Djokivik Takes Nadal - Novak Djokovic confirmed his status as the world’s best player with a stunning victory over defending champion Rafael Nadal to lift his first US Open title. The top seed from Serbia gave a display of breathtaking quality to triumph 6-2 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 in four hours and 10 minutes on Arthur Ashe Stadium. [bbc]
Gareth Cliff Responds To Allegations Of Sexism – “This whole story is preposterous. It is spurious and seems a deliberate attempt by a minor politician and newspapers to make a mountain out of a molehill. BCCSA complaints are filed for any number of reasons and most are dismissed. In order to be valid, a complaint must be found, quite specifically to be offensive, amount to hate speech and/or instigation to violence. Here’s what happened:” [garethcliff]
De Villiers Sticks With John Smit – Peter de Villiers is to stick with John Smit in the starting Springbok team at the Rugby World Cup. ”Luckily I’m the coach,” he said in the face of mounting criticism of his preference for the captain ahead of Bismarck du Plessis. [timeslive]
Angola’s Leila Lopes Takes Miss Universe Title – Miss Angola Leila Lopes on Tuesday was crowned Miss Universe 2011 in a star-studded ceremony in Brazil’s Sao Paolo. The 25-year-old Lopes is Angola’s first winner. She beat out 88 other competitors to win the title during the 60th anniversary of the world’s biggest beauty pageant. She replaces last year’s winner, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico. [ibnlive]
Jackie Kennedy Tapes Describe White House As Her Happiest Years - Speaking just months after her husband’s assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy looked back on her time with her husband in the White House as “our happiest years,” the time that she and John F. Kennedy were closest, with an extraordinary personal and political partnership thriving during the high-pressure thousand days of the Kennedy presidency. [abcnews]
Google Street View Snaps Pic Of Naked Woman – Google Street View, the search engine’s ground-level mapping service that gives the user a 360-degree view of buildings and public thoroughfares, has captured a potentially embarrassing photo. Taken as Google’s camera-equipped Street View car drove down a street in Miami, Florida, this latest in a long line of odd Google photos shows a naked woman standing on her front porch. [huffpo]
Serena Williams Gets Fined $2,000 – Serena Williams was fined $2,000 US by the U.S. Open on Monday for berating the chair umpire during the final. Tournament referee Brian Earley issued his ruling a day after Williams was cited by chair umpire Eva Asderaki for a code violation for verbal abuse during a 6-2, 6-3 loss to Sam Stosur in the women’s singles championship match at Flushing Meadows, N.Y. [cbc]
Al Qaeda Posts September 11 Videos – A private intelligence monitoring service says al Qaeda marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with an hour-long video, released on Jihadist websites. Site Monitoring Services says the video features an audio speech by the new leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahri, as well as previously unreleased footage of former leader Osama bin Laden. [cbsnews]
French Police Question Strauss-Kahn – Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by French police over accusations of attempted rape made against him by a novelist, a lawyer for the French politician said. Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who returned from the U.S. a week ago after separate sex-assault charges against him were formally dismissed by a New York judge, was questioned as a witness. [wallstreetjournal]
Al Gore In 24 Hour Broadcast To Convince Climate Skeptics – Former Vice President Al Gore will renew his 30-year campaign to convince skeptics of the link between climate change and extreme weather events this week in a 24-hour global multi-media event. ”24 Hours of Reality” will broadcast a presentation by Al Gore every hour for 24 hours across 24 different time zones from Wednesday to Thursday. [reuters]
Madonna Posts Video Apology To Hydrangeas – Madonna was recently caught showing major dismay over some hydrangeas at a press conference at Venice, rolling her eyes and expressing her hatred for the flower after a fan gifted her with a bouquet. After lots of bad press over the incident, Madonna is striking back with a humorous video of her apology to hydrangeas. [popcrush]
Apple Set To Break Mac Sales This Fall – The breathless anticipation swirling around the upcoming iPhone 5 release, and the runaway success of the iPad 2, may make it seem like Apple is entirely focused on its iOS devices these days. But the company’s Mac division is no slouch, either. [mashable]
Winklevoss Twins Reduced To Making Nut Commercials – Here’s a cute ad the Winklevoss twins made for Roll Global pistachios. The self appointed Facebook nemeses have been spending a lot on lawyers, and their big Facebook settlement was paid in illiquid private stock, so let’s hope they got some real TV dough for this spot. [gawker]
Tonight’s Euromillions Jackpot Is R1.55 Billion – Tonight’s jackpot is nearly a record, at EUR 157 Million, a winning of this magnitude would catapult you into the Sunday Times Rich List. There is still time to buy tickets safely and securely online. [2oceansvibelottos]
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