Melbourne, Jan 29 : Flight attendants in the US are livid over being forced to wear uniforms promoting beer, and insist that turning them into walking billboards is unacceptable.

Spirit Airlines is promoting alcohol on airline crew aprons and is running a series of ads inviting customers to enjoy DD''s (deep discounts) and MILF (many islands, low fare) - referring to large breasts and an acronym made popular in the 1999 movie American Pie.

Melbourne, January 29 : Tennis star Fernando Verdasco, who has jus

Melbourne, Jan 29, : The third-seeded duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles cruised into the finals of men's doubles of the Australian Open.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles defeated the unseeded Polish-Austrian pair of Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach 6-3 6-1 taking just 58 minutes to win their semifinal encounter.

Mahesh Bhupathi has now a chance to grab his fifth men's doubles Grand Slam title, his first Australian Open title and 11th overall.

Melbourne, Jan 29 : PMSBuddy. com, a site created as an online reminder service, has seen one hundred thousand men sign up for its service.

The site, which educates men on knowing when their partner is likely to be suffering pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), is the brainchild of a 28-year-old man who has gone through most of the different phases with his partners.

The reminders include pithy messages of encouragement such as "She's on yellow - tread carefully, fella" - as well as tips for how men can mitigate the damage.

Sydney, Jan 29 : South African coach Mickey Arthur believes that being the No. 1 ranked cricket nation is not an easy task, and his one-day side is not quite ready to deal with the pressure and expectations that comes along with it.

The Proteas can overtake Australia onto top spot on the one-day rankings with a win in Friday's fifth and final one-dayer at the WACA Ground.

Arthur said his team, who lead the ODI series 3-1 is still in development mode, and would be better served by snaring the mantle later down the track.

Sydney, Jan 29 : Australian pacer Shaun Tait and all-rounder Cameron White have been dropped to make way for Michael Clarke and Nathan Bracken for the fifth one-dayer against South Africa at the WACA Ground on Friday.

South Africa lead the series 3-1 and will jump to No. 1 in the one-day rankings if they defeat Australia in Perth.

Clarke has missed Australia's past three matches with an injured thumb, while Bracken did not play in Monday''s game in Adelaide because of a calf injury.