AOL Acquires Huffington Post For $315 Million – The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants. The two companies completed the sale Sunday evening. AOL will pay $315 million, $300 million of it in cash and the rest in stock. It will be the company’s largest acquisition since it was separated from Time Warner in 2009. [newyorktimes]

Green Bay Packers Take Super Bowl Glory – Aaron Rodgers inspired the Green Bay Packers to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas Sunday night. It is the fourth time the Packers have claimed the Vince Lombardi trophy, holding off a comeback by the Steelers, who had trailed 21-3 approaching the half. Lombardi was a former coach of the Packers, leading them to the first two Super Bowls staged before succumbing to cancer in 1970. [cnn]

Thin Lizzy’s Gary Moore Dies – The renowned rock guitarist Gary Moore has died in a hotel room while on holiday in Spain. Moore, 58, originally from Belfast, was a former member of the legendary Irish group Thin Lizzy. Thin Lizzy manager Adam Parsons told the BBC he was found early on Sunday. Moore was originally drafted into Thin Lizzy by its late frontman Phil Lynott. He later gained acclaim for his solo work and was a former member of the Irish group Skid Row. [bbc]

Humans Sees Whole Sun For First Time Ever – For the first time in the entire history of mankind we are able to see the entire view of the sun comprising of the front and the far back side of the SUN simultaneously. This remarkable achievement is the result of NASA’s two space machines named STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) Spacecrafts. These Spacecrafts were positioned at about 180 degree on opposite sides of the SUN on Feb 6, 2011, observing an entire 360 degree view of the SUN. [scitechie]

Stormers Edge Sharks In Neo Africa Tri Series – The Stormers staged a dramatic fightback in the last 15 minutes to edge out the Sharks 17-16 in the final Neo Africa Tri-Series clash at Newlands on Saturday evening. Stormers replacement lock Adriaan Fondse scored the winning try with only a minute left on the clock, and replacement fullback Lionel Cronje slotted the easy conversion to hand his team victory in the dying moments of the match. [citizen]

ANC Membership Card Gets You Into Heaven – President Jacob Zuma has upped the ante in the local government election campaign, telling supporters that they were “blessed” and warning that a vote for the opposition was a vote for the devil. In a speech likely to infuriate Christians and opposition parties alike, Zuma told hundreds of supporters in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape that only an ANC membership card would guarantee an automatic pass to heaven. [timeslive]

DA Demands Cele Resignation – The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday called for the resignation of Police Commissioner Bheki Cele. “Official documents, contained in submissions to the special investigating unit, revealed highly disturbing new details about the R500m deal to relocate police headquarters, DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said in a statement. “The documents… show that Cele almost certainly misled Parliament on this matter.” [news24]

FBI Investigates Scientology Church For Human Trafficking – Members of an FBI task force on human trafficking have been investigating the Church of Scientology for more than a year according to an article in this week’s New Yorker. According to the article, agents from an FBI task force on human trafficking have been interviewing former members of Scientology about abuse in the church since at least December, 2009, and the case remains open. Why human trafficking? [gawker]

Rolex And Cartier’s Secret $100k Submariner Watch – check out this $100,000 Submariner watch from Rolex for Cartier. Though it sure is a collector’s piece for the watch lovers, splurging out $100k for this does not make any sense unless you want your wristwatch to save you and still survive the pirhana attack. These extremely limited edition Rolex watches were reportedly available at Cartier on Fifth Avenue in New York City for a very limited period of time. [bornrich]

Bidding War For Naked Berlusconi Photographs – Lawyers for Silvio Berlusconi have filed legal actions over investigations that have allegedly found photographs of him naked in the company of young women. The pictures are alleged to have been taken by one or more of the showgirls who attended the Italian prime minister’s so-called “bunga bunga” parties at his mansion outside Milan. The existence of the images has prompted a bidding war between magazines and photo agencies, with a starting price of €1 million (£840,000). Awesome! [telegraph]

What Does The Bible Really Say About Sex – What does the Bible really say about sex? Two new books written by university scholars for a popular audience try to answer this question. Infuriated by the dominance in the public sphere of conservative Christians who insist that the Bible incontrovertibly supports sex within the constraints of “traditional marriage,” these authors attempt to prove otherwise. [dailybeast]

Botox Chicken To Go – The days of “botox chicken”, pumped full of brine and salt to increase the weight, are almost certainly numbered. The agriculture department is planning interventions to regulate brine injections after City Press published reports of a frozen chicken scandal involving the country’s third-largest chicken producer, Supreme Poultry. Supreme admitted it had defrosted chicken pieces after their expiry date, injected them with brine and attached a new expiry date. Charming. [fin24]

SuperBowl Celeb Spotting – While sports nuts scan the field Sunday, movie buffs may want keep their eyes on the stands. From Ashton and Demi to Angie and Brad, see photos of celebrities going wild at Super Bowls past. Plus, watch 14 banned Super Bowl ads and the 15 most effective ads. [dailybeast]

Christina Aguilera Ballsed Up The National Anthem – Christina Aguilera says she flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl on Sunday night after getting lost in the moment and losing her place. “I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through,” she said in a statement after the performance. Ja-ja. [associated]

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