Air France Hands Out Free Charlie Hebdo Issue – French carrier places stack of the satirical magazine in the departure lounges of both Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports. [tele]

Malian Hero In Paris Supermarket Attack To Be Given French Citizenship – Lassana Bathily, the Malian Muslim employee who helped save the lives of several customers during last week’s deadly attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, will be awarded French nationality, France’s Interior Bernard Cazeneuve announced Thursday. [f24]

Bodies Of French Gunmen Lie Unburied, And, It Appears, Mostly Unwanted – As France continued to reel from one of the bloodiest terrorist attacks in recent memory, the authorities were grappling with the question of what to do with the bodies of the three gunmen. [nyt]

Belgium Anti-Terrorism Raid Foils Imminent Attack – Shootout comes the week after 17 people were killed at the office of Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris. [time]

Boko Haram ‘Killed Woman Who Was Halfway Through Labour’ During Attack: Amnesty – Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared to be the deadliest attack in the militants’ six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed on Thursday. [tlive]

Australian Deal Props Up Woolworths Sales – Woolworths food and clothing sales grew at a slower pace on a like-for-like stores basis in the 26 weeks to December 28 compared with a year ago, the company’s trading update released on Thursday shows. [bdlive]

Elon Musk Is Building A Hyperloop Test Track, Possibly In Texas – Elon Musk announced on Thursday at the Texas Transportation Forum that he is working on a Hyperloop test track. The track will be just five miles in length, according to reports, with Texas favored for the location. [mash]

Silk Road Trial: Defense Says Mt. Gox CEO Is The Real Drug Lord – Since his arrest in 2013, Ross Ulbricht has remained the chief suspect behind the Silk Road, a sweeping and sophisticated online drug market. But today in court, his defense dropped a shocker: they claimed the market’s actual kingpin was Mark Karpeles, who is infamous for running the world’s biggest bitcoin operation into the ground before he turned 29. [gawker]

Even The Guy Who Designed The iPod May Not Be Able To Save Google Glass – Google Glass hasn’t changed the world. Not even close. Briefly hailed as the wearable heir to the smartphone, Glass has mainly become an object of derision, confusion, and indifference. Google never really succeeded in making a convincing case for why we’d all want to wear our phones on our faces. [wired]

Spain’s Former King Faces Paternity Suit – A Belgian woman claims her mother had an affair with Juan Carlos, who lost his total immunity when he abdicated. [sky]

US To Ease Restrictions On Travel To Cuba As Countries Seek To Normalise Relations – Slew of changes – from reversing the ban on foreign ships entering US waters to allowing travelers to return with $100 worth of cigars – will take effect on Friday. [guardian]

Caesars Entertainment Has Filed For ‘Chapter 11’ Bankruptcy – The main operating unit of the troubled US casino giant Caesars Entertainment — owner of the famed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas — said it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [busins]

Mark Wahlberg’s Prosecutor Says He Shouldn’t Be Pardoned For Youth Crime – The actor has applied for a public pardon for a 1988 assault against two Vietnamese men. [time]

Spike Lee Blasts ‘Selma’ Oscar Snubs: ‘You Know What? F*ck ’Em’ – On the day the Oscar nominations were announced, The Daily Beast hung out with Spike Lee at his Brooklyn office to discuss awards politics and how Selma was overlooked. [beast]

Oscar Nominations’ Lack Of Diversity Is ‘Appallingly Insulting,’ Says Rev. Al Sharpton – The slate of nominations for the Feb. 22 award show has been called one of the whitest in years, prompting scathing criticism from the civil rights leader. [nydn]

Online Tickets Still On Sale For Tonight’s R3 BILLION MegaMillions Lottery – That’s right friends – if you haven’t been buying tickets up until now, you can just jump right in and enjoy the fruits of everyone’s hard work. To those who have been buying, you can’t stop at this point! $270 million draw tonight. Good luck, guys. Get tickets [here]

Judge Revokes Chris Brown Probation In Rihanna Assault Case – A judge revoked Chris Brown’s probation on Thursday but allowed him to remain free for now after the R&B singer traveled without approval for a concert and failed to complete community service on time. [mash]

Elon Musk Donates $10M to Keep AI From Turning Evil – Elon Musk is worried that artificial intelligence research could go wrong—very wrong. [wired]

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