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Morning Headlines
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Tuesday Morning Spice
23 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Richard Branson’s Private Necker Island Estate Destroyed In Fire; Family Survives – Virgin tycoon Richard Branson and his family — including his 90-year-old mother — and houseguests including actress Kate Winslet were forced to evacuate late Sunday night after his $100 million private compound on Necker Island burned to the ground. [forbes] Gaddafi’s Sons Free […]
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Monday Morning Spice
22 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Gaddafi’s Son Arrested, As Rebels Close In On Tripoli – Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the eldest son of Col Muammar Gaddafi who was responsible for majority of the regime’s contact with the West, had been detained, officials from the International Criminal Court confirmed. Considered his heir to power, Saif was arrested in the city and rebels […]
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Friday Morning Spice
19 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Russian Company Unveils New Space Hotel – Plans have just been unveiled in Moscow for the first ever space hotel that will we be perched 217 miles above the Earth. Due to open its doors by 2016 and officially called, The Commercial Space Station, the out-of-this-world vacation destination will have room for seven guests in […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
18 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Al Qaeda Website Calls For David Letterman Assassination – A website forum frequently utilized to spread Al-Qaeda dispatches has posted an assassination threat against David Letterman. According to the SITE Intelligence Group, a private company that tracks extremist websites, a commenter called on Muslims to kill the CBS late-night host after taking offense at a joke […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
17 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Target Of Facebook Hit Fatally Shot – A Philadelphia man whose former girlfriend allegedly offered $1,000 on Facebook for someone to kill him has been gunned down hours after a judge upheld felony charges against his ex and the teen who allegedly offered to kill him. Police say 22-year-old Corey White was shot Monday evening in […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
16 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Shell: North Sea Oil Leak Has Reached 200 Tonnes – The oil spill in the North Sea is 10 times larger than first indicated, sparking claims of a lack of transparency from oil giant Shell. The company could face prosecution after more than 200 tonnes of oil spilled out from the Gannet Alpha platform’s pipeline, 112 miles […]
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Monday Morning Spice
15 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
5 Dead, 40 Injured As Stage Collapses In US – At least five people were killed and 40 injured when a stage structure collapsed at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The incident occurred late on Saturday night when a wind gust brought down the stage rigging prepared for a country music concert. Nobody was performing at […]
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Friday Morning Spice
12 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Go T Cells! Is This The Cancer Treatment We Have Been Waiting For? – In a potential breakthrough in cancer research, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have genetically engineered patients’ T cells — a type of white blood cell — to attack cancer cells in advanced cases of a common type of leukemia. Two of […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
11 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Papa wag vir jou, Shrien.. Judge Rules Shrien Dewani Able To Be Extradited – Shrien Dewani can be extradited to South Africa to face trial for organising the murder of his wife Anni on their honeymoon last year, a district court judge has ruled. District judge Howard Riddle rejected arguments that the Bristol businessman was suffering […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
10 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Plane Above Wall Street: ‘Thanks for the Downgrade. You Should All Be Fired’ – It’s always nice when an airplane articulates your thoughts for you—like the plane flying above Lower Manhattan today trailing a huge message: “THANKS FOR THE DOWNGRADE. YOU SHOULD ALL BE FIRED.” [gawker] Apple Becomes The Most Valuable Company In The World – […]
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Women’s Day Morning Spice
09 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
London Burns – Rioting has spread across London on a third night of violence, with unrest flaring in other English cities. An extra 1,700 police officers were deployed in London, where shops were looted and buildings were set alight. Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol also saw violence. [bbc] Malema Pays R50,000 For Saying Alleged Victim Enjoyed Being […]
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Monday Morning Spice
08 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Ice, Ice Baby – Like a scene out of a science-fiction movie, an iceberg more than four times the size of Manhattan has been slowly drifting along Canada’s eastern seaboard. Chunks of the giant iceberg — dubbed Petermann Ice Island — have broken off and rubbed up against some idyllic Canadian shores, like the piece […]
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Friday Morning Spice
05 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The SABC Stinks – The Media Workers Association of South Africa (Mwasa), one of the unions representing SABC workers, now claim that traumatised workers in the SABC’s rented offices in Nelspruit can’t cope with the foul smell of the you-know-what odours they have to endure. For weeks Mwasa has claimed – and continues to – […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
04 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
R3.5 Billion Of Cocaine Found On Luxury Yacht – Biggest Ever – A haul of cocaine with a street value of up to £300m has been found hidden inside a luxury yacht in Southampton, the UK Border Agency has said. Officials found 1.2 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment in the £1m yacht two […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
03 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Rupert Murdoch Pie Thrower Jailed – Jonathan May-Bowles, known by his comedy stage name of Jonnie Marbles, looked stunned as he stood motionless in the dock before turning towards the cells and grinned at supporters in the public gallery. May-Bowles, 26, of Windsor, had pleaded guilty to a breach of the peace and common assault when […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
02 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Apple Reveals iCloud Details And Pricing – Apple posted information on its Web site Monday that offers more details about the company’s upcoming iCloud software which will sync customers content between multiple devices. iCloud will allow Apple customers to share their music, books, music and photos between multiple computers and mobile devices, including an iPhone and […]
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Monday Morning Spice
01 Aug 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Apple Is Holding More Cash Than The USA – Apple now has more cash to spend than the United States government. Latest figures from the US Treasury Department show that the country has an operating cash balance of $73.7bn (£45.3bn). Apple’s most recent financial results put its reserves at $76.4bn. [bbc] Obama Announces Deal To End US […]
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Friday Morning Spice
29 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Facebook Bans Nirvana Cover, Then Says Nevermind – Facebook can’t seem to decide how it feels about nudity on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind. The social networking site reportedly removed – and later replaced – the artwork in its page for the 1991 album, initially finding the cover photograph violated the site’s terms of use. […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
28 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
L’Oréal’s Julia Roberts And Christy Turlington Ad Campaigns Banned – L’Oréal has been forced to pull ad campaigns featuring Pretty Woman star Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy Turlington, after the advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson that the images were overly airbrushed. [guardian] SA Population Tops 50 Million – South Africa’s […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
27 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Touch the snow.. Army Helps Motorists Stuck In The Snow – The army was called in on Tuesday to help evacuate truck drivers stranded on Van Reenen’s Pass after the heaviest snowfalls in KwaZulu-Natal in two decades. SANDF spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said members of the infantry battalion based in Ladysmith helped move vehicles stuck in the […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
26 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Kim Kardashian Suing Old Navy For Using Lookalike In Ad – They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But Kim Kardashian has been left furious after clothing brand Old Navy used a lookalike in their new ad campaign. The 30-year-old reality star is now suing the clothing giant for somewhere in the region […]
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Monday Morning Spice
25 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Nafissatou Diallo – DSK’s hotel maid Finally, DSK’s Maid Speak – The housekeeper at the Sofitel hotel who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault has given a long and tearful interview, with her full name and picture attached, that provides her detailed account of the May encounter — including that Mr. Strauss-Kahn told her “You’re […]
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Friday Morning Spice
22 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Alleged Marilyn Monroe Porn Film Up For Auction – One of the only two known copies of an alleged porn short film starring a yet unknown Marilyn Monroe will be offered at auction in Buenos Aires, EFE reported Wednesday. With a starting price of half a million dollars, the item will be the highlight of […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
21 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Murdoch Pie Protester Charged – The protester accused of throwing a paper plate of shaving foam at Rupert Murdoch as he gave evidence to MPs was charged yesterday with a public order offence. Jonathan May-Bowles, 26, of Edinburgh Gardens, Windsor, was bailed to appear before City of Westminster Magistrates Court next Friday, July 29. [independent] Kenya […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
20 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Rupert Murdoch – A Hands On Newspaper Man – To illustrate the extent to which Rupert Murdoch used to micro-manage his newspapers, a one-time Murdoch editor told an anecdote about a typical board meeting at the mogul’s UK newspaper arm in the 1980s. Check this story out. [reuters] Piers Morgan Defends Rupert Murdoch – After […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
19 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Whistleblower found dead Phone Hacking Scandal Whistleblower Found Dead – A former News of the World journalist who made phone-hacking allegations against the paper has been found dead. Sean Hoare told the New York Times the practice was far more extensive than the paper acknowledged when police first investigated hacking claims. [bbc] The Sun Hacked – […]
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Monday Morning Spice
18 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cape Town Fashion Week 2011 Jenny le Roux’s Habit collection was a hit [popyacollar] Cape Town Fashion Week 2011 – Fashionistas collapsed in a heap this Sunday, as Cape town Fashion Week 2011 came to an end. By all accounts it was a raging success. 2oceansvibe’s first choice in online fashion, PopYaCollar was there and […]
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Friday Morning Spice
15 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
FBI Opens 9/11 Inquiry Into Murdoch’s News Corp – The phone hacking scandal that has ignited a political firestorm in Britain jumped the Atlantic on Thursday as the FBI opened an investigation into whether British reporters tried to access cellphone messages and records of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in violation of […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
14 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Dewani’s In-Laws Are Flying To Monday’s Hearing – Murdered honeymoon bride Anni Dewani’s family, including her 82-year-old grandmother, will fly to the UK to be at Shrien Dewani’s final extradition hearing on Monday. Speaking from his home in Sweden yesterday, Anni’s father said he hoped his son-in-law would be sent to South Africa to stand […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
13 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Single Ticket Wins Europe’s Biggest Ever Lottery Jackpot – A single British ticket holder has scooped the biggest ever lottery jackpot in Europe, winning a staggering £161 million in the Euromillions draw. The ticket holder now becomes the 430th richest person in the country. The winning numbers were 17, 19, 38, 42 and 45, and […]
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