Shrien Dewani Killed His Wife For R15k: Driver – Yesterday’s confirmation by taxi driver Zola Tongo that Anni Dewani was killed by a man hired by her husband, was not the big revelation. The big revelation (for me at least) was that their dinner in The Strand was purely to kill time, as the killers were not in position during an earlier visit to Gugulethu. “Let’s go for an impromptu dinner, babe, the guys I hired to kill you aren’t ready yet.” You’re going down, Shrien Dewani. [mail&guardian]

Shrien Dewani Arrested In London – Shrien Dewani has been arrested in the UK at the request of the South African authorities, British police have confirmed. Mr Dewani was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder his wife. Scotland Yard said Mr Dewani, from Westbury-on-Trym, had been arrested in the UK following an extradition request by prosecutors in South Africa. He surrendered himself at a police station in Bristol on Tuesday and was later arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder his wife. [bbc]

Millions Mark Lennon’s Death – Millions of people will remember John Lennon on Wednesday, exactly 30 years after the former Beatle was murdered. His widow Yoko Ono led the tributes, saying the world was still learning from his messages of peace. She said: “On this tragic anniversary, please join me in remembering John with deep love and respect. The world was lucky to have known him. We still learn so much from him today. John, I love you.” [associated]

Lawsuit Filed Over YouPorn History Sniffing – Two California men, David Pitner and Jared Reagan, have filed a class-action lawsuit over the site’s practice of “history sniffing,” or checking out other porn websites that visitors have been to through exploiting a Javascript security flaw.The practice works through checking whether your browser registers certain links as previously visited, by seeing if they are assigned the color “purple” — that nifty change of color that tells you that you’ve already clicked on a link. [forbes]

Wikileaks Founder Denied Bail – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested and jailed without bail Tuesday in a sex-crimes investigation, but his organization scarcely missed a beat, releasing a new batch of the secret cables that U.S. officials say are damaging America’s security and relations worldwide.A month after dropping out of public view, the 39-year-old Australian surrendered to Scotland Yard to answer a warrant issued for his arrest by Sweden. [associated]

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Face Slasher Gets Two Years In Prison – Five years after sneaking into a private Hollywood party and slashing Leonardo Dicaprio’s face with a broken beer bottle, Aretha Wilson was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday, TMZ reports. Once she is done serving her time, she’ll be deported back to Canada.Wilson, who pled no contest to one felony assault in November, could have faced up to four years in jail. According to RadarOnline.com, she showed no emotion as the judge sentenced her to state prison. [popeater]

President Of Botswana Doesn’t Want A Short, Fat Wife – The slim, fit-looking president of Botswana — considered one of Africa’s most eligible bachelors — says he is finally ready to get married but made it clear that overweight women need not apply. To drive the point home he pointed to the Assistant Minister of Local Government Botlhogile Tshreletso and said, “I don’t want one like this one. She may fail to pass through the door, breaking furniture with her heavy weight and even break the vehicle’s shock absorbers.” [abcnews]

Bird Book Sells For R75Million – A copy of “Birds of America” by John James Audubon, left, was sold Tuesday at auction in London for more than $10 million, making it the world’s most expensive printed book. The book, one of the best preserved editions of Audubon’s 19th-century masterpiece, with its 435 hand-colored illustrations, sold for £6.5 million ($10.3 million) at a Sotheby’s auction to an anonymous collector bidding by telephone, the auction house said. [nytimes]

Celebrities Stopped Tweeting For Charity. No-one Cares – Celebrities were so frustrated with the time it took to raise $1 million for Keep a Child Alive’s “Digital Death” campaign, they (Keys, Gaga, Seacrest, Kardashian etc.) persuaded a wealthy savior to give them $500,000 so they could get back on Twitter. Brooklyn-born billionaire pharmaceutical executive Stewart Rahr donated $500,000 yesterday to meet the $1 million goal. [nypost]

Ivy League Drug Ring Bust – Five Columbia University students were charged Tuesday with selling LSD-spiked candy and other drugs at three fraternity houses and other residences on the Ivy League campus, with two allegedly claiming they needed the drug money to cover tuition. The students were hauled into a Manhattan courtroom later in the day, shackled together and wearing Columbia and fraternity sweat shirts. They pleaded not guilty to multiple drug dealing charges. Of all the Ivy Leagues.. Columbia!

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