CONFIRMED: U.S. Gets Massive Scalp In The War On Terror

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The U.S. born radical Islamic al-Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaki was killed Friday in Yemen.

CBS News confirmed with senior security correspondent David Martin that al-Awlaki was killed Friday morning in a U.S. drone strike.

Al-Awlaki had preached in San Diego and Virginia to several of the 9/11 terrorists, and has been linked to the Christmas 2009 bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner over Detroit.

Local tribal leaders said the attack came as the cleric was traveling in a two-car convoy that was attacked by pilot-less drones seen over the area in previous days.

A statement from Yemen's foreign press office said al-Awlaki "was targeted and killed about 5 miles from the town of Khasef in the Province of Jawf, 80 miles east of the Capital Sana'a."

This is not the first time news of al-Awlaki's death has been announced, so Friday's report was received with caution.

Al-Awlaki is the most prominent al-Qaeda member to be killed since Osama bin Laden's death during the May 2 raid on his Abbottabad compound.

The radical preacher was born in New Mexico and his greatest threat lay not in his operational skills but his fluent English and Internet savvy that helped him reach Muslims that may not speak Arabic.

Al-Awlaki was a master at crafting eloquent speeches calling for jihad against Americans.

Check out Anwar al-Awlaki speaking in this video below:

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Confirmed (Again): Turntable.fm Finally Admits It Raised $7 Million

Earlier this summer we reported that Turntable.fm raised between $7 and $7.5 million dollars.

A lot of people didn't believe us. But, we were right.

On stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt, the group music listening company is announcing that it raised a $7 million round led by Union Square Ventures.

Turntable.fm was a pivot from a failed startup, Stickybits. Stickybits' original investors, First Round Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, and Lowercase Ventures, also participated in the round.

In addition, a number of entertainment and Internet industry executives invested. Some declined to be named (we speculate Kanye West and Lady Gaga). Other investors include Lady Gaga's manager, Troy Carter, MTV's Courtney Holt, former Facebook executive Tim Kendall, The Roots, and Madonna's manager, Guy Oseary.

Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson will be joining Turntable.fm's board. 

The founders had a relationship with Fred Wilson that goes back 15 years. They've pitched him before, and Wilson has turned them down before. While west coast investors wanted in on the deal, the founders say that, because they're a New York company, they wanted to choose nearby investors.

Turntable.fm has been used by 600,000 people (40% are active users), and 1 million songs are streamed on the music site per day.  Turntable.fm was founded in May, 2011 by Billy Chasen and Seth Goldstein.

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CONFIRMED: Rory McIlroy And Caroline Wozniacki Are Dating

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Rumors were flying earlier this summer that golfer Rory McIlroy and tennis player Caroline Wozniacki were an item.

McIlroy was interviewed on Golf.com about his arm injury, which he says is fine, and he'll still play in the European Masters next week.

In that interview, he also confirmed he is dating tennis star Caroline Wozniacki. McIlroy is currently in Connecticut cheering on his girl at the New Haven Open tennis tournament.

From Golf.com:

"Why it's going so well is that we have so much in common," he said. "Obviously, different sports, but we're pretty much in the same position at a young age and we can talk about things that probably a lot of 21, 22-year olds can't talk about. It's nice to have someone that sort of understands what you're going through."

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