The Pope issued a new decree to deal with pedophile priests, but victims are skeptical
By Tess Owen, VICE News From Business Insider Pope OKs procedures to remove bishops who botch abuse cases Pope insists pedophile criminals be ‘severely’ punished Pope’s abuse accountability tribunal going nowhere fast Under the new church laws announced by Pope…
Gadget of the week
Brain implants help the paralyzed type faster By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s possible for paralysis victims to type and otherwise communicate with the world, but they usually have to do so at a glacial pace. They might not be…
Haiti: No moving out and moving on
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Monday June 6, 2016 – There is a certain illogic in the reaction of both the UN Secretary-General and the US State Department over the findings of a Haitian Verification Commission that…
Abracadebacle!
Ever wondered how David Copperfield does it? Stooge who claims he was left brain-damaged in bungled vanishing trick reveals magician’s secret techniques in sensational three-year legal battle By CAROLINE GRAHAM AND PAUL CAHALAN From Daily Mail UK London-born chef Gavin…
Chinese police assaulted and ripped the clothes off a lawyer in court
By Mimi Lau, South China Morning Post From Business Insider About 1,000 lawyers in China have signed a statement condemning an attack on a lawyer who says he was assaulted in a courtroom by police officers. The lawyer, Wu Liangshu,…
Feds squeeze $67M from two pharmaceutical companies for cancer-drug claims
By Cheryl Miller, From The Recorder SACRAMENTO—Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals LLC will pay a combined $67 million to resolve allegations that they overstated the ability of the drug Tarceva to treat certain non-small cell lung cancer patients, the U.S. Attorney’s…
Mary Meeker Method
By Nancy Duarte Principal at Duarte, Inc. From Linkedin Every year, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker and her team put together one of the most anticipated PowerPoint files — the Internet Trends report. At this year’s Code…
Florida man gets four years in prison for selling Vitamixes on eBay
By Andrew Dalton From engadget Kevin Wain stole credit card information to buy hundreds of high-end housewares. 41-year-old Kevin Wain, of Tampa, Florida, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for running a credit card fraud operation that…
Keys to understanding the political and economic crisis in Venezuela
From Caribbean News Now CARACAS, Venezuela — The crisis and the polarization that have put Venezuela in the international media spotlight are often beyond the comprehension of those watching the situation unfold, whether from up close or from afar. For…
There’s a lot we don’t know about prime numbers
By Andy Kiersz From Business Insider Prime numbers are one of the most basic topics of study in the branch of mathematics called number theory. Primes are numbers that can only be evenly divided by themselves and 1. For example,…
