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Facebook Stock Downward Spiral Continues With Further 11% Drop - Facebook shares fell 11% on Monday, the company’s second day as a publicly traded company, due to what many analysts and investors blamed on overly aggressive pricing by Facebook’s underwriters. [bizworld]

Inside Facebook’s Fumbled Offering – Less than three days before Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman decided to boost the number of shares the company would offer investors by 25%, said people familiar with the planning. His main adviser at lead underwriter Morgan Stanley assured him there was plenty of demand, they said. [wallstreetjournal]

Investor Sues Nasdaq Over IPO Balls-Up – Nasdaq OMX Group Inc has been sued by an investor who claimed the exchange operator was negligent in handling orders for Facebook Inc shares following its initial public offering, causing losses for investors. [reuters]

No Connection Between Zuma Penis Vandals – The lawyer for one of the two men arrested for vandalising a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma at the Goodman Gallery said on Tuesday that there was no connection between the two. [news24]

Tycoon’s Helicopter In Mysterious Crash – A Helicopter belonging to alleged underworld tycoon and businessman Frikkie Lutzkie mysteriously crashed in Northern Cape, near the border with Botswana. The multimillion-rand Augusta A119, piloted by Lutzkie, was found on Friday camouflaged with branches and smeared with mud. Several large-calibre cartridges were found inside the aircraft. [timeslive]

Formula 1 IPO Given Green Light In Singapore – Just days after Facebook took the plunge with a multi-billion dollar shares sale in the U.S., another high-profile brand, Formula One, appears to have accelerated its own plans for a public listing in Singapore. [cnn]

SA Grabs Gold At Chelsea Flower Show – The 2012-Kirstenbosch-SA exhibit by designers David Davidson and Ray Hudson have been awarded a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show in London. [mail&guardian]

Google Chrome Is Worlds’s Most Used Web Browser – Google Chrome surpassed Internet Explorer last week as the world’s most used Web browser, according to a statistic released Monday. [latimes]

The 10 Most Valuable Luxury Brands In The World – Louis Vuitton, the French maker of laminated canvas handbags, was named the world’s most valuable luxury brand for a seventh consecutive year. The brand, owned by LVMH, is worth $25.9 billion, a 7 percent increase from 2011, according to Millward Brown Optimor’s 2012 BrandZ study. [luxuo]

Skydiver Aims To Land Without Parachute – A stuntman will attempt to make aviation history later by becoming the first skydiver in the world to land without the use of a parachute. Gary Connery, 42, from Oxfordshire, will leap from a helicopter a mile high then moments before reaching the ground he will “flare” his suit to slow his descent to land safely on a “runway” of 18,000 cardboard boxes. [skynews]

Blood Spatter Saves Terr’Blanche Murder Accused – A teenager was acquitted of the murder of rightwing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche on Tuesday, but his co-accused was found guilty. [news24]

Are Justin And Selena Overs? – Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber have officially broken up because rumour has it that Justin was getting too close with Rihanna and that they’ve probably even slept with each other. Yu yu yu! [celeblaundry]

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The Rolling Stone Chart Show – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts at 12h45 each Wednesday – live to your radio / car / mobile phone on the Just Josie Show! Followed by Food and Wine pairing with Maryna from Wine-Extra and Miss K Cafe. [rollingstone]

The Bailey Schneider Show from 14h00-15h00 – Top Interior Designer Colin O’ Mara Davis will be in studio talking about interior design, decor and Grand Designs Live Home and Garden Show on this weekend. Bailey is involved as one of the 6 celebrities along with Ashley Hayden, Mark Pilgrim, Gregg Hammond, Kahn from the Parlotones and Bridget Masinga designing a room in the Celeb Mansion.[baileyschneider]

FRESH PODCASTS

Jen Su With Bailey Schneider – We always see and hear Jen Su out and about. She’s on radio, on your TV screens and at every event, but who is she really? Get the skinny on one of SA’s popular socialites.[podcast]

Facebook Stocks Plummet As Investors Scramble To Sell Shares - More than $10bn (£6.3bn) was wiped off Facebook’s value on its first full day as a public company, rattling investors and provoking criticism of the social network’s banking advisers. [telegraph]

Watch The SpaceX Launch LIVE - After aborting their first attempt at the last possible second on May 19, SpaceX will make its second attempt at 12:44 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, May 22, (09h44 SA time) to launch its Dragon capsule to a historical rendezvous with the International Space Station. Watch it live above, and check out the rest of our coverage here on Open Space. [here]

SA Church Calls For Zuma Penis Artist To Be Stoned To Death – As the ANC yesterday prepared to launch its court bid to have the controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma removed from the Goodman Gallery, in Johannesburg, one of South Africa’s biggest churches called for artist Brett Murray to be stoned to death. [timeslive]

Why Did Zuckerberg Get Married After The IPO? – Getting married was a smart business move as well as a personal milestone for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, with the timing of the wedding, the day after the company’s initial public offering, potentially proving particularly advantageous, California divorce lawyers said on Sunday. [reuters]

Let’s Chat About Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife: Priscilla Chan - Zuckerberg has been in the spotlight ever since Facebook went big and his life story was even portrayed on the big screen in the movie, “The Social Network.” But who is his new billionaire bride? [abcnews]

Zim’s Justice Minister Denounces Gay Rights – After meeting with the UN high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay on Monday, Patrick Chinamasa said Zimbabwe would arrest same sex partners found committing homosexual acts. [mail&guardian]

Nadal Dominates Djokovic In Rome Final - Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-3 in the Rome Masters ATP final, making it three clay-court titles from four outings ahead of the French Open. The win means that he will move back ahead of Roger Federer at number two in the world rankings. [skynews]

There’s A New Viral Song You Should Know About – Because we insist that songstresses appear instantly and go viral – the Internet has lit a flare for the newest girl being pouty and emoting on a tonal scale. Kitty Pryde’s “Okay Cupid” racked up almost 200,000 hits in its first week on YouTube. It’s quite cool. Try it. [thedaily]

Does Organic Food Turn You Into A Jerk? – Are these strawberries organic? Is this omelette made with free-range eggs? Can you swap out the rice for quinoa? Is this kale locally sourced? Pesticide-free? Fair trade? Are the hazelnuts local? The onslaught of questions from an enlightened eater can test the patience of even the calmest restaurant server. [time]

Powerball Lotto Sitting At R915 Million – There is surely no better way to join the ranks of Zuckerberg than to win a ottery of just under 1 billion Rand. Surely not? Imagine living a stress-free life, doing what you want to do? Buy your tickets to tomorrow’s Powerball lottery online [here]

SA’s Cable Theft Is Being Addressed – Authorities battling copper cable theft received a new weapon in their arsenal yesterday when the Second-Hand Goods Act was launched. The legislation is meant to strengthen the hand of law enforcement agencies in dealing with cable theft. [businessday]

The Anchorman 2 Teaser Trailer will Rock Your World - Being the baby of Anchorman writers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay naturally entitles Funny or Die to certain perks. Namely: Gaining exclusive access to an exclusive teaser trailer for the Anchorman sequel. [gawker]

New Sleep Mask Let’s You Control Your Dreams – In a twist straight out of the movie Inception, a duo of developers from Brooklyn, New York, have built a sleeping mask designed to allow people to have lucid dreams that they can control. [dailymail]

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The Bailey Schneider Show – We always see and hear Jen Su out and about on radio, on your TV screens and at every event, but who is she really? Get the skinny on one of SA’s popular socialites.

Mommy Matters With Jess – This week’s bumper two hour show features TV & Radio Personality- and mommy-to-be, Kia Johnson – that’s if she makes it in studio before she goes into labour. Tune in from 19h00-21h00 for the show.

FRESH PODCASTS

Exclusive with Singer Songwriter SI-ANNE – 2oceansVibe Radio and The Bailey Schneider Show had an exclusive interview with SI-ANNE and debuted tracks off her new album. [podcast]

Acoustic Session With The Rescu – Check out the podcast where they jam a brand new track which they plan to record in studio later this week. Radio first! [podcast]

Malema Is Going Down - Millions in questionable payments have been revealed in a damning PricewaterhouseCoopers audit into Malema’s financial affairs. The audit puts Malema at the centre of a web of dubious payments and dodgy tenders that were rigged to go to his friends’ companies, in return for what appear to be generous kickbacks paid into his family trust account. [timeslive]

Chelsea Crowned Champions Of Europe – Disbelieving Chelsea fans have been celebrating with their Champions League-winning team in London on a victory parade the day after the club won the trophy for the first time in their history. [cnn]

Mark Zuckerberg Gets Married – Facebook’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan, announcing the wedding through a status update on the social networking site. Tens of thousands of people “liked” his status change, which was accompanied by a photo of the couple in wedding attire. [skynews]

Zuma’s Family Don’t Dig Penis Painting - The daughters and brother of President Jacob Zuma have criticised the artist of a painting of Zuma that depicts him with his genitals exposed, the Sunday Times reported. Zuma’s brother, Michael, said the painting was disgusting and had brought disgrace to the family. [mail&guardian]

Tambo’s Daughter Tells Zuma To Get Over It - The daughter of the late ANC veteran Oliver Tambo showed little sympathy for President Jacob Zuma’s complaint about a portrait of himself exposing his genitals. [news24]

Nasdaq CEO Explains Facebook IPO Bungle – Nasdaq CEO Bob Griefeld will be on high alert Monday morning when newly public company Facebook gets set to trade after Friday’s debacle. [bloomberg]

Steve Jobs Was Involved In iPhone 5 Design – Reports have given indications that the former CEO of Apple worked closely in the design overhaul of the iphone. This was reportedly revealed by three people who were knowledgeable on the plans of the company. These plans have given indications that the iPhone 5 will feature a screen bigger than the screen of the current iPhone. [planetinsane]

Kings Of Bahrain, Swaziland Invited To Queen’s Jubilee Lunch; Invite Draws Criticism - Britain has come under criticism for inviting the king of Bahrain, whose Gulf state has been engaged in a brutal crackdown on political dissent, to a lunch Friday celebrating Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. [thestar]

John Travolta Makes Romantic Video For Wife – John Travolta made a romantic video for his wife Kelly Preston for Mother’s Day. The Hairspray actor – who has 12-year-old daughter Ella Bleu and one-year-old son Benjamin with his wife of 20 years – created a special compilation of intimate pictures to the soundtrack of Barbara Streisand’s That Face. [channel24]

Yahoo Selling Alibaba Stake – Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has agreed to sell half of its 40 percent stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion. The deal, announced Sunday in the U.S., will see Alibaba Group buying back the stake from Yahoo Inc. for $6.3 billion cash and up to $800 million of Alibaba preference shares. [time]

Alec Baldwin Makes Film About Greatest Directors – The world’s greatest living movie directors — Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, Roman Polanski and Martin Scorsese to name a few — have agreed to step in front of the camera to play themselves in “Seduced and Abandoned,” a quasi-documentary James Toback is making with Alec Baldwin. [thedaily]

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The Just Josie show – At 13h00, Josie chats to The Rescu, the 3 piece rock band from Cape Town. They are signed to Sheer Sound and have just released their debut album and music video featuring their first single. [2ov.fm]

FRESH PODCASTS

Shift_Ctrl Session By moneysmart – Angel and Kamini from 2 Girls 1 Mic chat to moneysmart CEO, Tobi Van Zyl. Tobi schools us on credit ratings and getting out of debt.[podcast]

ANC Angry Over Zuma ‘Penis Painting’ - South Africa’s ruling ANC has demanded the removal of a painting from an exhibition by one of the nation’s best-known artists that it said ridiculed the party and the president. [guardian]

The Pirate Bay Hit By Hack Attack – File-sharing website The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The site has been largely inaccessible for the last 24 hours, and the service is intermittent in the UK. [bbc]

Is Pinterest Worth $1.5 Billion? – Silicon Valley startup Pinterest raised $100 million from a group led by Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc, valuing the company at about $1.5 billion and underscoring the huge investor appetite for social-networking companies. [msnmoney]

Russian Opposition Leader Put In Jail – A prominent Russian opposition leader was sentenced to 10 days in prison, a day after being arrested at a rally as activists try to keep up the pressure on President Vladimir Putin and his government. [nzherald]

Facebook To Debut At $104 Billion – The world’s definitive online social network said Thursday that it raised $16 billion for itself and its early investors in an initial public stock offering that values Facebook at $104 billion. That’s more than Amazon.com and other well-known companies such as Kraft, Walt Disney and McDonald’s. [csm]

Donna Summers Dies – Donna Summer, the singer who came to be known as the “Queen of Disco” during her 1970s heyday, died at her Naples, Fla. home yesterday after battling lung cancer. The “Hot Stuff” singer was 63. [abcnews]

Controversial Facebook Co-Founder Breaks Silence Over Taxes – Denounced as a tax-dodger for renouncing his U.S. citizenship, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin said Thursday he was grateful to the country and will end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes as required under current law. [latimes]

South Africa Ramps Up Rhino Response - The arrest this week of a rhino horn smuggler shows SA’s battle to protect the animal is paying off, as syndicates’ methods come into clearer focus. [mail&guardian]

Former Times Editor Fights Back Against Rupert Murdoch - One of Rupert Murdoch’s longest-standing critics got his chance to fight back against the mogul today, providing an inside account of Murdoch’s influence over his U.K. newspapers in his early days on the British media scene and launching the latest volley in a 30-year feud. [dailybeast]

Kennedy Wife Hanged Herself – The Kennedy family, so practiced at public mourning, is grieving again after the estranged wife of Robert Kennedy Jr hanged herself at her home in suburban New York. [stuff]

New Property Record For New York – A mystery buyer has agreed to pay a record price in New York of more than $90 million for the duplex penthouse at a Midtown tower, the building’s developer said Thursday. [nytimes]

Simon Cowell Reckons ‘The Voice’ Is A Ripoff Of his Show – Simon Cowell thinks The Voice copies the same format as The X Factor. The 52-year-old music mogul thinks the BBC1 singing contest is “the same” as his ITV1 talent show. He said: “That show puzzles me because it starts off and ‘it’s all about the voice’. [channel24]

Australia Has Hottest 60 Years Ever – The last 60 years have been the hottest in Australasia for a millennium and cannot be explained by natural causes, according to a new report by scientists that supports the case for a reduction in manmade carbon emissions. Sexual. [guardian]

Horse Swims 3km Out To Sea – It was a sea rescue made for Hollywood: A horse in a photo shoot on a Southern California beach gets spooked and runs into the water, only to be rescued after swimming more than two miles offshore. [cnn]

The People Who Still Haven’t Joined Facebook – More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts. They say they don’t want Facebook. They insist they don’t need Facebook. They say they’re living life just fine without the long-forgotten acquaintances that the world’s largest social network sometimes resurrects. [huffpo]

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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. Powered by Jack Daniels! [2ovfm]

Bass Instinct – Ryan Vermaak aka DOGSTARR will be joining Candice Heyns from 19h00-21h00. Topics up for discussion are his style of music, the art of playing live off ableton as well as the challenges and advantages of playing as a trio act. Secrets of the brilliant live act, Digital Rockers will all be revealed. [bassinstinct]

FRESH PODCASTS

Maya On Money, Brought To You By 10X – The National Treasury issued a paper called Strengthening Retirement Savings. This effects your retirement savings and you need to know how and why. [podcast]

The Rolling Stone Chart Show – The Rolling Stone Chart Show – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts – live to your radio / car / mobile phone! This week featured the local hip hop chart. [podcast]

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Prepaid Price War Erupts In SA – A price war has broken out in South Africa’s mobile industry. Within minutes of each other on Wednesday, Cell C and Vodacom both announced they were slashing the cost of prepaid call tariffs to 99c per minute. Spicy. [mail&guardian]

Michael Caine Trapped In Dressing Room Overnight - The actor, who was filming Now You See Me in a disused theatre, was accidentally locked in a makeshift dressing area overnight before being set free the next morning. He should have blown the bloody doors off. [guardian]

Mandela Rhodes Building Fire In Cape Town – Details are still emerging as to the extent of the fire at the Mandela Rhodes building in Cape Town last night, or what caused it. [silversurferman]

Facebook Halts Orders Ahead Of Floatation – Facebook has stopped taking orders for its shares ahead of its much-hyped stock market flotation on Friday – which could value the company at more than $100bn (£63bn). [skynews]

Robert F Kennedy Jnr’s Wife Found Dead – Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has been found dead in her home in Bedford, New York. The cause of death is currently unknown. [huffingtonpost]

Rare Interview With William And Harry – In a rare interview, the two princes sat down with Katie Couric as a part of the lead up to Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. A preview clip of the television special shows the American journalist meeting with Prince William and Prince Harry, answering questions about one of the most important women in their lives. [dailymail]

Does Coffee Make You Live Longer? – The latest installment in the long saga of coffee just came out. It’s a big new study that found that people who drink java appear to be less likely to die prematurely than those who don’t. Ja – you heard me. [npr]

Milestone For Wi-Fi With ‘T-Rays’ – Researchers in Japan have smashed the record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The data rate is 20 times higher than the best commonly used wi-fi standard. [bbc]

Shareholders Sue JP Morgan – Two shareholder lawsuits were filed late Tuesday against J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and its top executives over the revelation last week that the bank had suffered more than $2 billion in trading losses. [wallstreetjournal]

JP Morgan Losses More Like $3 Billion – The trading losses suffered by JPMorgan Chase have surged in recent days, surpassing the bank’s initial $2 billion estimate by at least $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the losses. [nytimes]

Billy Bob Thornton Admits He Blew Marriage To Angelina Jolie – Billy Bob Thornton has played an outlaw, Davy Crockett, even the president of the United States in film, but in reality, this stone-faced actor says he suffers from deep insecurities, which he says cost him his marriage to Angelina Jolie. [abcnews]

Google Enhances Search With ‘Knowledge Graph’ - Yesterday, Google announced the rollout of its Knowledge Graph, which will cause a big change to how results are delivered in the SERPs. Basically, the intent behind the Knowledge Graph is for search engines to think more like a human. [hubspot]

Honda Unveils Segway Competitor – The people mover has gotten an upgrade: On Tuesday, Honda announced its new Uni-Cub, a personal mobility device that lets you glide around the office or the aquarium perched comfortably on what looks like a trash compactor on wheels. [latimes]

J-Lo Takes Forbes Celebrity List Top Spot -While she hasn’t stormed Silicon Valley just yet, Jennifer Lopez is a state-of-the-art celebrity success story. With $52 million in earnings over the last 12 months and a massive amount of fame, Lopez lands at No. 1 on our Celebrity 100 list for the first time. [forbes]

Ferrari’s New Green Car Will Be Most Expensive Yet – Ferrari will turn to fuel-saving hybrid technology to create its most powerful and expensive model, showing that even elite performance cars are under pressure to get greener. And this puppy is gonna cost ya. [sfgate]

Gaga’s Promoters Still Pushing For Indonesian Concert – Lady Gaga’s Indonesian promoters have vowed to fight to save her show, despite police denying it a permit and Islamic hardliners threatening “chaos” if she comes to the mostly Muslim nation. [afp]

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Maya On Money – Maya On Money is a finance feature, hosted by Maya Fisher-French. She will be teaming up with the Just Josie lunch show at 12h30 every Thursday, to bring us simple and useful finance tips. [mayaonmoney]

Balls ‘n All – They have the team from Sports Illustrated SA in studio. They’ll be covering the June issue of SI which hits the shelves tomorrow. [ballsnall]

FRESH PODCASTS

Rob Stokes On Biz Connect – Having carved a powerful niche in Southern Africa’s digital marketing sphere, Rob Stokes, the Master And Commander of Quirk e-Marketing, chatted to Bob Skinstad on the Biz Connect business segment, brought to you by ITEC Connect. [podcast]

Henry Rollins On The Bro Show – The lead singer of Black Flag and the Rollins Band chatted to Snoddie about genetics and violence, the world in turmoil, the music industry, South Africa and the upcoming American elections. [podcast]

Media Merger Gets The Nod - A merger between Media24, the Paarl Media Group and the Natal Witness has been conditionally approved by the competition tribunal. [mail&guardian]

General Motors Says Facebook Ads Don’t Pay Off - General Motors Co. GM -0.97% plans to stop advertising with Facebook Inc. after deciding that paid ads on the site have little impact on consumers’ car purchases, according to a GM official. [wallstreetjournal]

Chinese Physicists Break TELEPORTATION Record – Harry Potter and Star Trek fans, rejoice! Teleportation is real. Using powerful lasers and optics to manipulate photons, or units of light, researchers in China set a record for teleporting a photon more than 10 miles (16 km), TIME reported in 2010. Well now they have sent a photon more than 60 miles (97 km). [time]

Facebook IPO: Social Phobia – The biggest threat to Facebook at the moment isn’t a competing network; it’s skittish users like Heller who are not comfortable that the social network is closer to products than its customers. [thedaily]

Successful Million Rand Rhino Horn Raid – Millions of rands in rhino horn were seized along with hundreds of thousands of US dollars in a raid on a Johannesburg flat. The operation, carried out by the police, home affairs officials and ekhuruleni metro police officers, saw law enforcers arresting a Vietnamese national. [time]

Half Of America Believe Facebook Is A Passing Fad – Nearly half of Americans believe that popular social-networking site Facebook is merely a passing fad, a new study suggests. A poll conducted by the Associated Press and CNBC found that 46% of respondents think Facebook will fade away as new platforms come along in the future. [mashable].

Barack Obama Teases David Beckham About Underwear Ads – President Barack Obama teasingly described David Beckham as a “rare man” who could balance a long football career with producing his own line in underwear. [telegraph]

Ex-CIA Chief: We Used To Bribe North Korean Spies With Porn - Former top spook recounts bribing North Koreans spies with porn; Clinton’s missed chance to take out Osama bin Laden. [nydailynews]

François Hollande Sworn in as French President - Despite lightning hitting his plane, the weather didn’t ruin Mr. Normal’s inauguration. Tracy McNicoll on how Francois Hollande said au revoir to former president Sarkozy. [dailybeast]

Rumour: New Apple 15″ Laptop Will Feature Retina Display – According to photos and other information on the Apple-centric blog 9to5Mac, which quoted “trusted sources” in Apple’s supply chain who had handled components for the device and said it was in test production. The 15-inch notebook will feature Apple’s high-resolution Retina display as well as an ultra-slim design and USB 3.0 technology. [infoexec]

John Travolta Case – First Accuser Drops Case – The first man to accuse John Travolta of sexual assault has just filed papers dismissing his lawsuit against the actor … TMZ has learned. The masseur had claimed Travolta assaulted him on January 16 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. [tmz]

Maybe You Shouldn’t Start Your Own Business? – Finweek Editor, Marc Ashton, makes the case for not starting your own business. In an interview with 2ov Radio, Ashton explains the reality, versus the cool factor of being involved in a ‘startup.’ Podcast. [2ovradio]

Joan Collins Pissed Off With Heathrow Airport – Joan Collins yesterday joined the attack on Britain’s shambolic border controls after getting stuck in a queue of ‘thousands’ of travellers at Heathrow. The actress took to Twitter to complain about the delays to Home Secretary Theresa May. [dailymail]

Facebook Launches File Sharing Capabilities – Could Facebook become the next Dropbox — or a haven for sharing files without regard to copyright? The social network has revealed to Mashable that all Groups will now offer the ability to send files. [mashable]

Vatican And Benetton Settle Dispute Over Pope Kiss Ad – Italian fashion firm Benetton has agreed to make a donation to a Catholic charity to end a legal dispute with the Vatican over an advertisement that showed Pope Benedict kissing an imam on the lips, the Vatican said on Tuesday. [reuters]

Will Smith Lectures French TV About Tax, Before Getting Punished [Video] – The anchor told Smith that Hollande is proposing tax increases on earned income over 1 million Euros, asking what Smith’s view is on the American debate over a 30 percent rate. Smith responded that he’s happy to pay extra money and is happy to be an American along with the taxes that come with that. Then the anchor told Smith that the French proposed rate isn’t 30 percent, but rather 75 percent. Enjoy his reaction. [foxnews]

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Virgin Permits Mobile Calls On Flights - From today, passengers on Virgin Atlantic’s new Airbus A330 jet flying the London to New York route will be allowed to make calls, send and receive text messages, as well as accessing emails and using a basic internet access via GPRS. [heraldsun]

Authorities Escalate Clifton Salvage - The South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) will lead attempts to pull the stricken Japanese longliner, Eihatsu Maru, from the shore at Clifton First Beach, after previous attempts failed. City spokesperson Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said the operation would take place between 10:00 and 13:20 on Tuesday. [news24]

Facebook IPO Balloons To $104 Billion – Late Monday, the social network raised the price range for its IPO to $34 to $38 a share, from $28 to $35 a share. The company’s initial price range put Facebook’s valuation at $77 billion to $96 billion, but that rises to $93 billion to $104 billion under the new price range. [wallstreetjournal]

Malema: Listen Carefully, I Will Be President One Day - Julius Malema may have been expelled from the ANC, but that hasn’t dented his ambitions, or stopped him from telling press conferences about them. [mail&guardian]

Breivik: Survivor Clung To Cliff As Friend Died – An 18-year-old has told a Norwegian court how he clung to a cliff on the country’s Utoya island for hours to avoid the bullets of gunman Anders Behring Breivik. Marius Hoft watched his best friend fall down the cliff face to his death, he told Oslo district court. “I started crying, but decided to wait with the tears until I was in safety. [skynews]

DA And Cosatu Head For ‘Street Battle’ – The gloves are expected to come off when the DA marches to Cosatu’s offices in Braamfontein, this morning. The DA has accused the labour federation of being a stumbling block to job creation. DA leaders Helen Zille, Lindiwe Mazibuko and Musi Maimane will lead the march. Cosatu has promised to reply with bigger numbers around its offices. [timeslive]

JP Morgan CIO Quits, Amid Massive Losses – The leader of JPMorgan Chase & Co’s hedging unit is retiring after trading losses that could end up exceeding $3 billion (1.86 billion pounds), a shortfall that President Barack Obama said might have led the government to step in had such losses struck a smaller bank. [reuters]

Pirate Pay torrent ‘blocker’ backed by Microsoft - A Russian company has developed software it says can disrupt and prevent people from downloading pirated content. Pirate Pay has been backed by Microsoft and has so far worked with Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures to stop “thousands” of downloads. [bbc]

Kim Kardashian Chops Hair For Vogue Italia - Let’s all say it together now: The most notorious of the Kardshi-klan was spotted with short hair (!) taking part in a very special photo shoot over the weekend — which she says is for Vogue Italia, the Italian edition of that most esteemed brand of fashion mags. [huffpo]

FW De Klerk Addresses ‘Twisted’ Comments – Former president FW de Klerk made his first public appearance – after the controversial CNN interview in Chicago, US with Christiane Amanpour – at the opening of the South African Gold Coin Exchange’s 30th outlet in Cape Town. [timeslive]

Ex-Yahoo CV-Fiddling Chief Has Cancer – Before resigning as chief executive of Yahoo Inc. over the weekend, Scott Thompson disclosed to the company’s board of directors and several colleagues that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, according to people familiar with the matter. [wsj]

John Travolta Can Expect ‘One Hell Of A Trial’ – The lawyer representing an anonymous masseur who claims to have been sexually harassed by John Travolta says the “Pulp Fiction” actor can look forward to “one hell of a fight” in court. [huffpo]

US Town Bans ‘Walking And Texting’ – Police in the US town of Fort Lee, New Jersey, have started a battle against texters who aren’t looking where they’re going. Anyone caught texting whilst walking is fined for “jaywalking”, an American term for walking on the road instead of the pavement. [bbc]

Spectacular 3-D Cosmic Image of Earth by Russian Electro-L Released [PHOTOS] - The Russians have proved that space lovers and astronauts do not need to depend on Nasa as the only source for high-definition imagery of space and earth. The Russian Earth Observation Centre, NTs OMZ has released an ultra-high resolution of earth with the help of their new geostationary satellite, Electro-L. [ibtimes]

Darwin’s Creepiest Experiment Brought Back To Life – Charles Darwin liked to freak out his friends—for science. Guests visiting the famed naturalist in 1868 were shown a set of “ghoulish” photos of a guy being prodded in the face with an electrical current. Darwin then asked his guests-cum-guinea pigs to describe the emotion displayed in each photo. [wired]

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Bailey Schneider Show – Lonehill Estate have just returned from LA and Bailey will be catching up with them to find out how their music was received in Hollywood and whats next for the band. [baileyschneider]

Mommy matters with Jess – “Are you mom enough?” asks Time Magazine’s cover, which features Los Angeles mom Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her almost 4-year-old son… Jess chats about this hot topic this week with our panel of mommy bloggers: Kerry Glaser from My Baby Box, Tanya Kovarsky from Rattle and Mum and Claire Minnaar from Momtrepeneur. [mommymatters]

FRESH PODCASTS

Goldfish With Their New Single On The Premier Show – Goldfish joined Seth and Bruce from The Premier Show to chat about their new single, “Washing Over Me”. The track is a collaboration between Goldfish and Steve Sparrow from Morning Parade, an up and coming UK rock band. [podcast]

Pics Reveal Ashton Kutcher As Steve Jobs - Photographs of actor Ashton Kutcher dressed up as late Steve Jobs have emerged, giving the world a first glimpse of how Kutcher will look in the upcoming independent film about the former Apple CEO. [smh]

16 Hurt In Williams F1 Garage Fire - Pastor Maldonado became the first Venezuelan to win a Formula One race by triumphing at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday before going on to play an heroic role in a dramatic blaze in his Williams team’s garage. [theage]

Clifton Trawler Salvage Attempts Delayed – Attempts to recover the fishing trawler which ran aground at Clifton’s First Beach, will resume on Monday morning. The 50m Eihatsu Maru ran aground in thick for at 05:15 on Saturday, with 28 Taiwanese crew and a dog on board. [news24]

Tokyo Takes On Zuma – Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale’s ANC presidential campaign has finally gotten off the ground with his lobbyists putting together an election slate they hope will help him unseat President Jacob Zuma. [timeslive]

Manchester City Win 2012 English Premier League – Manchester City won the English title for the first time in 44 years, surging past Queens Park Rangers 3-2 on Sunday with Sergio Aguero scoring his team’s second goal late in stoppage time. [espn]

Travolta Sex Accuser Got Date Wrong – Still Adamant – The Plaintiff who filed a bombshell lawsuit against mega-star John Travolta is now admitting that he got the date wrong of when he alleges the Grease star made unwanted sexual advances towards him. John Doe # 1 still maintains the attack happened, however. [radar]

Yahoo CEO Resigns Amid CV Lies – Yahoo’s embattled CEO Scott Thompson is quitting the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in a dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree that he had listed on his bio, according to sources close to the situation. Blind. [thedaily]

Meet Valérie Trierweiler, France’s Unmarried ‘First Lady’ – Filling Carla Bruni’s Louboutin shoes would be a daunting prospect for anyone, but will certainly be executed with ease by the next woman charged with such a task. [time]

Top Kony Commander Captured – Ugandan forces captured a senior commander of Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army after a brief fight with rebels near the Congo-Central African Republic border, an army official said Sunday, in what an analyst said was an “intelligence coup” for forces hunting for Kony. [huffpo]

Whitney’s Family To Star In Reality Show – A reality show featuring Whitney Houston’s relatives, including daughter Bobbi Kristina and mother Cissy, is in the works. Houston representative Kristen Foster confirmed the Lifetime show, “The Houston Family Chronicles,” on Friday. God help us all. [billboard]

Apple Co-Founder Does Not Have Broadband At Home – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has reportedly let slip an admission that will dumbfound the web generation he helped create – he doesn’t have broadband at home. [guardian]

Surfer Rides Biggest Wave Ever – A 44-year-old Hawaiian surfer has been recognised by Guinness World Records for riding the biggest wave ever thought to have been ridden. Garrett McNamara caught a 78ft wave at Nazare, off the coast of Portugal, beating the previous 2008 record by more than a foot. [bbc]

JP Morgan Debacle Was ‘Accident Waiting To Happen’ – Senior executives at JP Morgan were given repeated warnings about the controversial unit responsible for a shock US$2 billion (S$2.5 billion) trading loss at the bank. [today]

Betty White Endorses Barack Obama – For Betty White, President Obama is just golden. The 90-year-old “Golden Girls” actress “very, very much favors” the commander in chief for a second term, she told the Associated Press on Friday. [nydailynews]

Usain Bolt Dumps Girlfriend Ahead Of Olympics – The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt has done a runner on romance — to concentrate on winning Olympic medals. The champion sprint star has dumped gorgeous fashion designer Lubica Slovak so she won’t “distract” him from training. [thesun]

William Balfour Found Guilty Of Murdering Jennifer Hudson’s Family - The former brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson has been convicted of murdering three members of her family. [telegraph]

Would You Swim In A See-Through Pool, Suspended In The Sky? – Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao is the new landmark building and the first international branded hotel in the Kangqiao area. The new hotel features a one of a kind swimming pool. Located on the 24th floor of the hotel, the 30 meters long swimming pool is in suspension over the edge. [luxuo]

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HardWilli In The Morning – At 10h40 today, Finweek Editor, Marc Ashton looks at reasons not to start a business and why cutting email may well make you more productive.[hardwilli]

Joining Captain Kai’s World on 2ovfm, Quentin “Dragon” Chong and 2 of his fighters, promoting the Fight Night happening on Saturday 19 May in Cape Town. Mikey February, who just won both the Junior Mens and open divisions at the Blood Scan Pro surf event in Jefferies Bay. Tune in from 18h00-20h00. [captainkai]

FRESH PODCASTS

moneysmart Shift Ctrl Session – They discuss exactly what the FSB (Financial Services Board) is and why the consumer needs to look out for this accreditation when using financial services institutions. [podcast]

Time Magazine Cover Goes Viral - The headline reads, “Are You Mom enough?” But if that wasn’t enough to fan the flames of the Mommy Wars, there’s the photo that goes with it: A pretty young woman wearing skinny jeans and a tank top, nursing her 4-year-old son. [shine]

ANC Bows To Pressure Over Info Bill - The ruling party bowed to pressure on the Protection of State Information Bill on Thursday, proposing a raft of changes in response to sustained criticism of the Bill over the past two years. [mail&guardian]

Vogue Editor Bans Kim Kardashian – Anna Wintour banned reality TV star Kim Kardashian from Monday night’s Met Costume Institute Gala, according to a report. Kardashian, 31, was conspicuously absent from Kanye West’s arm on the red carpet of the event. [foxnews]

JP Morgan Chase Loses $2 Billion In Six Weeks - JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Thursday that it lost $2 billion in the past six weeks in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money. [time]

Warhol’s ‘Double Elvis’ Fetches $37 Million At Auction – Andy Warhol’s “Double Elvis” sold for $37 million and works by Roy Lichtenstein and Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei broke their own records at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale this week. [huffpo]

Mitt Romney Apologises For Gay Bully School Report – Presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has apologised for school “pranks” after a report he bullied a classmate thought to be gay. The Washington Post reported that in 1965 Mr Romney held down a younger student and cut off his hair. [bbc]

Manchester City’s GBP 930 (R12 Billion) Spending Spree To Turn Club Into Premier Title Contenders -Manchester City have spent £930.4 million turning themselves into Premier League title contenders, a special Telegraph Sport survey of English football’s finances has revealed. [telegraph]

Why the world needs Val Kilmer - He could have been another Brad Pitt. Instead he’s doing one-man stage shows. Is it time for a rescue plan? [guardian]

Nadal Threatens Boycott – “I never was in control of the match, I didn’t know how to win a point,” said Nadal, who intimated he will not show up next year unless the controversial blue clay surface he abhors is modified. [sport24]

SuperEna Lottery His Magic R1 Billion Mark [Buy Tickets] – Tomorrow’s big SuperEna rollover lottery draw is sitting on a jackpot of EUR 92.5 Million. That comes to just under a billion Rand. I’m buying three tickets right now, how about you? [tickets]

Bruce Willis Fathers Child At 57 [Photo] – He became a father for the fourth time just a few weeks ago. And now Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming has given his fans a first glimpse of their baby daughter. [dailymail]

Is Tiger Woods’ Reign Over? – This is the hottest question in golf right now: is Tiger Woods finished as a golfer nonpareil? I’ve read a batch of Tiger career-obituaries over the past month from many seasoned observers who believe “the Woods era” is gone. [bbc]

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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. Powered by Jack Daniels! [2ovfm]

2 Girls 1 Mic 13h00 to 15h00 – Jade from Scar joins the girls to talk about the CANSA Shavathon happening tomorrow and it’s the moneysmart Shift_Ctrl session with Tobi from moneysmart. [2girls,1mic]

FRESH PODCASTS

Maya On Money, Brought To You By 10X – Maya tells us about one of her readers, a 22 year old who has saved R360k! She discusses what building wealth is really about. [podcast]

F & Martinengo on 2oceansVibe Radio – Sasha joined IanF in our Melrose Arch studio, to talk Formula 1 and the Spanish Grand Prix. [podcast]

Local Zara Fashion Range: Seasonal Or Laziness? - “I obviously popped into Zara whilst in Jo’burg last week – nothing like a bit of last minute winter shopping. I must say though I am getting quite irritated to see the same items I bought last November at Zara in Barcelona at the Zara in SA. Is it a season thing?” [popyacollar]

Russia’s New Airbus/Boeing Challenger Crashes, Killing 50 - Indonesian authorities say they have found the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi passenger plane that had gone missing during a demonstration flight near a volcano on Indonesia’s Java island yesterday, officials said. [smh]

Obama Becomes First US President To Supports Gay Marriage - President Obama’s decision to endorse same-sex marriage staked out a stance that carries uncertain political risks but one he said was rooted in the biblical admonition “to treat others the way you would want to be treated.” [latimes]

In Woolies We Trust – Despite taking a publicity knock earlier this year for copying the packaging of a small soft drink maker, Woolworths has the best reputation among South Africa’s top companies. [timeslive]

John Travolta Was In New York That Day – A receipt for a meal Travolta ate at a restaurant in New York on Jan 16, the date the alleged assault was said to have taken place, was published by the celebrity website TMZ. It also published a photograph of Travolta said to have been taken in New York on that day. Note: restaurant slip says 11h38PM and flight time from LA to NY is 5h30 hours. [telegraph]

Brad Pitt Becomes First Male Face Of Chanel No. 5 – Chanel has announced Brad Pitt as the newest model for their Chanel No. 5 perfume. The Academy Award nominated star is now the first man to be named the face of the French-owned company’s top-selling perfume ad campaign. [abcnews]

Facebook’s Mobile Advertising Problem – Facebook amended its public offering prospectus on Wednesday to note that it is showing fewer ads per user on the site because of its lack of mobile advertising. It is the sixth amendment to the document since Facebook filed for an initial public offering in February. [nytimes]

Britney Spears Signs $15 Million X-Factor Deal – After months of eight-figure negotiations, the pop star has finally signed her contract to join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid as a judge on The X Factor. [eonline]

Anders Breivik ‘Cried With Joy’ As He Carried Out Killings – The first survivor to testify against Anders Behring Breivik said the accused mass murderer cried out with joy as he shot and killed 69 young people on a Norwegian island last July 22. [globalpost]

Islamic Group Vows To Stop Lady Gaga – A hardline Islamic group has warned it will not let Lady Gaga set foot in Indonesia as part of her tour of Asia and Australia, challenging an army of fans awaiting a concert in the nation with the world’s largest Muslim population. [nzherald]

Pippa Planning Move To New York – Pippa Middleton is planning a move to New York in a bid to rebuild her reputation, and build her public profile (in a good way) prior tot he launch of her party planning book ‘Celebrate’ in October. [dailybeast]

Startup Ducks Immigration Law With ‘Googleplex Of The Sea’ – Blueseed says U.S. immigration law is choking the flow of “bold and creative” entrepreneurs into Silicon Valley. So it’s building a floating IT fortress where entrepreneurs can be bold and creative right next to Silicon Valley without actually setting foot on U.S. soil. [wired]

Facebook App Store On The Way – Facebook is taking a giant leap toward making app discovery a more user friendly experience. On Wedesnday, Facebook announced that it will open an App Center, which will serve as a hub for the site’s social apps but won’t be a full-blown “store” in the vein of the iOS App Store or Google Play for Android. [huffpo]

Iggy Pop: The Crooner! – The “grandfather of punk” Iggy Pop has shed his bad-boy image – transforming himself into a smooth crooner. A world away from the wild concerts he has become well known for, he launched his latest album Apres in the lavish surroundings of a Parisian hotel. [skynews]

362kg Woman Prepares To Tie The Knot – Susanne Eman — who is on a proud quest to become the heaviest woman ever — is preparing to waddle down the aisle to marry Parker Clark, a man she met online. And it’s a match made in heavy-set heaven: Clark is a (thin) chef. [thedaily]

Rihanna Rushed To Hospital After Partying – Rihanna was rushed to hospital after partying at the Met Gala in New York on Monday night. The You Da One hitmaker tweeted a picture of herself attached to an IV drip in a hospital. [dailymail]

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Maya On Money – Maya On Money is a finance feature, hosted by Maya Fisher-French. She will be teaming up with the Just Josie lunch show at 12h30 every Thursday, to bring us simple and useful finance tips. [2ov.fm]

BFF Show – Although some would love to see them in their regular stiletto clad pillow fights, they have a unique, honest and loyal friendship… Bailey Schneider and Karolina Sky are South Africa’s well-known BFFs.Tune in today from 2-3pm and be a part of the show.[bffshow]

FRESH PODCASTS

The Rolling Stone Chart Show – The Rolling Stone Chart Show – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts – live to your radio / car / mobile phone! [podcast]

Music Week’s FUTURE FACE of 2012 In Studio – US dance artist, Sarah Atereth popped in to our studio’s on her holiday in South Africa, just before catching a flight back to New York. [podcast]

Charlize Presents Baby Jackson To The World - Charlize Theron has finally given the world a first look at her adorable baby boy Jackson as she arrived at LAX airport today. The 36-year-old carried the tiny tot in her arms, opting to go without the little man’s usual mode of transportation. [dailymail]

Student Suspended For Racist Facebook Post - A student of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) has been suspended for allegedly posting a racist message on Facebook, the university said on Tuesday. ”[Ken Sinclair] was suspended yesterday [Monday] and won’t be attending classes,” said spokesperson Thami Nkwanyane. Mboerrt. [news24]

Zuckerberg Kicks Off Facebook IPO RoadShow In New York - Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg took questions about the No. 1 social network’s slowing revenue growth and its $1 billion Instagram purchase, kicking off a cross-country roadshow on Monday to promote its $10 billion initial public offering. [reuters]

US Bomber Is Double Agent – The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of Al Qaeda last month to blow up a United States-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi Arabia who infiltrated the terrorist group and volunteered for the mission, American and foreign officials said Tuesday. [nytimes]

CNN Does Massive Piece On Vusi Mahlasela – He is lauded as one of Africa’s most unique voices, with a fanbase stretching across the world, but South African singing sensation Vusi Mahlasela remains faithful to his roots. [cnn]

New French President Pulling Forces Out Of Afghanistan – After his election to the French presidency on Sunday, Francois Hollande wasted no time in following through on one of his highest-profile campaign pledges. He confirmed that France will “announce the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan between now and the end of the year.” [huffpo]

Hottest Celebs And Fashion At The Met Ball 2012 – From Jessica Alba to Sarah Jessica Parker, Beyonce to Rihanna, see what all the most stylish celebrities wore to the 2012 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala. [telegraph]

Andre 3000 To Star In New Jimi Hendrix Biopic – André 3000 is set to star in “All Is by My Side,” the long-awaited Jimi Hendrix biopic, according to the Irish Film and Television Network. [cnn]

SA ‘Losing’ To Emerging Rivals In Bid For Investors - Deloitte singles out inadequate skills and high labour costs as factors affecting the global competitiveness of South Africa’s manufacturing sector. [businessday]

Sex Addiction Is Not Official – Psychiatrists are currently hashing out the new version of their bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). One of the more talked-about proposed additions to the panoply of human psychiatric disorders is “hypersexuality” aka sex addiction. Alas, it looks like being super horny will not classify as a psychiatric disorder this time around. [gawker]

Pepsi Formula Heirs Sue Pepsi - The heirs of Richard Ritchie, the man who developed the formula for Pepsi-Cola in 1931, sued Pepsico Inc on Friday, saying they wanted to erase any doubt that his documents were theirs to share with historians, collectors and film producers. [reuters]

Yahoo CEO Apologises For Lying On CV – Internet Portal Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thompson has apologised to employees at the firm after he was accused of lying on his CV last week. According to a report at Reuters, Thompson sent a memo to Yahoo staff expressing his regret that the issue was getting in the way of the company’s fortunes. [inquirer]

Australia To Become First Major Economy Since Start Of Financial Crisis To Record Surplus - Australia will become the first major economy in the developed world to record a surplus since the start of the global financial crisis. [telegraph]

Justin Bieber Graduates High School – Pop star Justin Bieber, who turned 18 in March, has graduated high school. ”I passed my test — I’m free!” the singer told the Sydney, Australia, newspaper The Sunday Telegraph. “It was hard doing school and work every day,” he added. [newsday]

‘Skywalking’ Is The New ‘Planking’ – Forget planking and Tebowing, a group of Russian teenagers has embraced “skywalking.” The dangerous new fad involves young, reckless photographers climbing skyscrapers, electrical towers and other tall monuments to stand on the very edge and take breathtaking photos of the view down below. [thedaily]

Kanye West Slams US Men’s Fashion – Kanye West has slammed the style of US men - The outspoken musician recently took a drive through New York City and was disgusted by the clothes he saw its inhabitants wearing, leading to a twitter rant in which he blasted his pet hates. [skynews]

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The Rolling Stone Chart Show – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts at 12h45 each Wednesday – live to your radio / car / mobile phone on the Just Josie Show! Followed by Food and Wine pairing with Maryna from Wine-Extra and Miss K Cafe. [2ov.fm]

The Bailey Schneider Show – Her guest for today is pianist and vocalist, Louise Carver. [baileyschneider]

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The Rhys Woods Show interviewed shock drag personality and RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner, Sharon Needles live from New York. [Podcast]

IVY.COM - Elite Education Is Coming To The Web, Asking Considerably Less In Tuition - A venture capital-backed tech whiz is launching an online Ivy League-caliber university billed as the answer to high tuition in the US. Entrepreneur Ben Nelson will have the school, called the Minerva Project, up and running by 2014. Harvard is already in. [thedaily]

Google Calls For Mistrial After Jury Says Android Stole From Java - A jury has ruled that Google infringed on Oracle’s copyrights in building a new version of the Java platform for its Android mobile operating system, but it was unable to reach a decision on whether this infringement was acceptable under the law. [wired]

ANCYL Dumps Pule Mabe As Treasurer - The ANC Youth League has removed treasurer general Pule Mabe from his position, amid calls for party intervention to reinstate Julius Malema. Brilliant. [mail&guardian]

US Terrorist Plane Bomb Plot Foiled – U.S. and other intelligence agencies (think the ‘Hawks’) recently broke up a plot to bomb an airliner and have seized an explosive device that is similar to ones previously used by al Qaeda, officials said Monday. [cnn]

Mindblowing Accusations In John Travolta Sexual Battery Lawsuit - “Defendant further explained that the high class in this world always favor same-sex relationships; that sex with beautiful, fit men is actually more intense; and if Plaintiff would just be open-minded enough to let it happen, he would experience the best fucking of his life.” More.. [dailybeast]

China Expels Al Jazeera – Al Jazeera, the satellite broadcasting network, was forced by the Chinese authorities to close its China news operations of its English-language channel on Monday, the first such action in almost 14 years and the strongest sign yet of fraying relations between the ruling Communist Party and the overseas journalists who cover it. [nytimes]

Bogart Sues Burberry Over ‘Casablanca’ Photo – The estate of Humphrey Bogart is suing British-based clothes company Burberry over use of the Hollywood icon’s name in what it said was an advertising campaign. But Burberry has filed a countersuit, insisting it did not breach Bogart’s rights by using a photo of Bogart wearing one of its trenchcoats in the movie “Casablanca,” and seeking damages from the actor’s estate. [afp]

Amazon Targets High-End Fashion - Having wounded the publishing industry, slashed pricing in electronics and made the toy industry quiver, Amazon is taking on the high-end clothing business in its typical way: go big and spare no expense. [nytimes]

MSNBC Labels Sarkozy ‘Prostitute’ – Monday morning, while teasing a report on Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the French national election, MSNBC mistakenly labeled the outgoing French president a “prostitute” when the wrong graphic appeared over video of him speaking. [mediaite]

Linda Evangelista And Billionaire Baby Daddy Settle - Supermodel Linda Evangelista reached a settlement today in her bitterly-contested child support battle with her billionaire French baby-daddy, Francois-Henri Pinault — then came to court wearing a sunny smile and a chiffon dress fit for a garden party. [nypost]

Putin Inaugurated As Russian President – Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated as president of Russia in a lavish ceremony in the capital, Moscow. Mr Putin is returning to the presidency after an absence of four years in which he served as prime minister. The outgoing President, Dmitry Medvedev, was widely seen as an ally of Mr Putin. [bbc]

Dubai Release Latest Plans For Underwater Hotel – A long-awaited undersea hotel in Dubai looks finally set to be built, after an agreement to develop it was unveiled this week. The Water Discus Hotel won’t be totally submerged but will be a disc-like structure with part of the building above water and the rest below the surface. [luxuo]

Beastie Boys Thank Fans For Support – Beastie Boys rapper Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz thanked the group’s fans for their support in the wake of his bandmate Adam “MCA” Yauch’s death on Friday in a post on the band’s official Tumblr. [rollingstone]

Google Tests Driverless Cars On Public Roads – Google has been granted the first licence in the US to test self-driving cars on public streets. The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) gave the scheme the go-ahead after conducting demonstrations on the Las Vegas Strip and in Carson City. [skynews]

Supermodel Bar Rafaeli Stars In Israeli Spy Movie – An Israeli director has reimagined a real-life thriller as a spy movie, in which supermodel Bar Refaeli plays the Mossad agent tasked with luring the Palestinian militant into her web – but the actual hit is carried out by criminals who want to frame the Israeli spy agency for the murder. [abcnews]

Rovers Fans Release Live Chicken Onto Pitch – Fans of Premier League football club Blackburn Rovers let a hen loose on the pitch last night in protest against their club’s chicken farming owners. The Rovers faithful gave beleaguered manager Steve Kean’s players a roasting by throwing the chicken draped in club colours on to the pitch. [dailymail]

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The Bailey Schneider Show – From 14h00 to 15h00, Bailey hosts the four gorgeous girls from The Muses – Pop on Strings. They play the violin and cello and have redone many of the latest Pop songs [baileyschneider]

Mommy Matters – Jess takes a look at how social media has changed the face of parenting. With so many online avenues to travel, mom’s are spoilt for choice when it comes to gathering information and learning about parenting. [mommymatters]

The Leila Benelli Show -We look at how the ‘Science of Love’ proofs to be the key ingredient for success. [leilebenelli]

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Scoundrels Interview on Just Josie – Catch the interview with the UK blues-rock band and info on their last SA gig being performed tonight. [podcast]

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Documentary Maker Re-Issued Shark Permit - National Geographic’s Chris Fischer and other scientists have been re-issued research permits after the death of a body boarder in Cape Town. The department cancelled the permits following the death of David Lilienfeld in Kogel Bay in April. Environmental affairs investigated the attack and announced there was no link. [mail&guardian]

Boris Johnson Wins Second Term As London Mayor – Boris Johnson has won a second term as London mayor, beating Labour rival Ken Livingstone by 3%, after a far closer contest than expected. Mr Johnson won on second preference votes after failing to gain more than 50% in the first round. [bbc]

Sarkozy Out, As Hollande Celebrates French Presidential Win - French socialist Francois Hollande has been celebrating victory in the country’s presidential election. Mr Hollande – who polled just under 52% of votes in Sunday’s run-off election – said he was “proud to have been capable of giving people hope again”. [bbc]

Aurora’s ‘Missing’ R120m In Gold Sales To Be Probed - Liquidators say a forensic investigation will be launched into the whereabouts of R120m raised in gold sales from mines managed by the Aurora directors. [businessday]

Drogba Breaks Record As Chelsea Win Seventh FA Cup – Didier Drogba and John Terry made history as Chelsea withstood a late Liverpool onslaught to seal their fourth FA Cup victory in six years with a 2-1 win at Wembley. [abc]

Obama Outlines Case For Re-Election: “Forward” – President Barack Obama formally opened his re-election bid Saturday with two rallies in which he highlighted accomplishments over his three and a half years in the White House and argued that America can’t afford to adopt Republicans’ “bad ideas.” [cnn]

Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch Dead at 47 – Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland. [rollingstone]

Parties Pay Tribute To Padayachie – Public Service and Administration Minister Roy Padayachie was a loyal, competent and dedicated servant of the people of South Africa, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Sunday, following his passing. [iol]

Linda Evangelista Faces Off Against Salma Hayek’s Hubby – Tensions were high on Friday as Linda Evangelista and François-Henri Pinault faced each other for the second day in Manhattan Family Court. The supermodel is seeking what she believes to be a fair child support settlement from the father of her 5-year-old son Augustin (“Augie”). [eonline]

Inside the Khalid Sheik Mohammed Hearing Circus - A Gitmo hearing for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed turned into a mess when the defendant refused to speak to the court. Terry McDermott reports on the trial’s rough day. [dailybeast]

New ‘Avengers’ Film Smashes Records – The Avengers is the new king of the opening weekend. The superhero movie grossed a unprecedented $200.3 million in its Friday-Sunday box-office debut, its studio estimated. The film is the first to break $200 million in three days. It destroyed the mark held by the previous weekend record-holder, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. [eonline]

Riot Police Break Up Anti-Putin Protests In Russia – Hundreds of people ran through the streets of Moscow on Sunday to escape heavily armed riot police who broke up a protest of Vladimir Putin’s return to power. As many as 70,000 people had arrived for a government-sanctioned procession down central Moscow that ended at Bolotnaya Square, just across the bridge from the Kremlin. [usatoday]

Brain Scan Gives Glimpse Of How Your Dog Thinks – Brain scans of dogs could give researchers a new tool for studying what happens in the mind of man’s best friend. “I think it could open a whole new type of research on cognition,” said neuroscientist Greg Berns of Emory University, lead author on a dog-scanning study that will be published in Public Library of Science One. More.. [wired]

Suggestions Of Foul Play Following Kentucky Derby Death – Authorities say a man who may have been killed and whose body was found early Sunday in a barn at Churchill Downs hours after the Kentucky Derby worked at the racetrack. [huffingtonpost]

Sacha Baron Cohen Takes Scorsese Prisoner In ‘Surprise’ SNL Sketch – Seth Meyers invited The Dictator’s Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) for an interview on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, to discuss his new film. [hollyrep]

Mayweather Remins Undefeated – Floyd Mayweather Jr. used his speed and accuracy to win a unanimous decision Saturday night over a game Miguel Cotto in one of his toughest fights ever. [nbcsports]

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UK blues-rock band, Scoundrels on Just Josie – This touring outfit will perform an acoustic set on the lunch show at 13h00. [2ovfm]

SA Idols Winner on The Bailey Schneider Show – From 14h00 to 15h00 with, Jason Hartman, former SA Idols winner. [baileyschneider]

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Shift_Ctrl Session By moneysmart – Angel and Kamini from 2 Girls 1 Mic give us tips on how to save electricity this winter. Take back the power! [Podcast]

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UK Couple’s Cheetah Horror – A Scottish couple will return home with a different version of happy holiday snaps when Archibald D’Mello and his wife Violet look at photographs of her being attacked by a cheetah. As Violet tried to stop one of her children from running away, the cheetah knocked her to the floor, grazing and gouging her head. [TimesLive]

The ANC Used Me Like A Condom – Malema – “Those of us who have remained loyal, [and] those of us who have entered treacherous places [by] defending the African National Congress… today we are not wanted,” he said. “We are used like toilet paper that is flushed in the toilet. We are used like condoms – those who use condoms will know how condoms work, they use them and they throw them [away] somewhere else.” [News24]

King Rejects Malema – Instead of arriving to the traditional welcome of song and dance, Julius Malema was met by seven security guards armed with automatic rifles and shotguns as he planned to visit abaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s Great Place yesterday. Yesterday, Dalindyebo’s spokesman, Phumla Matshaya, said: “They were actually tempted to use the king. Bumbane is not a place for horses to die. [TimesLive]

4 Minors Suspected In South Africa Gang Rape Released On Bail – Four minors accused in a brutal videotaped gang rape of a mentally disabled teenager were released on $67 bail Thursday, their lawyer said. The boys fear for their safety and will not be returning to their homes because of anger in the community, lawyer William Karam told CNN. A South African court has already determined that three of the four will face full prosecution. [CNN]

“Frustrated” Osama Struggled To Control “Unruly” al-Qaeda – Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden’s hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to control an unruly network, the US military says. The documents seized during the raid on the Abbottabad compound were posted online by the research wing of the US military academy, West Point. The papers show he was unhappy with affiliates’ attacks on fellow Muslims, urging them to target the US instead. [BBC]

Bill Clinton Didn’t Learn Of Osama Capture Through Hillary – Clinton said he “didn’t know about [bin Laden] until they told me and that Hillary “never said a word.” It was the White House — and not wife Hillary Clinton or the State Department — who told him of bin Laden’s death a year ago, which was the proper protocol in the situation, despite the underlying obviousness he could have learned it from Hillary earlier. [Radar Online]

South Africa, India Trade To Reach $15 Billion Before 2014: Zuma – Trade between South Africa and India will reach the target of $15 billion (11 billion euros) per year before a self-imposed 2014 deadline, South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday. The two countries agreed to increase their commercial exchanges during Zuma’s state visit to India in 2010. But they are on track to reach the mark ahead of schedule, Zuma said during a return visit from Indian President Pratibha Patil. [Yahoo]

SABC Losing Viewers To Pay-TV, Says CEO – Pay-TV companies were gouging out audiences from the national broadcaster’s traditional market as they offered cheaper and cheaper bouquets of channels, SABC CEO Lulama Mokhobo said yesterday. Competition was getting tougher as new players entered the market and the changing conditions would have a “serious and negative impact” on the public broadcaster’s revenue in the long term, Ms Mokhobo warned. [Business Day]

Ostrich Ban Brings SA Farmers To Their Knees – The future of South Africa’s ostrich industry hinges on the lifting on a ban on exported meat, with time and money running out for farmers. About 741 farms used to be registered with the SA Ostrich Business Chamber (SAOBC), but this number decreased when the H5N2 bird flu virus broke out in the Klein Karoo, in the Western Cape, last April. [M&G]

Rooney Goal Voted Best In English Premier League – Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney’s spectacular overhead kick against Manchester City has been voted the greatest goal in the history of the English Premier League. [News24]

Everybody’s Lying On Facebook – How to protect your privacy on Facebook? For an increasing number of users, the answer is simple: Lie. A quarter of respondents in a new Consumer Reports study admitted that they “alter personally identifiable information,” such as birthdate, on Facebook. [Newser]

Pepsi Bringing Back Michael Jackson For New Ad Push – One billion cans of Pepsi are about to come plastered with a most unlikely ingredient: Michael Jackson’s silhouette. Pepsi is about to try once again to breathe serious life into the deceased King of Pop’s global image in a move that has left some marketing experts aghast and others applauding. [USA Today]

Vogue’s Underage Models: No To Under 16s & Eating Disorders, Says New Policy – Vogue’s glossy pages will have an additional focus to fashion following the June 2012 issue: Health. The Conde Nast publication has chosen to adopt a new policy where girl’s under the age of 16, or other females with eating disorders, will not be featured in the magazine’s spread, the New York Times reported. [IBT]

’80s Authors Talk About ‘Near-Threesome’ With John Edwards’ Mistress – Fingers started pointing at McInerney, now married to publishing heiress Anne Hearst, when his old party buddy, “American Psycho” author Bret Easton Ellis, recently tweeted: “Somewhere in the late 1980’s I almost found myself in a coked-up threesome with Rielle Hunter in my condo on 13th Street in New York.” “Pretty in Pink” actress Molly Ringwald then tweeted back: “I think I know who the 3rd was…” [The Daily]

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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. Powered by Jack Daniels! [2ovfm]

2 Girls 1 Mic 13h00 to 15h00 – El Burro will be in doing a tequila tasting, and it’s the moneysmarf Shift_Ctrl session titled, “Take Back the Power – Saving Electricity This Winter” [2girls,1mic]

The Brothers Streep Show kicks off at 5pm – and hosts Derek Watts and the Sunday Blues. [brothersstreep]

FRESH PODCASTS

Maya On Money, Brought To You By 10X – Maya explains how confidence plays a bigger role in your ability to manage money than your skill and knowledge does. [Podcast]

Wine, Harry And Song – SA’s favourite wino, Harry Haddon, chats to Richard from KWV. [Podcast]

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‘The Scream’ Sells For Just Under A Billion Rand - One of the art world’s most recognisable images, Edvard Munch’s The Scream, sold for $US119,922,500 (R921 million) at auction in New York City. The 1895 artwork – a modern symbol of human anxiety – was sold at Sotheby’s on Wednesday evening. The price includes the buyer’s premium. [smh]

News Corp Board In Full Support Of Murdoch – News Corp’s board of directors came out in full support of Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday, some 36 hours after a British parliamentary committee had described him as unfit to run a major international business. [reuters]

Boots Closes 160 Photo-Processing Labs - UK High street pharmacy chain Boots is to axe the in-store camera film development service at 160 of its branches across the country. The drop in use of such labs follows the decisions of more and more Brits to print their digital photographs at home or upload them to social networking sites such as Flickr and Facebook. [dailymail]

Secret Service Hooker In Talks With Playboy And Hustler – The Colombian hooker at the center of the Secret Service sex scandal is negotiating with America’s two biggest skin mags to tell her story — along with showing her in the raw. [thedaily]

Virgin Space Travel Appoints SA Agent – The first accredited agent to sell space flights in South Africa has been appointed, Virgin Galactic announced on Wednesday. [timeslive]

600 Gauteng Cops Were Arrested In The Last Year – More than 600 police officers have been arrested in Gauteng since April last year, provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Mzwandile Petros said. [timeslive]

Sarkozy And Hollande Trade Blows In Heated Debate – In the first and only televised debate ahead of Sunday’s vote, incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist rival François Hollande traded barbs as they faced off on a number of issues ranging from economic policies to immigration. [france24]

YouTube Admit It Made Wrong Call With Sexy Kate Upton Bikini Video – After a video featuring model Kate Upton gyrating in a bikini went viral, YouTube briefly banned the clip for violating its nudity policy, despite the fact that Upton wasn’t nude. Now the video’s back up—and YouTube says it made ‘the wrong call.’ [dailybeast]

North Korea Are Going For It Again – North Korea has apparently finished preparations for a third nuclear test and is awaiting a political decision to go ahead, a South Korean nuclear expert said on Wednesday. [mail&guardian]

Blackberry’s $10,000 Promise To Developers – Blackberry developers are being offered a cash guarantee to encourage them to write programs for the handset’s forthcoming system refresh. Device-maker Research In Motion said it would ensure coders were paid at least $10,000 (£6,200) for any app certified for Blackberry 10 if they met its terms and conditions. [bbc]

This Treasure Hunter Says He Has Located Bin Laden’s Body – The guy in the video above is Bill Warren, the Californian treasure hunter who claimed he was searching for Osama bin Laden’s dead body back in June 2011. He didn’t find him then, but now he swears that he has located the cadaver. [wired]

Jack Parow Doesn’t Care About The Hate – “I was signing autographs for about three hours afterwards, and people were chanting my name, so whatever.” – What a legend. [channel24]

Chinese Activist Wants To Go To US – The Chinese activist who walked out of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Wednesday after what officials said was a decision he had made on his own said Thursday that he regrets the move and now wants U.S. officials to help get him and his family to the United States. [cnn]

British Spy Was Poisoned Or Suffocated – A British spy found dead at his home in 2010 — his naked body padlocked inside a large red carrying bag stowed in the bathtub — was either suffocated or poisoned, but it is unlikely his death will ever be satisfactorily explained. [cnn]

WATCH: Three Grannies Watch The Kim Kardashian Sex Tape – Watch this hilarious video of three grandmothers dissecting the ins and outs of Kim Kardashian’s 2007 leaked sex tape. [huffpo]

Khloe Kardashian: Divorce Is Not An Option – Khloe Kardashian is knowingly taking a step back from the limelight this summer, and she says taking care of her marriage had a lot to do with the decision. [nydailynews]

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Maya On Money – Maya On Money is a finance feature, hosted by Maya Fisher-French. She will be teaming up with the Just Josie lunch show at 12h30 every Thursday, to bring us simple and useful finance tips. [2ov.fm]

BFF Show – Although some would love to see them in their regular stiletto clad pillow fights, they have a unique, honest and loyal friendship… Bailey Schneider and Karolina Sky are South Africa’s well-known BFFs.Tune in today from 2-3pm and be a part of the show. [baileyschneider]

FRESH PODCASTS

Bob Skinstad Biz Connect Show – Bob chats to Gavin Meyer, Managing Director of ITEC Connect, on their most recent initiative, where he is cycling from Johanesburg to Durban. [Podcast]

Bob’s Weekend Getaways – Franschhoek Villas offer comfortable and up-market self catering villas and apartments accommodation in Franschhoek, the gourmet capital of South Africa. Bob chat’s about his recent trip to this luxurious and stylishly designed establishment. [Podcast]

London Mayor Boris Johnson Drops The F-Bomb On TV [Video]  - Boris Johnson launched a foul-mouthed rant at a TV interviewer as the race to be London’s mayor reached its crucial final days. In a sign of the pressure he is under, Mr Johnson described the line of questioning as ‘f****** b*******’  [dailymail]

Ian F Back On The Airwaves - One of 5FM’s most loved radio presenters, Ian F is back on the airwaves from this morning. Ian F and his co-host Spike will be broadcasting from the 2ov Radio Johannesburg studios in Melrose Arch Monday to Friday from 8am to 10am. Join the 60,000 other listeners and tune in at your desk or on your mobile (app download for BB, iPhone and Android) at www.2ov.fm (only uses 20Mb an hour). [2ov.fm]

Rupert Murdoch ‘Not Fit’ To Run Company - News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch is “not fit” to run a major company, according to an MPs’ report – as the firm claimed some parts of the report were “unjustified and highly partisan”. The report by the Culture, Media and Sport select committee saw its members split along party lines – which News Corp highlighted in a statement. [skynews]

Rupert Murdoch Issues Statement - Transcript of News Corp chief’s message to colleagues in wake of CMS committee report on phone hacking. [guardian]

Remgro Pays Tribute To CEO – The board of South African investment holding company Remgro has paid tribute to its CEO Thys Visser, who died in a car accident last week. [businessday]

Facebook IPO Set For May 18 – Facebook has set a planned date for its initial public offering of May 18, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter.” The social networking giant is expected to start its roadshow on Monday to pitch the company to potential Wall Street investors, the Journal reports. [forbes]

Facebook Applauded For Organ Donation Initiative – The organ donation community is applauding Facebook’s announcement Tuesday that it will allow its 900 million members to share their donor status with friends and family, and to link to state databases where people in the USA can register online to officially become donors. [usatoday]

SA Increases Orders For Iran Oil, Despite US Pressure – South African crude oil imports from Iran rose to R3.37bn in March from R2.8bn the previous month, customs data showed on Monday, indicating Pretoria had not bowed to US pressure to curb commercial links with Tehran. [fin24]

Top Gun 2 Is Coming Soon – “Top Gun 2″ appears closer to take-off than even the next “Mission: Impossible” movie. That’s the word from Paramount Film Group president Adam Goodman, who told THR in a recent interview that “Top Gun 2″ is coming soon. [huffpo]

‘Skizo’ Nhlapo Crowned SA BMX Champ – Sifiso “Skizo” Nhlapo (MTN Qhubeka) made it two from two as he raced to victory in the drama filled SA National BMX Championships second leg which, when combined with his win in Saturday’s first leg, saw him crowned the elite men’s national champ at Alexandra Park BMX track on Sunday. [mail&guardian]

New Trade Center Becomes Tallest Building In New York – The new 1 World Trade Center became the tallest building in New York City yesterday, but the cheering was about so much more than setting a record. It was about, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg put it, “strength and resolve.” [thedaily]

Space Law: Is Asteroid Mining Legal? – Can a private company claim ownership of an asteroid based on sending a probe out to it? Can it at least get exclusive mining rights? Would it own the gold, platinum or other materials mined from the asteroid? [wired]

Cubans Allowed To Travel Freely After 50 Years – After controlling the comings and goings of its people for five decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a momentous decision to lift many travel restrictions. One senior official says a “radical and profound” change is weeks away. [associated]

Jessica Simpson Gives Birth To Baby Girl – Jessica Simpson gave birth to a baby girl, Maxwell Drew Johnson, in L.A. Tuesday morning. This is her first child with fiance Eric Johnson. “Eric and I are elated to announce the birth of our baby Maxwell Drew Johnson 9 lbs. 13 oz. 21 3/4,” Simpson wrote on her website Tuesday. [usmagazine]

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Ian F’s all-new show – broadcasting from Melrose Arch in JHB, launches today from 08h00-10h00. Catch the show every weekday morning and start feeding yourself real Breakfast radio. [2ov.fm]

Top Billing Presenter on Bailey Schneider Show – Simba Mhere joins The Bailey Schneider Show from 14h00 to 15h00 today. We find out what it’s like to be on one of the hottest shows on TV and how his jet setting life is treating him. [baileyschneider]

On The Bro Show tonight from 18h00 to 20h00 – Gemma, &Union’s “Beer Secretary” is bringing craft beer, wine and tequila, and Dorothy Black, SA’s premier sex blogger explores life, love, sex and the funny in the Mother City. [2ov.fm]

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Obama, Kimmel Have Comedy Faceoff At Correspondents’ Dinner – President Obama got the first — and biggest — laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. He poked fun at some of Hollywood’s top stars, including Kim Kardashian, the cast of Glee and Donald Trump, sending him up with a seemingly serious allusion to the attack on Osama bin Laden, which took place during last year’s dinner. [USA Today]

SA’s Democracy Turns 18 – On Friday South Africa as a democracy turned 18 years old, which is a significant milestone. When you are 18 years old you have reached an age of majority, where one is able to conclude valid contracts without parental assistance. [Business Report]

Selebi, Shaik May Walk And 20,000 ‘Skelms’ Too – Disgraced former police commissioner Jackie Selebi and President Jacob Zuma’s friend Schabir Shaik are some of the “skelms” who may benefit from yesterday’s announcement that parolees and probationers will be granted special remission of sentence. [Sunday World]

E-tolls Legal Bill: You’ll Pay – The government has spent as much as the cost of 14 RDP houses on one day in court defending the e-tolling system. According to The Star’s calculations, between the SA National Roads Agency Ltd (Sanral), the Treasury and the Department of Transport, at least R750 000 was spent in the Pretoria High Court. It costs around R55 000 to build an RDP house. [IOL]

Mechem Working To Free Captured SA Man – Denel Mechem on Sunday said it was working closely with international and Sudanese authorities to ensure the safe release of two of its employees. The men, whose caputure was first reported on Saturday, were in Sudan participating in a United Nations (UN) humanitarian operation, Denel Mechem CEO Ashley Williams said. [News24]

Sars Slaps Firm With R136m Tax Bill – The SA Revenue Services (Sars) has slammed a controversial North West tenderpreneurship company with a whopping R136m tax bill after it uncovered that the firm had fraudulently claimed R38m in tax returns. City Press is in possession of a R136m final letter of demand that Sars issued against Peolwane Properties. [Fin24]

William And Kate: The First Year – Go on, admit it. You watched the ‘wedding of the century’, even if it was just to tut-tut at the expense, laugh at Prince Charles’ ears or ogle Pippa Middleton’s bum. More than two billion people worldwide watched the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011 – and the royal couple have been under constant scrutiny ever since. [Stuff]

There Will Be No New Phones Announced At BlackBerry World – Eager to see Research In Motion’s latest and greatest phones at BlackBerry World next week? Prepare to be disappointed. RIM will be taking a software-heavy approach this year, using the event to formally unveil its BlackBerry 10 operating system. [CNET]

Apple Schedules June Conference, But iPhone Hopes Dim’ – It’s a tantalizing bit of expectation building. Apple’s invitation to its annual developers conference is tagged with this phrase: “It’s the week we’ve all been waiting for.” But if it’s that elusive iPhone 5 you’d like to see, you might need to keep waiting. [CNN]

Kindle Fire Owns 54% Of Android Tablet Market – According to a new report from comScore, Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle Fire now accounts for nearly 54% of all Android tablets in the U.S. Also: Amazon blew away estimates with its latest quarterly earnings: $13.2 billion in revenues and $130 million in net income. [Fortune]

US Officials: Core al Qaeda ‘Essentially Gone’ – A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaida that carried out the Sept. 11 attacks is essentially gone but its affiliates remain a threat to America, U.S. intelligence officials say. [Time]

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Wine, Harry & Song – SA’s favourite wino, Harry Haddon, chats to Chris
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The Just Josie show – Pi is in with the weekend sports wrap, and Luke from No Bucks tells us exactly where the food, drink and party specials are in Cape Town. [2ov.fm]

The Chris and Malcolm Show – This brand new show kicks off in our Melrose Arch studio’s today from 15h00 to 17h00. Hosted by comedians Chris Forrest, (who has been on SA’s forefront of comedy scene for close to 10 years) and Malcolm Ferreira, (Jan from Vodacom Player 23). Join them for a comedic show like no other! [2ov.fm]

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Kardashians Are TV’s Highest Paid Stars. Ever - Kim Kardashian and her family have signed a three-year deal with E! for a reported $40 million — making them the highest-paid reality stars in TV history. [thedaily]

UK Slides Back Into Recession - The U.K. economy shrank in the first quarter as Britain slid into its first double-dip recession since the 1970s, forcing Prime Minister David Cameron to defend his spending cuts in Parliament. [bloomberg]

Can James Cameron – Or Anyone – Really Mine Asteroids? – Time was, incredibly rich guys bought sports teams. It was fun, it was affordable (by incredibly rich guy standards, at least) and it kept them off the streets. But going to the Super Bowl isn’t enough anymore. For today’s uber-rich, it’s going to space that counts. [time]

Murdoch Denies Political Influence, Cameron Disagrees - Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch spent hours Wednesday downplaying his political influence, even as British Prime Minister David Cameron said politicians in his country had been too close to Murdoch over the years. [cnn]

New Jet For King Mswati On His Birthday - King Mswati III of Swaziland receives twin-engine jet for his birthday, but prime minister says it is a gift from partners and friends. [businessday]

ID SmartCards Are Not Far Off - A pilot project to replace identity documents with smartcards will start in about six months, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Wednesday. [news24]

Malema’s Allies Out: ANCYL Rattled – ANC Youth League leaders have questioned the credibility and motives of the party’s national disciplinary committee of appeals, chaired by Cyril Ramaphosa, after its decision to suspend the league’s secretary general, Sindiso Magaqa, despite his withdrawal of his appeal. [mail&guardian]

Armed With Age-Progression Image, Madeleine McCann Case Reopens - Investigators with Britain’s largest police force said on Wednesday that they believed that Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished while on vacation with her parents in Portugal, could still be alive. [nytimes]

The World’s Most Expensive Private Islands – Well done to the Telegraph for putting together a shopping list for all would-be lottery winners. With prices over R100,000 a week in many cases, this might be the ideal way to celebrate. Check it out. [telegraph]

Beyonce Named World’s Most Beautiful Woman – Motherhood has Beyonce Knowles sitting pretty, and she’s just been named the most beautiful woman in the world. People magazine has placed the 16-time Grammy-winning artist and actress at the top of the coveted annual list. [nydailynews]

$1 Million If You’ve Had Sex With Tim Tebow – Cheating hookup website ashleymadison.com has put out a million dollar bounty for anyone who can prove they’ve had sex with New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow is a devout Christian, obviously you have to know that by now and says he’s waiting for marriage to have sex. [39online]

Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill Claims Another Customer – For the second time in two months, a customer at Las Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill collapsed mid-meal and was carted off to a hospital. The female customer, a Las Vegas resident in her 40s, had been devouring a “double bypass burger,” puffing on cigarettes, and sipping a margarita when she collapsed Saturday night, the Grill’s owner told ABC News. [reuters]

Cher Sells Her Key To The City On eBay – Cher is scrambling to cover her embarrassment after the discovery that her key to the city of Adelaide, Australia, is for sale on eBay. “Think my office fkd up?” the singer wrote, amid a growing Australian controversy. [guardian]

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News Now On the Just Josie show – Waldimar, Editor of News Now Magazine
gives us the scoop on news from around the world at at 13h00. [2ov.fm]

BFF Show with Bailey Schneider and Karolina Sky – Featuring DJ Vin Deysel who is doing a mix to get you into the mood for your long weekend from 14h00-15h00 today. [baileyschneider]

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UPSET: 10-Man Chelsea Eliminates Barcelona To Reach Final - Chelsea are through to the Champions League final after an incredible 2-2 draw against Barcelona at Camp Nou in their semi-final second-leg encounter was enough to hand them a 3-2 aggregate victory over the holders. [huffpo]

Facebook Growth Slows - As Facebook Inc. enters the final weeks before its landmark initial public offering, not all of the arrows are pointing up. In what is likely to be the last snapshot of its financial condition before the expected May IPO, Facebook disclosed Monday that its first-quarter profit and revenue declined from the final quarter of 2011. [wallstreetjournal]

Apple Results Top Estimates As iPhone Sales Soar - Apple, which now has more than $100 billion in cash on hand, said today that second-quarter sales and profit rose on continued demand for the iPhone 4S and new buyers of the third-generation iPad. The question is whether that’s enough to keep investors happy. [forbes]

Multichoice Fined Over Nude Scene – Private broadcaster Multichoice has been fined R10 000 over an inappropriate age restriction for a comedy show with a full-frontal nude scene showing male genitalia, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA (BCCSA) said on Tuesday.[iol]

Anglo Gets Rid Of The Weight On Its Shoulders – Mining house Anglo American has sold the South African arm of steelmaker Scaw Metals for $440-million to an investment consortium in a long-awaited deal, bringing proceeds from its drive to divest non-core assets to $3.7-billion over two years. [mail&guardian]

Jay-Z Launches Facebook Game , ‘Empire’ – Empire, a new Facebook game from Jay-Z, wants your virtual self to “go from hustler, to entrepreneur, to business mogul.” If that life path sounds familiar, it’s because it resembles Jay-Z‘s story. Earned points help you move out of the projects and into the “hotspots of the rich and famous” in Manhattan. [mashable]

Leveson Inquiry: Jeremy Hunt Faces Calls To Resign Over ‘Absolutely Illegal’ News Corp Advice - Jeremy Hunt, the UK Culture Secretary, was on Tuesday night facing demands for his resignation after emails released by the Murdoch family disclosed that his office offered “absolutely illegal” advice to News Corporation executives. [telegraph]

Free Workshop For Startups Requiring Mentoring – Now in its second year, the Net Prophet Startup Acceleration Workshop is now open for applications for a 100% free startup mentoring course – ran by prolific startup coach, Permjot Valia. The course gives technology startups the opportunity to greatly accelerate their efforts in getting their new business, product or service to market by participating in this two day workshop. [npworkshop]

6A Is The Best Seat On A Plane – The battle for the best seat on a plane is one airlines seem to find ever more inventive ways of monetising. But flight comparison website Skyscanner surveyed more than 1,000 airline passengers on their seat preferences – and the verdict is in – seat 6A. [dailymail]

Carla Bruni Looking Like A ‘Chipmunk’ – The first lady of France looks frozen. Carla Bruni, who gave birth to daughter Giulia in October, appeared suspiciously taut and wrinkle-free for a 44-year-old mother of two when she stepped out to vote. [thedaily]

Google’s Eric Schmidt Defends Android In Oracle Trial – Taking the stand on Tuesday during the ongoing trial over Google’s use of the Java programming language on its Android mobile operating system, Google executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt strongly defended the company against accusations that it illegally lifted parts of the Java platform from Sun Microsystems. [wired]

Gun-Hiding Clothing All The Rage In US – Woolrich, a 182-year-old clothing company, describes its new chino pants as an elegant and sturdy fashion statement, with a clean profile and fabric that provides comfort and flexibility. And they’re great for hiding a handgun. [nytimes]

Woman Buys Two $1 Million Winning Lottery Tickets – Virginia Fike from Virginia […Fike] bought two lottery tickets from a truck stop a few weeks ago, one of which turned out to be worth a million dollars. And then the other one also turned out to be worth a million dollars. Virginia simply cannot stop winning one million dollars. [gawker]

Kim Kardashian Sports KW Earrings – Kim Kardashian sparked plenty of buzz this weekend after she touched down in Los Angeles Sunday with some new bling on hand — or rather, on ear. The reality star, 31, flaunted gold-and-diamond-studded earrings that spelled out rumored beau Kanye West’s initials. [nydaily]

Tonight’s Powerball Lottery Sitting At R1.3 Billion ($173 Million) – You can buy tickets online for tonight’s Powerball lottery jackpot. There is so much winning going on lately, maybe tonight is YOUR night? You’ll need to get a ticket to ensure that chance. Good luck. [tickets]

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 The Rolling Stone Chart Show – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts at 12h45 each Wednesday – live to your radio / car / mobile phone on the Just Josie Show! Followed by Food and Wine pairing with Maryna from Wine-Extra and Miss K Cafe. [2ov.fm]

Massive giveaways on the Bob Skinstad Show – Between 15h00 and 17h00, you can stand a chance to win a Blackberry Torch, and a weekend away on the Bob Skinstad Show, brought to you by ITEC Connect!  [2ov.fm]

Moses Metro Man On Bailey Schneider Show -Afrikaans project seeking the sweet-spot in the crossover between electronic gadgetry, heavy melody and guitar rock, Moses Metro Man will feature on the Bailey Schneider Show from 14h00 – 15h00. [baileyschneider]

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Businessmen To Testify About Malema’s Tax Affairs - An inquiry into suspected tax evasion by allies and benefactors of embattled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema will begin this week with about 30 high-profile businessmen testifying. [timeslive]

Dutch Prime Minister Resigns – Prime Minister Mark Rutte met the Dutch queen on Monday afternoon and tendered his government’s resignation after talks on austerity collapsed at the weekend. [cnbc]

North Korea Vows To Turn Seoul To Ashes – North Korea’s military Monday threatened “special actions” soon to turn parts of the South Korean capital to ashes, accusing Seoul’s conservative government of defaming its leadership. The North has for months been criticising the South’s President Lee Myung-Bak in extreme terms and threatening “sacred war” over perceived insults. [afp]

One In Four JHB Drivers Asked For Bribe – One in four Johannesburg drivers paid a bribe to traffic police in 2010, Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis said on Monday. [news24]

Rolling Stones Biopic In Production – A new biopic based on the English rock band The Rolling Stones is being made. The film will focus on the tumultuous relationship between band members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as they recorded The Rolling Stones` 1972 double album, `Exile on Main Street`, reported Contactmusic. [zeenews]

Facebook Drops $550 Million On Microsoft Patents – Facebook’s $550 million deal to buy hundreds of former AOL patents from Microsoft may give it an upper hand in the company’s intellectual property fight with Yahoo. [nytimes]

Inside Microsoft: A Rebel Tells All – In this recent TechCrunch article, the author tells of his 5 years at Microsoft, before he got fired. He paints a picture of a lot of people with a lot of titles, ticking boxes and churning out rubbish. [techcrunch]

Japanese Tsunami Soccer Ball Makes Its Way To The United States – A Japanese teenager has identified himself as the owner of a soccer ball that washed up on an Alaska beach last week – the first traceable debris to arrive in the United States from last year’s tsunami. [msnbc]

Bank Chiefs In Talks With ANC On Plans For Economy - South Africa’s bank CEOs have met the African National Congress economic transformation committee to raise their concerns about the party’s economic policy discussion documents. [businessday]

Meet The Internet Hall Of Fame Inductees – The Internet was awarded its own Hall of Fame on Monday — with a slew of inductees that have had a profound impact on the early stages of the web. A total of 33 visionaries will be among the first to be inducted to the Internet Hall of Fame in Geneva, Switzerland. [mashable]

Scientists Finally Work Out Brain Freeze – Most people have likely experienced brain freeze — the debilitating, instantaneous pain in the temples after eating something frozen — but researchers didn’t really understand what causes it, until now. [livescience]

Is This The World’s Most Beautiful Woman? – The ratio of the distance between her ears to the distance between her pupils is nearly 2:1 — the scientific ideal. Furthermore, the distance between her eyes to her mouth is just under a third of the distance from her hairline to her chin — another measure of perfect pulchritude. [gawker]

As Google Drive Gets Real, Rivals Prep For Invasion – The long-rumored Google Drive cloud storage service is expected to be launching this week, and if one seemingly credible launch partner leak is not enough to back that this is the real deal, rivals’ preemptive strikes seem to support that it’s coming. [wired]

White Killer Whale Spotted – First Time In The Wild - Scientists have made what they believe to be the first sighting of an adult white orca, or killer whale. The adult male, which they have nicknamed Iceberg (good name), was spotted off the coast of Kamchatka in eastern Russia. [bbc]

Princess Charlene Chops Her Hair Off - Princess Charlene has let go of her locks. The former South African swimmer was spotted at the final match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters on Sunday sporting a short, slick haircut. [channel24]

Lindsay Lohan Confirmed For Liz Taylor Role – After months of negotiations, Lifetime has signed Lindsay Lohan to portray Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick. The biopic chronicling the enduring love of movie icons Taylor and Richard Burton, whose fiery romance was the most notorious, publicized and celebrated love affair of its day. [deadline]

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