Ice, Ice Baby – Like a scene out of a science-fiction movie, an iceberg more than four times the size of Manhattan has been slowly drifting along Canada’s eastern seaboard. Chunks of the giant iceberg — dubbed Petermann Ice Island — have broken off and rubbed up against some idyllic Canadian shores, like the piece above that enhanced the seascape off of Goose Cove, Newfoundland, photographed by Gene Patey. [daily]
Fairly Hot Babysitter In Trouble For Tapping The Kid – A female babysitter had sex with a 14-year-old she was hired to look after having plied him with alcohol, it has been reported. Loni Bouchard (20), from Clinton, Connecticut, was taken into custody after the young boy’s family found out about the alleged affair. [dailymail]
Tag Heuer Drops Tiger Woods Like He’s Hot – Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer reversed course Friday and dumped Woods as pitchman in their U.S. advertising campaigns. After initially standing by the golfer and declaring his personal problems “not our business,” the company’s head honcho announced they will use actor Leonardo DiCaprio and other “brand ambassadors.” [nydailynews]
Cape Town Private School Sex Tape – The word is out on the street about a sex tape involving two Cape (Southern Suburbs) private school girls licking Nutella off each other’s flower. The expertly filmed video was directed and filmed by a boy from another private school – also in the Southern Suburbs. Psalm 150 may or may not have been playing in the background. The kids were not expelled.
ANC To Act On Malema Today – ANC leaders are expected to demand tough action against the ANC Youth League at a meeting on Monday, amid fresh allegations that its president Julius Malema is benefiting from multi-million rand tenders funded by public money. [news24]
Malema’s Tender Bonanza – A company partly owned by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s family trust benefits directly from multimillion-rand tenders it helps to award. Limpopo outsourced essential government functions to the company, which means it is engaged in the privatisation of state functions. Whilst Malema promotes nationalisation. [news24]
World’s Richest Man Lost $8 Billion Last Week – The Mexican billionaire’s stock portfolio, measured in U.S. dollars, has dropped about 11 percent since July 29, before Friday, and is valued at about $63 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with a 7.1 percent slide in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. It works out to an $8 Billion knock.. [npr]
Squatters Enjoy Prime Camps Bay Views – A group of vagrants are enjoying one of South Africa’s best views after invading a R12-million mansion in Camps Bay in Cape Town. And they’re not alone. At least a dozen other empty multimillion-rand homes have been taken over by squatters in the area. [timeslive]
Riots Continue Across London – Up to 200 youths went on the rampage in Enfield, north London, smashing windows on the high street, setting fire to cars and looting stores at a nearby retail park. Riot police were called to the town centre, part of a usually quiet commuter suburb, at around 6:30pm after hooded youths, including dozens of teenage girls, attacked police cars. [telegraph]
China Treats The US Like A Child – China, the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, demanded Saturday that America tighten its belt and confront its “addiction to debts” in the wake of Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade the U.S. credit rating. China currently owns $1.2 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt, the largest stake of any central bank. The commentary carried by the state-run Xinhua News Agency was Beijing’s first official response to the S&P decision. [huffington]
Online Video Explains US Debt Crisis In Layman’s Terms – The new What’s The Vibe weekly feature is causing a bit of an online sensaiton as Lindsay Williams explains on video – in his own words – what exactly is going on in the US, how they got there and what it all means. Including an explanation about AAA ratings. All in under 4 minutes. [here]
David and Harper Beckham Pose For Victoria’s New Twitter Picture – The former Spice Girl uploaded the image on Sunday with the message: ‘I took this beautiful picture and wanted to share it with you, baby Harper cuddling Daddy! x VB.’ [metro]
Explosive Jackie O Tapes To Be Released – Jackie Onassis believed that Lyndon B Johnson and a cabal of Texas tycoons were involved in the assassination of her husband John F Kennedy, ‘explosive’ recordings are set to reveal. The secret tapes will show that the former first lady felt that her husband’s successor was at the heart of the plot to murder him. She also discusses his affairs, as well as her own. [dailymail]
Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman Costume Revealed – Just one day after Warner Bros. revealed the very first picture of Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, they’ve given us another treat with the first official photo of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. [superherohype]
Polar Bear Kills British Boy In Norway – A polar bear has mauled a 17-year-old British boy to death in the Arctic and injured four other UK tourists. Horatio Chapple, from Wiltshire, was with 12 others on a British Schools Exploring Society trip near a glacier on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. [bbc]
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