommymatters]

Is Visiting Strip Clubs An Acceptable Recreational Activity? – On The Dr. Eve Show tonight from 18h00-19h00, we remember 911, as we talk about our own relationship losses. We slip into “The Situation Room” and consider if visiting strip clubs is an acceptable recreational activity. Provocative, informative, sexual radio on 2ovfm from 18h00-19h00. [thedreveshow]

FRESH PODCASTS

Out Of The Frying Pan And Into The Studio – GILF – Deep Fried Man was back in our frying pan for some more craziness on the Chris & Malcolm Show. He was in studio for some comedic sing-song, gently serenading the thoughts of Chris & Malcolm. What would you like your grandmother to do to you? Listen to the podcast to find out their grandmother dreams! [podcast]

Fresh On The AIrWaves – Reece Faure – Last night was a first for Reece Faure in many ways. It was his first time being in our Cape Town studio and it was his first interview on Captain Kai’s World on 2oceansviberadio.com. Apart from speaking all things Captain Kai – surfing and skating, it should also be noted that Reece is a music producer, song writer and recording artist with his debut EP WeakKness PurpleTrees released in June this year AND all of this at the tender age of 20. His latest single titled, “Beach Philosophy”, also in the podcast. [podcast]