Tik Use In The Western Cape Has Doubled In The Last Year – One in three adults in South Africa uses drugs regularly but only about 7% have attempted rehabilitation. And the number of those who use tik – an addictive drug prevalent in Western Cape – has more than doubled in the past year. [timeslive]

Marijuana Bars And Cafes Opening In Washington – Welcome to the Stonegate. It’s one of a tiny number of bars, cafes and private clubs catering to the stoner class in Washington and Colorado since voters last fall made them the first states to legalise marijuana for adults over 21. [mail&guardian]

How Many Copies Did Fifty Shades Of Grey Sell? – Booming sales of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” erotic trilogy helped publisher Random House to a record year. The company sold 70 million copies of E L James’ “Fifty Shades” books in print, audio and e-book format in English, German and Spanish. [huffers]

Will Amanda Knox Be Extradited To Italy? – U.S. officials might reject such a request because it violates the U.S. legal principle that a criminal defendant can’t be tried twice on the same allegation. [cnn]

100% Broadband Access For SA By 2020 – The Department of Communications has prioritised broadband penetration for the next five years in a bid to achieve 100% broadband access by 2020, as detailed in the National Development Plan (NDP), Parliament heard on Tuesday. [bdlive]

Google vs. Sweden: The linguistic war over the word ‘ogooglebar’ – The lovely, bouncy word means “something unable to be found on a search engine.” And Google doesn’t like it. [theweek]

This Is The Guy That Won R3 Billion In Last Week’s Powerball Lottery – Every evening, Pedro Quezada buys a lottery ticket at Eagle Liquors in Passaic. On Monday, though, he came to cash in. [northjersey]

Dionne Warwick Files For Bankruptcy – Dionne Warwick has filed for bankruptcy in New Jersey. The “Walk On By” singer owes more than $10.7 million in taxes and fees to the Internal Revenue Service and the state of California. [latimes]

Jared Leto Was Sent A Human Ear In The Post – 30 Seconds To Mars fans are quite keen, it would seem. Frontman Jared Leto has been telling Xfm about the weirdest “gift” he’s ever received from a fan… a human ear. [xfm]

Listen: Boris Johnson Sings Bob Marley – Listen to Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, serenade journalists with his rendition of the song he’d like played at his funeral: Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. [telegraph]

Smith To Receive Test Mace – The presentation of the ICC Test Championship mace and a cheque of $450 000 (R4.2m) will be made to South Africa captain Graeme Smith at the Wanderers on Thursday. [sport24]

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