Ex-Marlboro Man Dies From Smoking-Related Disease – When it came to portraying the rugged western outdoorsman who helped transform a pack of filtered cigarettes into the world’s most popular brand, Marlboro Man Eric Lawson was the real deal. [washpo]

Rogue SANParks Employee Arranges Open Season – A South African National Parks employee was arrested on Monday morning in connection with illegal hunting, a SANParks spokesperson said. [n24]

Rand Hits 5-Year Low – The rand extended its slide against major currencies on Monday, plunging past R11.25/$ for the first time in more than five years as the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) started its three-day meeting. The rand recovered later in the day but remained above the R11/$ level at about R11.15/$. [bdlive]

Farting Cows Start Fire At German Dairy Farm – Police – Methane gas from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed on Monday, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, police said. [reuters]

British Say Sochi Terror Attacks ‘Very Likely’ – British officials are warning that terrorist attacks are “very likely to occur” in Russia before or during the Winter Olympics in Sochi. [time]

Tata Motors Boss Karl Slym In ‘Suicide Jump’ – Police are treating the death of the British managing director of Tata Motors as a suspected suicide. Investigators in Thailand say there are no signs of foul play after Karl Slym, 51, fell from a hotel room window in Bangkok on Sunday. [skynews]

Winter Olympics 2014: Welcome To Sochi – A City Where ‘There Are No Gay People’ – President Putin has claimed that gay people will be welcome at the 2014 Winter Olympics but no one seems to have passed the message to the mayor of the host city Sochi, where the action begins a week on Friday. [indp]

Queen ‘Down To Her Last Million’ – The Queen’s finances are at a “historic low” with just £1 million ($1.9 million) left in reserve, British MPs have been told. Her courtiers have been advised to take money-saving tips from the Treasury. [theage]

Buckingham Palace Seeks Housekeeper To Run Baths – Buckingham Palace was advertising Monday for a new housekeeping assistant, whose duties include running the royal baths and arranging serving the tea. [afp]

Bitcoin Exchange CEO Arrested For Money Laundering – U.S. government agents have arrested Charlie Shrem, the CEO of Bitcoin exchange BitInstant, charging him with laundering money for customers of online drug bazaar Silk Road. [cnn]

80% of Apple Mobile Devices Now Run iOS 7 – iOS 7 now runs on 80% of iOS devices, according to new numbers Apple released on Monday. [mash]

JZ Gets A Thuli Slap – The nomination by Gauteng ANC branches of public protector Thuli Madonsela for a seat in parliament is a slap in the face for President Jacob Zuma and the party’s national executive. [tlive]

Biggest Ever Whale Shark Slaughterhouse Uncovered In Southeastern China – The world’s largest slaughtering facility for whale sharks — an internationally-protected endangered species — has been discovered,near Wenzhou, in China’s southeastern Zhejiang Province. [ecohus]

Spy Agencies Are Using Angry Birds and Other ‘Leaky’ Apps For Surveillance – When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spy agencies have plotted how to lurk in the background to snatch data revealing the player’s location, age, sex and other personal information, according to secret British intelligence documents. [busins]

Michael Schumacher In Mercedes’ Thoughts In Jerez [Photo] – Mercedes will send a message of support for their stricken former driver Michael Schumacher when they begin pre-season testing in Jerez on Tuesday. [telegraph]

Vial Of Pope John Paul II’s Blood Stolen From Italian Church – A relic containing drops of late Pope John Paul II’s blood has been stolen, and Italian police speculate the thieves may want it for satanic rites. [nbc]

Why Bieber Could Benefit From Scandal – Justin Bieber’s legal troubles may have been big news but it hasn’t hurt his brand, he picked up 34,456 Twitter followers on the day of his arrest alone. [beast]

Here’s Why Mexico’s Hubertus Von Hohenlohe May Be The World’s ‘Most Interesting Olympian’ – Recently dubbed the “most interesting Olympian” in the world, the alpine skier — who will be the only person representing Mexico at the Winter Olympics in Sochi — is not your typical athletic star. [huff]

Quentin Tarantino Suing Gawker Over Leaked ‘Hateful Eight’ Script – Quentin Tarantino has filed a copyright lawsuit against Gawker Media for allegedly facilitating the dissemination of copies of his unproduced script, The Hateful Eight. [hollyrep]

Crocodiles Shot After Boy Snatched In Northern Australia – Australian police have shot two crocodiles dead in a search for a missing 12-year-old boy attacked by a crocodile. [bbc]

Wenger To Sign New Deal With Arsenal – Arsene Wenger will manage Arsenal for a 20th season, the club says, and will soon be signing a new deal with it. [m&g]

 

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