Top TV Files For Business Rescue – The satellite pay-TV operator, the only rival in the space to MultiChoice’s DStv, has filed for a business rescue under the Companies Act. [mail&guardian]

Zuma Wants ‘African Justice’ – President Jacob Zuma has tacitly endorsed the controversial Traditional Courts Bill, telling chiefs not to buy in to the legal practices of the white man. [timeslive]

Parliament Hit New Low – Motshekga – “The chaos and disorder in the NA on Tuesday, which included the banging of tables, notably by DA MPs, in full view of the public, represented one of the lowest points in the history of our multi-party debates.” [news24]

Trick Or Treating Kids Given Cocaine Instead Of Sweets – A man has been charged with possession of class-A drugs after children out trick-or-treating for Halloween were given bags of cocaine. [guardian]

Armstrong Might Lose His Olympic Bronze As Well – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will investigate Lance Armstrong’s 2000 Olympics bronze medal after the American was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in the biggest doping scandal to hit the sport. [reuters]

Bryan Habana Gets ‘Best Player’ Award – Springbok winger Bryan Habana was on Thursday named South African Rugby Player of the Year for the third time, while Western Province picked up a brace of awards for their Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup success. [sport24]

Bloomberg Endorses Obama – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing Barack Obama for re-election, citing the US President’s leadership on climate change. [skynews]

Russia Set To Redefine Treason – Russia’s parliament has approved an expanded legal definition of high treason. Opponents, including human rights groups, say the bill’s language has been made so vague that it could potentially be used to punish almost any Russian who has contacts with foreigners. [npr]

Apple Ordered To Put Up ANOTHER Samsung Statement – US tech giant Apple has until Saturday to re-write an “inaccurate” statement relating to its patent dispute with South Korean rival Samsung, judges have ruled. [afp]

Bloomberg Businessweek ‘s Magazine Cover: ‘It’s Global Warming, Stupid’ – Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week takes a direct approach to linking Hurricane Sandy and climate change. [huffers]

This Is How The US Army Are ‘Unwatering’ New York’s Tunnels – On Thursday, the U.S. military began to bring some of its heavy equipment into place – from generators to powerful water pumps to trucks flown from across the country. But, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emphasized to Danger Room, they’re just getting started with the cleanup. [wired]

Royal Art Collector Compared To ‘Inveterate Gambler’ – A royal sheikh accused of failing to honour a multi-million pound auction purchase has been compared to an “inveterate gambler” who cannot stop bidding for works of art. [telegraph]

Chris Brown Wears Terrorist Outfit For Halloween – On Halloween, the 23-year-old R&B star and his pals dressed up with beards, turbans and fake guns—seemingly trying to look like stereotypical Arab terrorists—as they swung by Rihanna’s Halloween bash at Greystone Manor in West Hollywood. [eonline]

‘Human Ken Doll’ Not Interested In ‘Human Barbie Doll’ – If there’s a real-life Barbie doll and a human Ken doll, there can be only one destiny — sweet, sweet plastic romance. That’s not happening, however, says Justin Jedlica, whose body is pumped with so much silicone that he’s being called as plastic as Mattel’s No. 1 boy toy Ken. [huffers]

Heathrow Airport Opens ‘Popup Park’ – London’s Heathrow Airport has opened what they’re calling a ‘pop-up’ park in the middle of one of their terminals where passengers are encouraged to zen out with a specially-designed relaxation menu. [luxuo]

Amy Winehouse’s Wedding Dress Stolen – The dress Amy Winehouse wore when she married ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil has been stolen, a spokesman has confirmed. It was taken while being kept in storage at the singer’s former home in north London. [bbc]

Larry Flynt Offers $1 Million For Proof That God Intended Post-Rape Pregnancy – Having already offered $1 million for information on Mitt Romney’s taxes, Flynt puts another million up for “any verifiable transcript of your personal conversations with God; letters, email, text messages or videos from God, or messages addressed to you from God transmitted by any third party” [buzzfeed]

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The Premier Show With Seth And Bruce 10h00 to 13h00 – Easing you into your Friday, Seth and Bruce discuss the topics of the day, with a smattering of sport, entertainment and finance. It’s Friday Done Jack’s Way and they will be broadcasting live from Constantia Uitsig Restaurant which has consistently been ranked among South Africa’s finest restaurants! [2ovfm]

Run2Stop Live Broadcast, 15h00-17h00 – The Continental Run2Stop is an endurance race between two equal teams of runners, cyclists, drivers and support personnel starting on Friday, October 26th and finishing on November 2. The race starts at Continental SA’s Head Office in Port Elizabeth and finishes at Kyalami Race Track in Midrand. Bailey will be live from the Kyalami Race track, announcing winners as they come in! Tune in to be the first to know. [baileyschneider]

FRESH PODCASTS

Why Mark Keohane Doesn’t Put Any Faith In Awards – Instrumental in the launch of Business Day Sports Monthly, and now a columnist. He exposed the Andre Markgraaff racist scandal in 1997 that had Markgraaff fired as Bok coach, and also exposed the infamous Kamp Staaldraad in 2003 and the Geo Cronje/Quinton Davids racism within the Bok squad, which had Rudolf Straeuli fired. He is the author of SA Rugby Uncovered. In the podcast, Tank and Mark had a proper discussion around the Kings, and how they have been brought into South African rugby. Mark was also very open with regard to his involvement, or lack thereof, in the franchise, and how his ex company are handling the representation of Luke Watson and other player. [podcast]