10 things you need to know today: February 23, 2013

Oscar Pistorius is released on bail, giant goldfish are discovered in Lake Tahoe, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

Olympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius, at his bail hearing, Feb. 22.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Antoine de Ras-Star)

1. OSCAR PISTORIUS RELEASED ON BAIL

After a four-day hearing, Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair ruled Friday to set South African track star Oscar Pistorius free on $112,000 bail. Pistorius is accused of murdering his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp, who was found dead of gunshot wounds in his home. While Pistorius doesn't deny that he fired four shots through a locked bathroom door early on Valentine's Day, he claims that he mistook Steenkamp for a burglar. The case has also garnered much attention for its missteps: The lead prosecution witness, Detective Hilton Botha, was recently dropped from the case after it was discovered that he faces multiple attempted murder charges himself. [The New York Times]

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Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.