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  • GOOD MORNING HEADLINES – THURSDAY

    24 Dec 2009 by Seth Rotherham in Morning Headlines

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    French Schoolgirls Revolt By Wearing Skimpy Miniskirts


    French Schoolgirls Revolt By Wearing Skimpy Miniskirts – Schools across France are facing revolts from students demanding the right to wear raunchy clothing banned by educators. The protests, which some observers say signals a new sexualisation of French teenage life, began at Lycée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire in Essonne, south of Paris, where teenagers protested by coming into school for two days running in skimpy clothes. Yes! [independent]

    14 Airlink Planes Grounded – Airlink’s Jetstream aircraft have been grounded. Late on Wednesday night, the Civil Aviation Authority said it was grounding the fleet following an audit after “a series of serious aircraft incidents and accidents” over the past three months. ie. they’re kak. [mail&guardian]

    Susan Sarandon And Tim Robbins Are Overs Gadovers – One of Hollywood’s most enduring relationships has ended — Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have broken up after more than two decades together. Wow, that’s quite a vibe. Although it’s pretty cool in terms of the new availability of one of earth’s most desired MILFs. Mmm…Susan.. [cnn]

    Balloon Boy Parents Sentenced – A judge on Wednesday accused the Colorado parents / professional arseholes who falsely claimed their son drifted away in a balloon of exploiting their children in a bid for a reality TV show, sentencing the father to jail and the mother to an alternative sentencing program. [npr]

    Steven Tyler Goes to Rehab – Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has entered a rehabilitation facility to treat an addiction to painkillers. He has taken to cope with 10 years of performance injuries. The band canceled a summer tour in August after Tyler fell off the stage during a performance in South Dakota and broke his left shoulder. [yahoo]

    Rolling Stone’s 25 Best Songs of 2009 – Count Down the Hottest Tracks From U2 to Gaga Bono and Co. score top honors for “No Line on the Horizon” tune “Moment of Surrender.” Find out where Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Animal Collective and Jay-Z rank, plus check out Rolling Stone’s top albums of the year. [rollingstone]

    Innovative 787 Carries Boeing, And Aviation, Ahead – Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner looks like any other airliner, so it might be hard for anyone but an airplane geek to get so excited about its inaugural flight. But the energy-efficient airliner is a bold step forward for Boeing, and for aviation. [wired]

    HQ New Year Party Ticket Giveaway – 2oceansvibe is giving away two pairs of VIP tickets and one pair of VVIP tickets to Cape Town’s New Year Party du Jour – at HQ. To win, email editor@2oceansvibe.com with a FRESH picture of you or your friends that we will like. Writing on flesh to prove authenticity usually works. [newyear]

    Stealing Love Jones and Ard Matthews Live at The Cape FarmHouse Saturday 26 December – SA’s most promising pop-rock act, which boasts six top-10 radio singles, makes room on stage for Ard Matthews, the dreadlocked frontman of Just Jinjer (biggest selling rock band in SA history.) No big deal. [overtone]

    HP Webcams Don’t Recognise Black Faces – There seems to be a slight probem with Hewlett-Packard’s new “tracking” webcam. Not ideal, given that black folk also use computers and enjoy communication in general. These peeps (one white, one black) tested the technology, which failed. [adweek]

    Apple’s Steve Jobs Takes $1 Salary for 2009 – Here we go again. Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs was paid his customary $1 annual salary in 2009, but Apple’s strength through a rough economic climate returned the value of his personal holdings in the company to pre-meltdown levels. Wow, you’re amazing. [associated]

    Pamela Anderson and Vivienne Westwood get to meet Pharside – SA blogger in London, Mark from Pharside.co.uk killed two hot birds with one stone, as he found himself on the right side of the ropes in Wimbledon, London [pharside]

    [thanks chris]

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