Wrestling To Be Dropped From Olympic Games – Wrestling, one of the earliest and most elemental Olympic sports, was dropped from the Summer Games on Tuesday in a stunning and widely criticized decision by the International Olympic Committee. [nytimes]

Foreigners Will No Longer Be Allowed To Own Farms In SA – Foreign nationals will no longer be able to own land in South Africa once government’s land policy is finalised and passed into law, Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti said on Tuesday. [timeslive]

Elon Musk Very Angry About New York Times Review Of His Electric Car – Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk has branded a New York Times review of his company’s electric saloon car as “fake”. The South African entrepreneur took to Twitter. [bbc]

Death By Coke – Woman Dies After Drinking 7.5 Liters Of Coke A Day – A Kiwi coroner has taken on the world’s most valuable brand name in a case that is likely to reverberate around the world. Southland coroner David Crerar has found that mother-of-eight Natasha Harris died from drinking too much Coke. [stuff]

Looks Like They’ve Found And Killed That LA Cop Shooter – A body believed to be that of renegade ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Jordan Dorner was found Tuesday in a burning cabin near Big Bear Lake, California. [cnn]

The World Is Not Digging North Korea After That Nuclear Test – US President Barack Obama labelled the test a “highly provocative act” that hurt regional stability and he and other states that are members of UN Security Council pressed for new sanctions on the isolated country. [mail&guardian]

SA Cannot Find R6m To Fund International Maths Olympiad – The bid by South Africa to host the International Mathematical Olympiad next year teeters on the brink of collapse — unless R6m can be found by the end of the month. [bdlive]

China Overtakes US In World Trade – China has become the world’s biggest trading nation in goods, ending the post-war dominance of the US, according to official figures. China’s customs administration said the combined total for imports and exports in Chinese goods reached $3.87tn (£2.4tn) in 2012, edging past the $3.82tn trade in goods registed by the US commerce department. [guardian]

The Palace Is Freaking Out About Pictures Of Pregnant Kate Middleton Taken In Mustique – The Duchess of Cambridge, 31, whose baby is expected in July, was photographed bikini-clad on the private Caribbean island and showing her new and very slight baby bump. The images are expected to be published in an upcoming issue of the Italian magazine Chi, which also published topless photos of Middleton last September. [latimes]

Horsemeat Scandal: UK Slaughterhouse Raided – Two British meat firms are raided and shut down – and now Waitrose has admitted some of its beef dishes contained pork. [skynews]

 

Ex-Italian Spy Chief Gets 10 Years For Helping CIA – Italy’s former military intelligence chief was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Tuesday for his role in the kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim cleric in an operation organized by the United States. [reuters]

American Express Launches Purchase By Tweeting – American Express Launches Purchase by Tweeting – Twitter and American Express have expanded their Amex Sync partnership to include a purchase-by-hashtag feature. The new service will allow users to buy products promoted on Twitter by tweeting the appropriate hashtag. [abc]

Pope Benedict Had Heart Surgery Three Months Ago, Il Sole Says – Pope Benedict XVI had heart surgery to replace his pacemaker three months ago at Rome’s Pio XI clinic, Il Sole 24 Ore reported, without saying where it got the information. [bloomberg]

French MPs Approve Gay Marriage Bill – France’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill to legalise gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children. President François Hollande’s Socialists pushed the measure through the national assembly, carrying a vote by 329 to 229. [guardian]

Jolie-Pitt Daughter On $12,000 a Month – 4-year-old Vivienne Jolie-Pitt has already scored her first paying gig … and TMZ has learned she’s raking in a helluva lot more than you made on your paper route back in the day. [tmz]

VINTAGE DAILY MAIL: Mother Gives Birth On Street – Captured By CCTV – It is a moment in a woman’s life when she would probably prefer a little privacy.
But fate robbed Kim Leighton of that option. The 25-year-old gave birth in the street after realising she wouldn’t make it to hospital…and the whole thing was captured on CCTV. [dailymail]

How a Kitty Walked 200 Miles Home: The Science of Your Cat’s Inner Compass – When a battered, skinny tortoiseshell cat wandered into a yard in Florida earlier this year, she could have been any other stray, but she was nothing of the kind. She carried an implanted microchip—one put there by a loving owner—and it revealed an intriguing story. [time]

Tim Cook on Innovation, Retail and Whether We’ll See a Cheap iPhone – Tim Cook has never been more bullish about Apple’s ability to innovate, and he sees the company continuing to produce great products that deliver a killer user experience, thanks to Apple’s ability to meld hardware, software, and services into a single package. And on those days when things aren’t going so well, he just takes a trip to the Apple Store, an experience he likened to taking Prozac. [wired]

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COMING UP TODAY

Hayley Owen, (Angie From The Wild) In Studio With Bailey Schneider – Actress Hayley Owen, who plays hit ranger, Angie in local series, The Wild joing Bailey from 14h00-15h00 today! [2ovfm]

Bob’s Weekend Getaways– Tune in to The Mid Week Weekend with bob Skinstad and Dan Green from 15h00-17h00 today where they’ll be running their weekly Kia Weekend getaway competition, treating one listener to a divine weekend away, just 2 hours outside of Cape Town or Johannesburg. Tune in to find out how you can win! [kiaweekendgetaway]

FRESH PODCASTS

HUGE Ultimate X Giveaway And Interview With “Grant Twiggy Baker” – Get all the info about the Ultimate X Sports Festival which took place at the Waterfront over the weekend as well as about the Rolling Retro Surf Competition, Cape Town’s favourite and funniest surfing event. Kai and his co-host also chat to surfing pro Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker live from Hawaii! He tells us the highs and lows of professional surfing, get his opinion on other local boys who are surfing in States and hear about how great it is to date a potential Playboy Playmate of the year (tough life). We also hear first hand what competing in the Mavericks Surf Contest is really like. If you missed this great show, stress less! Get all of his intimate surfing tales and anecdotes in the [podcast].

How To Rekindle The Love In Your Relationship After Having Kids – This week on the Mommy Matters show we delved into the pre-Valentine’s notion of rekindling some of the spark in our relationships, a problem many new moms face after birth, and with the craziness that toddlers bring to our lives. Sonja from Lingerie Letters joined us in studio to talk about their “panties in the postbox” concept, how we could all get our hands on a pair or six to make us feel sexy again, and we discussed ways of spicing up our Valentine’s Day, and getting our “grooves back” after starting a family. [podcast]