Govt Clamps Down On ‘Exotic Businesses’ – Foreign businesspeople trying to start strip clubs, import used cars or set up a security company will from now on be denied business visas. [n24]

Raising Stakes On Russia, U.S. Adds Sanctions – President Obama imposed a new round of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, targeting some of the crown jewels of the country’s financial, energy and defense industries in what officials described as the most punishing measures taken to date by the United States in retaliation for Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine. [nyt]

This Is Interesting: Zille Must Apologise For The Poo-Throwing Incident – Western Cape premier Helen Zille must apologise to those she has “targeted” in poo-throwing campaigns, Ses’Khona People’s Rights Movement leader Andile Lili said. [iol]

Steve Hofmeyr, ‘Die Stem’ And Living In The Past – Will some in the Afrikaans community ever make peace with the fact that a new, better country awaits their participation? [m&g]

Federal Judge Rules California Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional – A federal judge in Orange County ruled Wednesday that California’s death penalty violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. [lat]

UK Police Arrest 660 Suspected Paedophiles – – More than 650 suspected paedophiles have been arrested in what the National Crime Agency is describing as the biggest operation of its kind, involving 45 police forces across the country since early January. [ft]

Apple Reaches $450 Million E-Book Price-Fixing Settlement – Apple has reached a settlement in its ongoing e-book price-fixing case, which could result in it forking over $450 million. [pcmag]

Google Prostitute’s Defense Attorney: He Wanted Drugs, Sex – The defense attorney of a high-end escort said a Google executive who died on his yacht in the Santa Cruz harbor sought out drug-fueled sex. [ksbw]

Google Builds Elite Hacker Squad To Hunt For Bugs – Google is setting up an expert team of hackers whose task will be to search the internet for security vulnerabilities, in an effort to protect the general public from cyber attacks. [itnews]

French Blogger Fined Over Review’s Google Search Placing – A French judge has ruled against a blogger because her scathing restaurant review was too prominent in Google search results. The judge ordered that the post’s title be amended and told the blogger Caroline Doudet to pay damages. [bbc]

Julian Assange Loses Court Appeal In Sweden – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost a bid to cancel a Swedish detention order for alleged sexual assault as he fights to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he sought asylum two years ago. [smh]

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Two-Thirds of These Female Scientists Say They’ve Been Sexually Harassed – A new study reveals what women who work in science, technology, engineering, and math have known for a long time: sexual harassment and abuse in those fields is alarmingly widespread. [beast]

4 Copies Of Seth Rotherham’s Book Up For Grabs – Seth has written a book giving first hand insight into how he setup a series of zero maintenance websites that earn him a passive income. Now you can do the same. Win a copy [here]

Google Ventures Says Uber Will Be Worth More Than Toyota – As quickly as Uber has grown, it’s hardly been easy street for the startup. The car-booking service has faced massive protests from cabbies in Europe. It’s been the target of lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. And it now finds itself in a race to hire drivers, dangling $1,000 bonuses to lure them away from rivals. [mash]

The Winter Specials Won’t Stop – Mondiall restaurant has it all. The View, The Vibe and The Menu – Do not miss out on their Winter Special Menu – Cider glazed Pork Belly, Craster Fish Pie and Guiness Choclate Pudding – Who would say no to that, BOOK ONLINE NOW. For more information on their winter specials check them out. [HERE]

The Real Butlers Of The .001 Percent – Call it Downton Abbey syndrome: The newest trend among the world’ s ultra-rich—like, royalty-grade, private-plane-owning Scrooge McDuck rich—is to have a butler. But what type of person would willingly give over his life to serving the outrageously moneyed? [gq]

Jerry Seinfeld Says He Wouldn’t Consider Another Sitcom – As part of his promotional run for his web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld took to Facebook on Wednesday afternoon to answer questions from fans. And, in one of the first exchanges of the session, he put to rest any notion that he might be thinking of working on something other than CCC, at least not a post-Seinfeld return to half-hour television. [time]

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