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Morning Headlines
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Thursday Morning Spice
29 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Kim Jong Un Gets Cool New Title – North Korea declared Kim Jong Il’s son and successor “supreme leader” of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial Thursday for his father in the government’s first public endorsement of his leadership. [associated] WTF? I Wanted an iPhone!’ Comedian Retweets Messages from Angry, Entitled […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
28 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Julius Malema Wins ‘Mampara Of The Year” Award – The Sunday Times runs a weekly Mampara of the week award, which goes to the person they believe has acted like the biggest Mampara (asshole). The competition is stiff and you can only imagine what a jerk you have to be to win the Mampara of […]
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Friday Morning Spice
23 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Cheaper Broadband On The Way To SA Next Year – Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) launched a new process last week which sees affordable broadband just around the corner. Some time next year spectrum in the 2.6 gigahertz (GHz) and 800 megahertz (MHz) will be licensed to successful applicants. The spectrum in the 2.6GHz […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
22 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Prince William Shows Off His Urban Dance Moves – The Duke of Cambridge embraced the spirit of the festive season last night — albeit in a somewhat unconventional fashion — when he performed his own dance moves with an 18-year-old girl at a charitable shelter. [telegraph] Piers Morgan Is In The Dwang – Bosses at […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
21 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Mvelaphanda Deal Collapses – A bid by investment firm Blackstar to acquire SA’s Mvelaphanda Group in a R1,9bn deal collapsed yesterday, after shareholders argued Mvela’s unbundling would create more value than Blackstar’s cash and shares offer. The offer was yesterday described as an attempt to pick up Mvela’s lucrative assets at a “discount”. [businessday] […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
20 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Vodacom Beats MTN With iPhone 4S Deals – The iPhone 4S has finally been launched in SA this past weekend – but the networks kept their cards close to their chest in terms of deals. Pricing was only officially announced on Thursday, and not through very public channels. Pricing is definitely better than expected, but […]
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Monday Morning Spice
19 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Kim Jong Il Is Dead – Our Dear leader has died. As you would imagine, he died from overwork – giving too much to his people. Officially they say he died from “great mental and physical pain.” He was on a train at the time, conducting a “field guidance tour.” No doubt looking at things […]
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Friday Morning Spice
16 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Billion Rand Lottery Ticket Sales Go Crazy – Sales of online tickets to tonight’s Mega Millions lottery jackpot of over R1 billion have doubled, as the closing time nears. With a jackpot of $135 million, South Africans are clambering to have the chance of waking up on Saturday, a billionaire. Buy your tickets safely and […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
15 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Zynga Inc. Goes Public On Thursday – Zynga Inc., whose games now reach 60 million active players, daily, and 232 million active players every month, is going public. In one of the busiest weeks on Wall Street, Zynga, according to its SEC filing, is planning to offer 100 million shares this week in an IPO. Zynga’s […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
14 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
South African Student Nabbed For Drug Trafficking – On the day a South African woman was executed in China for smuggling drugs, a young Johannesburg student was arrested in Thailand for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks into the country. Follow link to see how she hid it. [Daily Dispatch] James Murdoch […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
13 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Obama Wants His Toy Plane Back – President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States has asked Iran to return a U.S. drone aircraft that Iran claims it recently brought down in Iranian territory. “We’ve asked for it back. We’ll see how the Iranians respond,” Obama said in a news conference. [cnn] New Castro Interview […]
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Monday Morning Spice
12 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
White Blonde FHM Model Wins Miss South Africa – Melinda Bam, a 22-year-old Pretoria University B Comm marketing student and former FHM model has been crowned the new Miss SA in a glamorous event at Sun City. Her first princess is Remona Moodley, 22, and second princess Thuli Sangwini, 21. White, Indian and Black. Tick, […]
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Friday Morning Spice
09 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two dead in Virginia Tech University shooting – A gunman ambushed and killed a campus police officer and was later reported to have been found dead on Thursday at Virginia Tech University, the site of one of the worst shooting rampages in U.S. history. [Reuters] Protesters ‘abused, manhandled’ at COP17 – A climate change meeting […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
08 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Gorbachev Calls For New Election – Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, added his voice to a nascent anti-Kremlin protest movement on Wednesday, calling for the results of increasingly disputed parliamentary elections last weekend to be scrapped. Mr. Gorbachev’s remarks come after days of demonstrations against the authorities that have drawn […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
07 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
CEO Of Cricket SA Cries Like A Baby – Cricket SA (CSA) CEO Gerald Majola burst out in tears after appearing in front of a commission of inquiry into the organisation’s bonus scandal. He was questioned at length about the fact that he and Don McIntosh, the IPL tournament director, received more than two-thirds of a […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
06 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
They Seem To Have Found Another Earth – A new planet outside of Earth’s solar system has been identified with many similarities to our own – making it the latest best potential target for life. Kepler 22-b, which is about 2.4 times the size of Earth and lies in the so-called “Goldilocks zone”, has a relatively […]
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Monday Morning Spice
05 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
World’s Most Expensive Car Crash Claims 8 Ferraris, 3 Benzes And A Lamborghini [Video] – A single miscalculation from a Ferrari driver earlier today in Japan led to a chain reaction that ultimately wrecked or destroyed 14 vehicles including eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a Skyline, and a Prius that was in the right […]
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Friday Morning Spice
02 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Vodacom Announce iPhone 4S SA Launch Date – Finally we have some idea when Apple’s iPhone 4S will be landing in SA. On Vodacom’s website their iPhone 4S registration page just went live. Luckily the wait is not too long – 16 December is only a couple of weeks away. I think I know a […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
01 Dec 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Horses Could Soon Be Slaughtered For Meat In US – Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month. [foxnews] Blackberry To Support iPhone And Android […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
30 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Michael Jackson’s Doctor Gets 4 Years – The doctor who killed Michael Jackson was preparing to blackmail the singer, a judge said last night as he gave the disgraced physician a four-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. Judge Michael Pastor said that Conrad Murray had committed “medicine madness” to gain “money, fame, prestige”. [theaus] Piers Morgan “Set […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
29 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Rupert Murdoch Made Charlotte Church An Offer She Couldn’t Refuse – Charlotte Church waived a £100,000 fee to sing at Rupert Murdoch’s wedding in return for favourable coverage in his newspapers, she claimed yesterday. However, the singer says she was betrayed by the media tycoon, whose publications she claims have attacked her throughout her career. [dailymail] […]
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Monday Morning Spice
28 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
IMF Readies $794 Billion Bailout For Italy – The IMF could bail out Italy with up to 600 billion ($794 billion), an Italian newspaper reported on Sunday, as Prime Minister Mario Monti came under pressure to speed up anti-crisis measures. The money would give Monti a window of 12 to 18 months to implement urgent budget […]
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Friday Morning Spice
25 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The 2011 Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade [Rad Photos] – On Thursday Nov. 24, 2011, the 85th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade lit up the streets of Manhattan with mammoth floats and toe-tapping high school bands. As the star-studded revelers marched through the Big Apple, an estimated 3.5 million lined the streets to cheer them on. [ibtimes] […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
24 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Clooney And Ronaldo On Berlusconi Trial Witness List – Actor George Clooney and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo could be called as witnesses in the trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of sex with an underage prostitute, the court announced Wednesday. [cnn] James Murdoch Resigns Amid Hacking Scandal – James Murdoch has […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
23 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Auckland Helicopter Crash Broadcast Live-Streaming On Internet – The pilot of a helicopter which crashed in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour is understood to have escaped serious injury. The squirrel helicopter was working to erect the seven storey Telecom Christmas tree at its new home on Auckland’s waterfront when it clipped a wire and crashed around 10:30 […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
22 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
‘Black Tuesday’ – Day Of Reckoning For SA Democracy – Every MP who presses the green button to vote “yes” for the Protection of State Information Bill will at that moment take personal responsibility for the first piece of legislation since the end of apartheid that dismantles an aspect of our democracy. [businessday] Media To […]
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Monday Morning Spice
21 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Mila Kunis Went To The Ball – When a Marine accepted a buddy’s double-dare this summer and asked out Mila Kunis via YouTube, he had no idea that it would have a fairy tale ending. The “Black Swan” actress ended up accompanying him to the Marine Corps ball. Sgt. Scott Moore, who recently returned from seven […]
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Friday Morning Spice
18 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Demi Moore Announces Divorce From Ashton Kutcher – Demi Moore is ending her marriage to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, she told The Associated Press on Thursday. Moore, 49, and Kutcher, 33, were wed in September 2005. The couple’s relationship became tabloid fodder in recent months as rumors swirled about Kutcher’s alleged infidelity. [associated] Ashton Kutcher Tweets […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
17 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Benetton Unveil Controversial New Ad Campaign – There’s no doubt that these are the pictures of the day. U.S. President Barack Obama kissing his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Abbas embracing Benjamin Netanyahu, and Germany’s Angela Merkel locking lips with Nicolas Sarkozy. Is this bad fan fiction? A new approach to international diplomacy? The stunning (albeit […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
16 Nov 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Fight Breaks Out Between Politicians On Lebanese TV – Two prominent Lebanese politicians debating the unrest in neighboring Syria have exchanged blows on live television, in an indication of the deep divide between Lebanese factions over their relationship with Damascus. [lebnews] Eurozone Teeters On Edge Of Recession – European economic growth was once again virtually […]
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