Pistorius Settles Assault Case You Probably Didn’t Know About – An out of court settlement has been reached between murder accused Oscar Pistorius and a woman that laid an assault charge against him. [m&g]

Comcast Set to Buy Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion – A merger between the two largest cable companies in the U.S. faces an uphill regulatory battle. [time]

Five Men Arrested In Dutch Crackdown On Silk Road Copycat – The Silk Road anonymous black market for drugs thrived for two and a half years before it was taken down by the FBI and its alleged creator arrested in October. Its most recent copycat had a much shorter lifespan online: Nine days. [forbes]

Another Bitcoin Exchange Halts Withdrawals – Bitstamp – one of the world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges – has halted withdrawals after coming under cyber-attack. The Slovenia-based firm said the culprits had exploited a bug in the virtual currency’s underlying software to carry out the assault. [bbc]

Panic As Lights Go Out At Tambo – OR Tambo International Airport was thrown into chaos on Tuesday night when several aircraft were grounded or refused permission to land because runway lights were malfunctioning. [tlive]

Obama Greets France’s Leader, But Warns Against Doing Business With Iran – With the French president looking on, President Obama vowed on Tuesday to come down on companies that evade sanctions against Iran “like a ton of bricks.” He spoke a week after a delegation of French corporate executives traveled to Tehran looking for business opportunities amid diplomatic efforts to reach a nuclear deal. [nyt]

Olympians Turn To Tinder For Olympic Village Trysts – It’s all snow and ice at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t getting steamy. [mash]

De Villiers Scoops Top Honour, Again – Springbok captain Jean de Villiers on Wednesday became only the sixth player to be named South African Rugby Player of the Year more than once. [sport24]

Toyota Recalls 1.9 Million Prius Cars Worldwide – Toyota on Wednesday announced a global recall of 1.9 million of its signature Prius hybrid cars, dealing a blow to a brand favoured by the eco-conscious including Hollywood celebrities. [afp]

Lenovo’s Profit Climbs 36% – Chinese personal-computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd. 0992.HK -0.46% posted a 36% increase in profit in its latest quarter and struck a confident note about the company’s prospects, citing robust tablet demand and recovering PC sales. [wsj]

Obamacare Beats A January Enrollment Projection – The Obama administration has beaten a monthly health insurance enrollment target for the first time, according to data released Wednesday showing that more than 1.14 million people signed up for health plans in January in the new insurance marketplace. [washpo]

Researchers: No Such Thing As ‘Porn Addiction’ – There’s no strong scientific research that shows pornography addictions exist, in fact viewing porn may have benefits, U.S. researchers say. [upi]

China Joins Global Fight Against Wildlife Crime – China joins an operation in Kenya to combat wildlife crime in a bid to shed its image as a global hub for the illegal ivory trade. [sky]

18 Congressmen Ask Obama To Reschedule Marijuana – Bipartisan group says pot’s ‘Schedule I’ classification ‘makes no sense.’ [usnews]

Beijing Smog Makes City ‘Barely Suitable’ For Life, Report Says – Severe pollution in Beijing has made the Chinese capital “barely suitable” for living, according to an official Chinese report, as the world’s second largest economy tries to reduce often hazardous levels of smog caused by decades of rapid growth. [huff]

Woman Puts Up Posters In NY Subway To Find ‘Missing Love’ – With Valentine’s Day round the corner, a woman has put up 300 posters all across New York’s subway stations looking for a man she fell in love with while riding on a train. [toi]

‘Weeping’ Mary Draws Thousands To Israeli Home In Search Of A Miracle – A glistening statue of the Virgin Mary has drawn thousands of faithful to a small enclave in northern Israel, where residents say even wiping off the statue doesn’t get rid of oily tears. [nydn]

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