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Morning Headlines
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Wednesday Morning Spice
26 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Carlos Tevez Fined £1 million For Refusing To Play – Manchester City star Carlos Tevez was hit with a £1 million fine on Tuesday following the angry bust-up during the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, the Premier League club announced. A statement from City said Tevez — widely reported to be earning £250,000 per week — […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
25 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The Kid From Jerry Maguire Turned 21 – He was an adorable little tyke who charmed Tom Cruise in ‘Jerry McGuire.’ This past Saturday, Jonathan Lipnicki turned 21. Yes, that means you’re old. Lipnicki celebrated his birthday with friends and family, including his parents, in Las Vegas. [zap2it] Queen Mooned By Construction Worker In Australia – […]
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Monday Morning Spice
24 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Gaddafi Might Have Been The Richest Man In The World – Moammar Gaddafi secretly salted away more than $200 billion in bank accounts, real estate and corporate investments around the world before he was killed. The new estimates of the deposed dictator’s hidden cash, gold reserves and investments are “staggering.” If they prove true, he would rank […]
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Friday Morning Spice
21 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Tattooed Barbie Doll Is ‘Overly-Sexualised And Inappropriate’– Throughout her 52-year history, Barbie has endured frequent criticism for setting a bad example to young girls with her unrealistic body shape and ditsy character. But none of her incarnations has caused so much fuss as her latest: a rock chick with dyed pink hair, a chest and neck […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
20 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
River Phoenix Last Movie To Be Released – Eighteen years after the sudden death of actor River Phoenix, Dutch director George Sluizer says he will finish Dark Blood, the 1993 drama that Phoenix was shooting when he died of a heart attack on Halloween night outside the Viper Room in Los Angeles. [hollywoodreporter] Malema Uses […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
19 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
DSK Accused Of Orgies And Prostitutes With Top Cop – A prostitute, being questioned by French investigators over the emergence of an underage prostitute racket in France, has said that Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a senior police official organized an orgy in one of Paris’ fanciest hotels. It is reported that police chief, Jean-Christophe Lagarde, who hoped […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
18 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Richard Branson Opens Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport – Four years later than expected, Richard Branson and New Mexico governor Susana Martinez finally dedicated the just completed Spaceport America terminal hanger facility on Monday morning. Funded by both Branson’s company and taxpayer dollars, there’s something very American about the $209 million building and accompanying 2-mile-long runway. [atlanticwire] […]
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Monday Morning Spice
17 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
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 […]
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Friday Morning Spice
14 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cell C To Compensate Blackberry Users – SA’s third mobile operator, Cell C said on Thursday that it would compensate its BlackBerry users for the service disruption caused by a core switch failure within parent company Research In Motion’s (RIM) infrastructure. [news24] Apple Wins Samsung Galaxy Tab Australia Ban – A court slapped a temporary […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
13 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Blackberry Outages Hits USA – A three-day disruption of BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating millions of users of the Research In Motion smartphones and putting more pressure on the company for sweeping changes. [ibtimes] 1.5 Million SA Blackberry Users Affected – The lack of access to BlackBerry services has had a […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
12 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
EuroMillions Couple Give Friends £1m Each – The scale of Dave and Angie Dawes’ enormous EuroMillions lottery win seemed scarcely less nonsensical as they were revealed as the winners of the third biggest lottery jackpot in British history (£101 million = over 1 billion Rand). A clutch of lucky friends and family members can also expect […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
11 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Leisure Suit Larry Is Coming Back – The latest classic adventure game to receive a high-def update is none other than lovable loser, barfly and strike-out artist Leisure Suit Larry. The beloved 1987 adventure game Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, about one eventful night in the life of a balding doofus […]
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Monday Morning Spice
10 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Paul McCartney Gets Married For The Third Time – Sir Paul McCartney is waking up to his third wife today after celebrating his marriage to American heiress Nancy Shevell late into the night. The 69-year-old former Beatle said he felt “absolutely wonderful” after Sunday’s wedding at The Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London. Family and […]
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Friday Morning Spice
07 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tutu’s Birthday Celebrations Begin – Archbishop Desmond Tutu is turning 80 on Friday, with festivities scheduled to take place at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. Celebration for the Nobel Peace Prize winner already started on Thursday afternoon, where Irish musician Bono performed with the Soweto Gospel Choir. [iol] Dalai Lama Speech Will Be Streamed […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
06 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Wired Magazine Hijacks Entire Website For Steve Jobs – As the news about the untimely death of Steve Jobs spreads around the world, so too do the tributes. In an unprecedented move, Wired magazine, perhaps the most respected tech magazine in the world, has completely wiped it’s website front page and has replaced it with […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
05 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Everything You Need To Know About The New Apple iPhone – Apple finally delivered on its promise of a new iPhone during an event Tuesday at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. It’s no totally new “iPhone 5,” mind you; Apple’s revamped iPhone 4S brings an incremental hardware upgrade to the popular iPhone 4. But the […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
04 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Amanda Knox Wins Murder Appeal – Amanda Knox and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been cleared of killing UK student Meredith Kercher following a successful appeal in Perugia, Italy. Miss Knox, 24, and Mr Sollecito, 27, had been convicted in 2009 of murdering the Leeds University student, 21, from south London, two years earlier. [bbc] SA Counterfeit […]
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Single Letter Domain Names Bought For Whopping £39 000 At Auction
03 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the latest auction by Nominet (a company which runs Britain’s web infrastructure), Facebook, Google and Mercedez Benz were among several big name companies which reportedly bid on single letter web addresses. The auction helped raise £3 million for the Nominet Trust, a charity that promotes safe internet access.
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Monday Morning Spice
03 Oct 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Shane Warne And Liz Hurley Are Engaged – It was reported on Saturday night that Shane Warne had asked Elizabeth Hurley to marry him. And yesterday the glamorous mother-of-one showed off her new engagement ring after accepting the Australian cricketer’s proposal. Posing together with Hurley’s son Damien at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship this afternoon, the […]
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Friday Morning Spice
30 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Jackson Bodyguard: “Doctor Grabbed A Handful Of Vials” – One of Michael Jackson’s bodyguards, Alberto Alvarez, claims that Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, “grabbed a handful of vials” and told him to “put these in a bag”. Mr Alvarez was the first person to reach Jackson’s bedroom after his doctor called for help on June 25th, […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
29 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Plan To Fly Radio Control Explosive Planes Into The Pentagon, Busted – A 26-year-old Ashland, Mass., physicist thought he was working with Al Qaeda to pack remote-controlled aircraft with C-4 plastic explosives and use them to blow up the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol but in fact was dealing with undercover FBI, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday. […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
28 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Radio 702 Fires Mark Esterhuysen For Multiple F-Bombs During News Bulletin – The controller, producer and call screener on duty during Talk Radio 702’s 1am news bulletin were all so shocked by newsreader Mark Esterhuysen’s F-bombs on air (listen here) that they “froze for some time”. So said Eyewitness News’s editor-in-chief, Katy Katopodis. Katopodis said […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
27 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Winnie Mandela Gets Top Award – Convicted kidnapper, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has become the first woman recipient of the National Heritage Council’s Ubuntu Award. The award is given to those who have “contributed selflessly to the benefit of humankind”. [timeslive] Michael Jackson’s Doctor’s Murder Trial Begins Today – Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, is to […]
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Monday Morning Spice
26 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
No More Anonymous ‘Defriending’ On Facebook – With a slew of cosmetic changes and tweaks, Facebook users could be forgiven for getting a little frustrated over the last few days. But the social network’s new Timeline feature looks set to really enrage users after it emerged the ability to anonymously ‘defriend’ people will become a thing […]
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Friday Morning Spice
23 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Kenny Kunene Launches Reality TV Show – There was plenty of sushi – in fact, too much of it – but there were no naked women lying on their backs last night as Kenny Kunene hosted a preview of his reality TV show So What, premiering on e.tv tomorrow night. Wow. This is going to […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
22 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Ow, shaiya Floyd! Pulling off the mirror pose with ease… ANCYL Plans Mass Action For Nationalisation – The ANC Youth League will take to the streets in October to demand the nationalisation of mines and an equal share in South Africa’s mineral resources, says its spokesman, Floyd Shivambu. The mobilisation is planned for October 27 […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
21 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Proof That SA Sold Sniper Rifles To Gaddafi – A document released by Human Rights Watch proves that South African arms manufacturer Truvelo Armoury exported sniper rifles to the Gaddafi regime in 2009, the DA said on Tuesday. “This provides clear evidence that sniper rifles were exported to Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya,” he said. “We cannot […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
20 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
James Murdoch To Pay Milly’s Family Millions – James Murdoch, the chairman of News International, has reportedly agreed to cough up about £3-million ($4.7-million) in damages to the family of Milly Dowler, the 13-year-old English murder victim whose phone and voicemails were hacked by reporters of the now-defunct News of the World tabloid. [ibtimes] Avusa […]
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Monday Morning Spice
19 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
David Hasselhof One Of The Stars At Loerie Awards – David Hasselhoff hosted the Sunday night leg of the 2011 Loerie Awards in Cape Town, much to the delight of the 1 500 people who attended the event at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Chants of “Hoff, Hoff, Hoff” rang out as he introduced […]
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Friday Morning Spice
16 Sep 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Norway Killer Caught On CCTV Shortly Before Bomb Blast – Anders Behring Breivik, who has confessed to killing nearly 80 people in twin terror attacks in Norway on July 22, was filmed by a security camera right after he placed a bomb outside a government building in downtown Oslo. [abcnews] Cameron And Sarkozy Receive Heroes […]
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