Anonymous Threatens To Take Down Facebook On January 28 – Anonymous is planning to target Facebook in an attack Jan. 28 — at least that’s what a video uploaded to YouTube Monday is claiming in the name of the hacker network. “An online war has begun between Anonymous, the people and the government of the United States,” the video begins. “While SOPA and PIPA may be postponed from Congress, this doesn’t guarantee that our Internet rights will be upheld.” [mashable]

Selebi Discharged From ICU – Disgraced former police chief Jackie Selebi has been discharged from the intensive care unit of Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria, SABC radio news reported on Monday night. Selebi was back in an ordinary ward after being stabilised. [news24]

Year Of The Dragon May Spur Asia Baby Boom – Monday marks the beginning of the Year of the Dragon, and Chinese communities around the world will celebrate with extravagant festivities, vibrant parades and an influx in consumer spending. But forecasters and health officials are anticipating another boost: a wave of births. [time]

Ascot Label-Shames Punters Deemed Too Scruffy – Ascot Racecourse has apologised for its ‘lack of judgment’ after sticking orange labels on visitors who had not adhered to a strict new dress code. Racecourse chiefs also offered a full refund to its premier enclosure customers. Visitors wearing clothing that did not make the grade, such as men without a jacket and tie, were not denied entry to the premier enclosure for Saturday’s meeting but were given a small sticker highlighting their misdemeanour. [skynews]

Zulu King’s Homophobic Utterances To Be Investigated – The South African Human Rights Commission said on Monday that it would be writing to King Goodwill Zwelithini following reports that he made homophobic comments at a function attended by President Jacob Zuma. Gareth Keenen Invetigates. [mail&guardian]

Big Ben Is Leaning – Big Ben, perhaps the most iconic structure in all of Britain, is leaning, and the lawmakers who work in the shadow of the famous clock tower are trying to figure out what to do about it. Members of Parliament gathered at the House of Commons on Monday to discuss a report containing some drastic solutions to deal with the problem, even though it will be thousands of years before Big Ben achieves the precarious slant of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. [latimes]

McDonalds Twitter Marketing Blunder – When McDonald’s began promoting the #McDStories hashtag on Twitter, the idea was to get people talking about their experiences with the fast-food giant. And in that sense, it was a rousing success: The phrase exploded in popularity as Twitter users across the US shared stories of their visits to McDonald’s. Unfortunately the stories weren’t good.. [globemail]

Gaddafi Loyalists Capture Town – Diehard supporters of slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi seized control Monday of Bani Walid, his one-time bastion, after launching a brazen attack at a base there that killed five, officials told AFP. The assault on the base of ex-rebels was the first major offensive launched by Gaddafi loyalists since the “liberation” of Libya on October 23, shortly after the fall of Bani Walid. [natpos]

Kate Holidays In Mustique – Other Guests Annoyed – While Kate Middleton and her family enjoy a luxurious vacation holed up in a $23,000 per week mansion on the Caribbean island of Mustique, the rest of the island is on near lockdown, upsetting tourists and locals. The Mustique Company, which owns the Caribbean getaway, is restricting the movements of other guests to protect the Middletons’ privacy. [abcnews]

Woman With Two Vaginas Offered $1 Million Porn Role – The offer came from US adult entertainment company Vivid Entertainment after the 27-year-old opened up about her uterus didelphys on This Morning earlier this month. Porn king Steve Hirsch wrote Hazel a personal letter saying she is an ‘extraordinary woman’ and offered her a role in one of his films. [metro]

Heidi Klum & Seal Release Official Divorce Statement – “While we have enjoyed seven very loving, loyal and happy years of marriage, after much soul-searching we have decided to separate.We have had the deepest respect for one another throughout our relationship and continue to love each other very much, but we have grown apart. This is an amicable process and protecting the well-being of our children remains our top priority, especially during this time of transition.” [msn]

Apparently Seal’s Explosive Temper Played A Part – According to the US celebrity website TMZ, Klum, 38, demanded a divorce because she was worried about the effect Seal’s ‘inability to control his temper’ was having on their children. The claim followed reports that she was also fed up with the 48-year-old British singer’s ‘hard partying.’ [dailymail]

Cruise Ship Death Toll Hits 15 – Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday. The cruise liner, its hull gashed by a reef and pocked by holes blasted by divers searching for the missing, yielded two more bodies Monday, 10 days after the accident. The corpses of two women were found in the luxury liner’s Internet cafe, now 55 feet (17 meters) underwater. [rrstar]

Tracy Morgan Rushed To Hospital From Sundance – Comedian and “30 Rock” star Tracy Morgan has been rushed to a hospital in Park City, Utah after falling over during an awards ceremony at the Sundance Film Festival. Morgan was attending the Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards in Park City where he was being honored with the Spotlight Initiative Award. [abcnews]