Michael Bloomberg And Bill Gates Launch $4 Million Legal Fund To Fight Tobacco Industry – Billionaire philanthropists Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates have launched a new $4 million fund to help developing countries fight off legal challenges from tobacco companies. [forbes]

Swedish Police: Several People Shot, 2 Dead, In Goteborg – Several people were shot inside a restaurant in the city of Goteborg late Wednesday and at least two of them have died, Swedish police said. [abc]

Lufthansa Pilot Strike Cancels Nearly 750 Flights – About 750 flights within Germany and Europe have been canceled because of a strike by Lufthansa pilots. [mash]

TED 2015: Google Boss Wants Self-Drive Cars ‘For Son’ – The director of Google’s self-drive car project has revealed his motivation for ensuring that the technology is standard on roads within five years. [bbc]

Lance Armstrong Is Said To Meet With Usada Chief In Bid To Cut Ban – Lance Armstrong recently met with a longtime nemesis, the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, in an effort to have his lifetime ban from sports overturned, according to a person familiar with the meeting. [nyt]

SABC Pulls The Plug On Cape Town Jazz Festival – Eight days ahead of “Africa’s Grandest Gathering”, the SABC has announced that it will no longer be the media sponsor of the festival. [m&g]

Is ISIS Building A Drone Army? – As U.S.-led coalition forces confirm they shot down an ISIS drone this week, experts warn the extremists could soon adapt the technology for battle purposes. [beast]

Facebook Sued for Sex Discrimination, Harassment – A former employee of Facebook filed a lawsuit this week accusing the company of gender and racial discrimination as well as sexual harassment. What’s more, the woman is represented by lawyers who are also involved in another sexism case that is currently the talk of Silicon Valley. [time]

South Africa Crush Sri Lanka To Reach World Cup Semi-Finals – South Africa crushed Sri Lanka by nine wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday to reach the World Cup semi-finals where they will face either New Zealand or the West Indies. [tlive]

Oz Company Enters Gas-Sale Pact To Supply Eskom South Africa Plant – Sunbird Energy Ltd., a natural-gas explorer, agreed to supply a generation plant owned by South Africa’s power utility for as many as 15 years as the country turns to the fuel to tackle electricity shortages. [bloomberg]

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US Streaming Revenues Overtake CD Sales – Streaming music services such as Spotify have eclipsed CD sales and are closing in on digital downloads as the largest source of revenue in the music industry’s biggest market, according to new data from the Recording Industry Association of America. [ft]

Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise Not On Speaking Terms – Things are not good between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. [p6]

Kim Kardashian Warned She’s Having ‘Too Much’ Sex While Trying For Baby #2 – Well, this isn’t something you hear everyday. Kim Kardashian has been tirelessly having sex with Kanye West in order to conceive a second child, but is this backfiring on the couple? The reality star’s doctor thinks so. [hollylif]

Putting A Woman On The $20 Bill – A campaign has begun to put a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the United States. [nyt]

Beatles and Rolling Stones On Tour: See Rare Candid Photos – Paul flies, John tunes and Mick strips down in these intimate, often goofy, shots from the mid-Sixties. [rollingstone]

Beastie Boys’ Iconic ‘Licensed To Ill’ Achieves Diamond Status – Their 1986 debut album has sold more than ten million copies. [spin]

Liza Minnelli Checks Into Rehab – Checks into Malibu Rehab Facility – A rep for Minnelli confirmed the legendary singer and actress is making “excellent progress” in the treatment center. We’re told Liza’s been in the facility for several days, and her main issue is alcohol. [tmz]

Dominatrix Claims She Peed on Michael Phelps At His Request – The image of Michael Phelps as a fish in the streets and a real kinky guy in the sheets just got a big boost from Kim Petro, a plus-size dominatrix who apparently passed a lie detector test before selling her story to the National Enquirer. [gawk]

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