Shock Decision – Paul The Octopus Picks Spain
Paul The Octopus STUNS Germany And Picks Spain To Win Semifinals – Paul, a brilliant German octopus, has impressed fans worldwide with his uncanny ability to correctly predict the outcome of Germany’s World Cup games. Most recently, the omniscient octopus selected the Germans to beat favored Argentina. He was right again, improving his track record to an unbelievable five for five. [huffers]
Netherlands Pip The Hand-Ball Kings – The Netherlands will face either Spain or Germany in the Final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ after beating Uruguay by the odd goal in five in the first of the tournament’s semi-finals at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium. Bert van Marwijk’s side were worthy of their victory but were made to work hard for it in an eventful last four encounter punctuated by excellent goals. [fifa]
Mel Gibson’s Has Some Bad Photos To Add To Those Audio Tapes – Oksana Grigorieva not only has Mad Mel’s vile and profane rants on tape, but she is also sitting on potentially explosive photos that will show her bloodied and bruised after a confrontation with the Oscar-winner, according to a close confidante. Grigorieva apparently received two black eyes and had two front teeth knocked out. Charming. [radar]
Caster Semenya Is A Woman! – Caster Semenya was cleared to immediately return to track by the sport’s governing body Tuesday, ending an 11-month layoff while she underwent gender tests after becoming the 800-meter world champion. Semenya is allowed to keep running as a woman, although it is unclear if she has had any medical procedure or treatment during her time away. Welcome back…babe! [associated]
Lindsay Lohan Is Going To Jail For 90 Days – Lindsay Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail yesterday, followed by a 90-day in-patient rehab program for violating probation on a previous DUI case. Lohan broke down in tears as Judge Marsha Revel revealed her decision. Lohan must surrender to the court on July 20 at 8:30am to begin serving her time. Her mother tuned reporters that “This is so not fair to do this to my child.” [popeater]
The Queen Wears Crystal-Studded 3D Glasses – Queen Elizabeth II has become the highest-ranking dignitary to be photographed in 3D glasses. She wore the 3D glasses for a demonstration of film technology during a visit to studios in Toronto, Canada. The Queen brought her own customised set with Swarovski crystals forming the letter Q on the sides. [luxuo]
Bomb Scare At The Waterfront – A part of the crowded V&A Waterfront in Cape Town was cordoned off on Tuesday night after two suspicious-looking carry bags were found outside the Mitchell’s Waterfront Brewery. Sniffer dogs were brought in and they decided to destroy the bags in controlled explosions Turns out the bags had books in them. Carelessly, this report does not state what the books were about. [koos]
iTunes And Apple App Store HACKED! – The first signs of trouble happened over the holiday weekend when two app developers noticed their apps in the books category started dropping in the popularity rankings – dramatically. It quickly became obvious that a “farm” of rogue apps were getting some sort of artificial boost. But that isn’t the worst of it, money was disappearing too.. [inc]
Hot Russian Spy Was Obsessed With Princes William & Hazza – Anna Chapman was fixated with princes William and Harry and schemed her way into their social circle. She frequented Boujis, the nightclub haunt of the two young royals, where repeated concerns have been raised about their safety. Now officials at MI5 are urgently investigating whether a security risk was posed by Anna, 28, one of 10 alleged Kremlin spies arrested in the US. [mirror]
Telkom Give Pathetic Argument To Stay With Capped Broadband – In what must be the worst marketing strategy ever conceived in South African history, Telkom has tried to sway internet users away from uncapped packages. The company claimed in their newsletter that uncapped packages are subject to a variety of terms and conditions, and that capped packages represented better value for money. [iafrica]
“King Of All Cars” Tops 267 MPH – The Bugatti Veyron is, once again, the fastest production car on the planet. Bugatti says an orange-and-black Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 267.8 mph at the hands of test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel. Stop and think about that for a moment. That’s more than 393 feet per second and almost 4.5 miles per minute. Even Bugatti’s engineers were surprised. [wired]
Pommie Killer On The Loose, Threatens To Shoot Cops – I should just warn this fellow, Raoul Moat, that everything will end in tears. This, after he shot his ex-girlfriend, killed her boyfriend and then posted Facebook messages up on Facebook, taunting the police and warning them that he wants to take them out. And when I say “take them out,” I don’t mean for a three-course-meal.. [telegraph]
Kendra Talks About Meth Use And Sex With Hugh Hefner – Well if you ever wanted to know what it’s like to make love to an old man, now you have your chance. Kendra Wilkinson is launching a new book called something or other and has, in a live TV interview, disclosed information about her previous meth use and sex with Hef. Wonderful. [jezebel]
[thanks ard, landi]
