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Morning Headlines
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Monday Morning Spice
30 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Blatter Cleared As FIFA Suspends Hammam – Fifa will open a “full-blown” investigation into allegations that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner offered financial incentives to members of the Caribbean Football Union and has provisionally suspended them from all football activity. Sepp Blatter will not face an investigation into the allegations that he knew about the […]
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Friday Morning Spice
27 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The Photo That Says It All – When DSK Met The Obamas – Some pictures say a thousand words. This one just says two: No Touching. Dominique Strauss-Kahn first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. For more retrospectively awkward photos of DSK and world leaders, check out this slideshow […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
26 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Twitter Prepared To Hand Over User Data – Twitter yesterday said it was prepared to hand over information identifying tens of thousands of people who have used the social-networking website to break privacy injunctions. Experts had previously assumed that people who breached gagging orders on Twitter were protected from legal reprisals because the website is […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
25 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Cheers, old fruit! Obama Pays Tribute To ‘Enduring Bond’ – President Barack Obama last night paid tribute to the “enduring bond” between Britain and the US as he embraced the “special relationship” in a speech at Buckingham Palace. He spoke of the “rock solid foundation” of a friendship that “never rests”, stressing that Britain had […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
24 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Air France Pilot Wasn’t In The Cockpit: Black Box – Sources close to the investigative team have revealed that the recordings indicate that Marc Dubois, the aircraft’s 58-year-old pilot, was not in the cockpit at the time the trouble began. It is reportedly audible that Dubois rushed back into the cockpit. “He called instructions to […]
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Monday Morning Spice
23 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The Parlotones Take Best Music Video At SAMAs – Saturday night saw the 17th South African Music Awards take place at Johannesburg’s Montecasino. The Parlotones, Prime Circle, Locnville, Jax Panik, Kurt Darren and Die Antwoord were among the winners. [channel24] Arnold Has Two More Secret Kids – Randy Arnold Schwarzenegger has at least two more […]
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Friday Morning Spice
20 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
They Lied, Hammerl IS Dead – A statement on Facebook by the family of Anton Hammerl, a 41-year-old South African freelance photographer who has been missing in Libya for more than a month, said the family learned Thursday that he had in fact been killed April 5 by the forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. [newyorktimes] […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
19 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Camps Bay Voting Station – a real pulse of the nation Local Government Elections – With just 131 071 votes counted by midnight on Wednesday, the ruling party had 55,76% of the vote for wards and the Democratic Alliance came in at 33,48%. The ANC had 71 847 votes cast so far and the DA had […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
17 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Save The Date: The World Ends Tomorrow – Behind thousands of “Judgement Day” billboards from rural highways to city skylines and a small army of volunteers that have traipsed across the country preaching May 21 as the beginning of the world’s destruction is a frail, 89-year-old California multimillionaire who runs one of the largest […]
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Monday Morning Spice
16 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Stephen Hawking: “There Is No Heaven, It’s A Fairy Story” – A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a “fairy story” for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said. In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious comforts, Britain’s most eminent scientist said there was nothing beyond the moment when […]
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Friday Morning Spice
13 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Al Qaeda Threaten Barack Obama’s Grandmother – Security has been increased around the home of President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother in Kenya after an African al Qaeda branch issued a personal threat against her. Kenyan police told ABC News they are patrolling round the clock after Al Shabaab, the Somalia-based branch of al Qaeda, threatened the life […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
12 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Princess Beatrice To Auction Ridiculous Hat – Princess Beatrice’s hat will probably go down in history as one of the hallmarks of the royal wedding of Prince William and the former Kate Middleton. “She’s putting it up on EBay to auction it for UNICEF and for children in crisis,” her mother Sarah Ferguson told Oprah Winfrey […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
11 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Big Lebowski Cardigan Goes On Auction – As any fan of “The Big Lebowski” knows, “the Dude” had his own personal style. There’s the rug that tied the room together. White Russians, his cocktail of choice. And his distinctive sweater, a chunky-knit, zip-front cardigan. That very sweater worn by Bridges in the movie is going to […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
10 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Apple Replaces Google As World’s Most Valuable Brand – Apple is on a roll. Not content with becoming the biggest tech company in the world, the company has also ended Google’s four year reign as the world’s most valuable brand, according to a new study of global branding. And that’s not the only upset at […]
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Monday Morning Spice
09 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Supermodel Pulls In $45 Million – Gisele tops the annual list with an estimated earnings of $45 million. Heidi Klum comes in at number 2 with an estimated earnings of $20 million and Kate Moss earned an estimated $13.5 million which places her in the number 3 spot. SA’s own Candice Swanepoel came 10th with […]
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Friday Morning Spice
06 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
‘Godfather’ Prequel By Mario Puzo Set To Become Book – Mario Puzo, who wrote the novel upon which the films were based and helped write the first two screenplays, had another Corleone story in his pocket, it turns out, tracing in more detail Vito’s rise through the 1920’s and 30’s New York mob scene. The […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
05 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Facebook To Buy Skype? – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is talking to Skype about either buying the company or forming a joint venture, according to Reuters. One of the sources said Facebook is considering a buyout of Skype at a price of between $3 billion and $4 billion. [mashable] Shrien Dewani Will Get 5-Star Treatment – […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
04 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Bin Laden Is Fourth Man To Get Time’s Red ‘X’ Cover – The magazine said Monday that it will publish a special issue, to hit newsstands Thursday, on the death of the al Qaeda leader. The cover will feature an illustration by Tim O’Brien of bin Laden’s face with a red X across it, making […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
03 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Inside The ‘Situation Room’ – The people who gathered Sunday in the Situation Room know all about high-pressure situations. But this was something else. For 40 minutes, the President and his senior aides could do nothing but watch the video screens and listen to the operation and ensuing firefight on the other side of the […]
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Friday Morning Spice
29 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Digicape Selling Apple iPad 2 – The all-new thinner and lighter design makes iPad 2 even more comfortable to hold. It’s even more powerful with the dual-core A5 chip, with 10 hours of battery life. With two cameras, you can make FaceTime video calls and record HD video. And the iPad Smart Cover attaches magnetically […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
28 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Sony Playstation Network Hacked – Credit Card Details Lost – Sony has warned users of its PlayStation network that their personal information, including credit card details, could have been stolen. The company said that the data could have fallen into the hands of an “unauthorised person” following a hacking attack on its online service. [bbc] Obama Releases […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
26 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Human Cannonball Dies As Safety Net Fails – The accident happened during a show put on by Scott May’s Daredevil Stunt Show at the Kent County Showground in Detling on Monday. The 23-year-old man was flown by air ambulance to Maidstone Hospital, but later died from his injuries. A Kent Police spokesman said: “A man taking part […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
21 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Obama Gets Zuckerberg To Wear A Tie – President Obama was at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday to participate in a town hall meeting alongside the social media giant’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Greeted with one sign that read “Is Trump from Uranus?” and another that said “Zuckerberg-Sheen 2012,” Obama eventually made his way […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
20 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
John Cleese To Tour SA – British actor John Cleese who is well known for his role in Spud: The Movie is returning to South Africa with a comedy tour. The comedy legend will be hosting his Alimony Tour in various venues. Catch the intimate performances on the 21st and 22nd October at the Cape Town […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
19 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
William And Kate Boogie Down The Aisle For T-Mobile – Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding is just a few weeks away now, but T-Mobile has stolen a bit of the royals’ thunder with this amusing video from Saatchi & Saatchi showing the bride and groom boogying their way down the aisle. [adweek] LA Times […]
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Monday Morning Spice
18 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
O, Jirra! Kama Sutra Translated Into Afrikaans – A team of four people, consisting of a writer and three artists are currently working on translating and illustrating the Kama Sutra, an ancient Hindu text offering advice on sex and spirituality into Afrikaans. The team hopes that the Afrikamasutra (as the project is officially known) will […]
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Friday Morning Spice
15 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Bill Clinton Recalls ‘Romantic’ Times Square Hooker Scenario – Asked if he had any memories of the area, Clinton said: “When I was 18 years in November of 1964, a freshman at Georgetown, I first went to Times Square. I saw a hooker approach a man in a grey flannel suit. Pretty heavy stuff for […]
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Thursday Morning Spice
14 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Catherine Zeta Jones Checks In To Mental Hospital – Catherine Zeta Jones has received treatment for bipolar disorder after dealing with the stress of her husband’s battle with throat cancer. Zeta Jones, 41, made a decision to check into a “mental health facility” for a brief stay, said her publicist. [bbc] New York Mafia Boss Tells […]
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Wednesday Morning Spice
13 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Hugh Grant Secretly Records ‘News Of The World’ Features Editor – After a chance meeting with a former News of the World executive who told him his phone had been hacked, Hugh Grant couldn’t resist going back to him – with a hidden tape recorder – to find out if there was more to the […]
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Tuesday Morning Spice
12 Apr 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Safes Packed With Money Wash Up In Japan – There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out of homes and businesses by last month’s tsunami, crowd the long rectangular building. Any one could hold someone’s life savings. Safes are washing up along the tsunami-battered coast, […]
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