World Football Match-Fixing Ring Smashed – A criminal ring suspected of fixing 380 matches, including World Cup qualifying games, European Championship qualifiers, and Champions League games, has been smashed by police in Europe. [skynews]
Herbalife Shares Plunge On Government Probe Report – Shares of Herbalife, the multilevel marketer at a center of a huge fight among Wall Street billionaires, were falling Monday on a New York Post report that the company is facing a law enforcement probe. [msn]
Prince Harry Is Coming To South Africa – Officials say that Prince Harry will visit South Africa and Lesotho at the end of February on behalf of a charity that he co-founded. [channel24]
Apple Shows Signs a Major Interface Overhaul Is Coming – It has become increasingly clear since the ouster of Scott Forstall as Apple’s iOS chief, and the elevation of design wunderkind Ive to oversee both product industrial and user experience, that Apple is planning an iOS and OS X interface overhaul. [wired]
Apple and Samsung Displace Nokia Worldwide for First Time in Terms of Internet Usage – Apple dislodged Nokia in January for the first time as the most popular mobile vendor in terms of global internet usage, according to new mobile research from StatCounter. [bizwire]
Vladimir Putin Enlists Boyz II Men to Boost Russia’s Declining Birth Rate – Russia’s president has a solution to the country’s declining birth rate: the sweet soul stylings of Boyz II Men. [time]
They’re Building An Amusement Park In Osama Bin Laden’s Town – Pakistan has unveiled plans for a huge amusement park in the town where Osama bin Laden was shot dead by American special forces, complete with a zoo, mini golf course and water sports. [telegraph]
DA Backs ANC’s Education Move – The DA has welcomed the ANC’s move on Monday to make education an essential service. [news24]
Rafael Nadal Wants Doping Free Tennis – Former world number one tennis player Rafael Nadal previously used to criticise anti-doping officials for treating players like criminals but now he does not have any issue if they are even tested every week. [tenwor]
Should Buyers Of Lance Armstrong’s Books Get A Refund? – Disgruntled purchasers of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s autobiography are demanding a refund in the courts. Are they really entitled to their money back? [bbc]
Youngest Ever Oscar Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis, Aged 9, Acts Up At Academy Awards Luncheon – She is the youngest person in history to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and at just nine years old Quvenzhané Wallis knows how to liven up an Academy event. [dailymail]
US Hostage Drama: Kidnapper Dead, Boy Alive – A 5-year-old boy who was being held hostage in an underground bunker in Alabama for nearly a week has been released while his abductor is now dead, authorities said Monday. [fox]
Dreamliner Probe Far From Over – U.S. safety regulators are nowhere near finishing an investigation into a battery fire on the Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner, a top official said on Thursday, raising the prospect of a prolonged grounding for the aircraft. [reuters]
Supersonic Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Fell at 843.6 mph: Mach 1.25 – Supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner was faster than he or anyone else thought when he jumped from 24 miles up. [foxnews]
New Zombie ‘Warm Bodies’ Movie A Hit – Summit Entertainment’s Warm Bodies — a new spin on the zombie genre — topped the weekend box office with a solid $20 million debut thanks to younger females. [hollyrep]
John McCain Tweets Racist ‘Monkey’ Joke – Consummate terribly unfunny jokester Senator John McCain—he of the infamous gorilla rape quip—is back at it again on Twitter, this time with a crack about how Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is nothing but a monkey. Get it? [gawker]
Selena Gomez Attends Star-Studded Bible Study Group – Prayer pals! Selena Gomez has found Hollywood’s holiest hangout. Insiders tell Us Weekly the singer, 20, attends a Bible study group with a who’s who of young celebs — including Vanessa Hudgens and 90210 hunk Matt Lanter. [usmagazine]
And The First Porn Star To Go To Space Is – Adult actress Coco Brown is set to be the first porn star in space. The 32-year-old has paid $100,000 (around £60,000) to be part of a private Dutch mission set to blast off from Earth in spring next year. [huffpo]
Justin Timberlake Denies Calling Britney A Bitch – Contrary to reports, Justin Timberlake did not slam Britney Spears. So says the hitmaker-turned-actor, who took to Twitter on Sunday before the Big Game to vehemently deny reports he called his ex-girlfriend a “bitch” during Saturday evening’s DirecTV Super Bowl concert in New Orleans. [eonline]
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World Cancer Day On Mommy Matters – Today is World Cancer Day, and in a time and age where this dreaded disease is becoming one of the more discussed issues in our daily lives, it is quite possible that we have all lost someone close because of it, or know someone personally who is fighting this uphill battle right now. Helen Ohlhoff from The Look Good.. Feel Better Foundation, which is a beauty industry initiative to help woman combat the visible side-effects of their cancer treatment, will be joining us in studio to talk to us about their program, and how they help in increasing woman’s self confidence and self-esteem at a very difficult time in their lives, and reiterating every day that “Hope is Beautiful”. [2ovfm]
Locnville With Bailey Schneider – From 2-3pm today, Locnville joins Bailey Schneider in our Melrose Arch studio to catch up with the saucy electro hop music duo, and find out what exciting plans they’re cooking up. [baileyschneider]
FRESH PODCASTS
Best Of The J&B Met – Get Your Podcast Nuggets Here – Susana Kennedy broadcasted live from this year’s J&B Met from the middle of the Sunglass Hut Inner Circle. Kicking off with none other than Celebrity journalist, publicist and media guru Clayton Morar , who has met and “interviewed everyone from Beckham to the Kardasians, to Miss South Africa, Kagiso and the list keeps growing. Find out the real reason he became an autograph hunter. Her interviews on the day however, ranged from small-town boy JP du Plessis, who’s skill on the rugby field has caught the attention all round; right through to the hottest SA couple Melinda Bam and Adriaan Bergh, Sonja Booth, Jocelyn Meier from The Reserve, and Hakeem Kae-Kazeem, household name and one of the country’s top celebrity actors. [podcast]
Talking Waves With Wind Sport Godfather, Robby Naish – Seth Rotherham and Marcus Brain chat to kite surfing legend, Robby Naish about the future of kite surfing and the changing face of the sport in the 21st Century. The American was in the Mother City for the Red Bull King of the Air tournament which took place yesterday. Naish speaks of the beauty of Cape Town and his excitement surrounding the upcoming kite surfing event. He also tells of his love of fast cars and how the thrills of kite surfing only get better with age. Naish predicts the future of kite surfing, the challenges it faces with the fast evolving cyber world as well as who his money was on for the title of the tournament. [podcast] for the full story.
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