Monthly Archives: February 2017

Hatton Garden robbery: Value of goods stolen rises to 25m – BBC News

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

Image copyright Metropolitan Police Image caption The men sentenced were John “Kenny” Collins, Daniel Jones, Terry Perkins (top row, left to right) and Carl Wood, William Lincoln and Hugh Doyle (bottom row, left to right) John “Kenny” Collins, 76, of Islington; Daniel Jones, 62 and Terry Perkins, 68, of Enfield; and the group’s oldest member, […]


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How A Bible Belt Christian Found Herself Working For A Muslim Organization

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

Working for a Muslim organization enables me to both honor my Christian faith and my American citizenship. As American-Muslims continue to face Islamophobic rhetoric and increased bigotry and discriminatory policies from our President, I want to share why a woman raised in Bible Belt Florida ended up in a career standing alongside the Muslim community. […]


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Deputy quits after bodycam appears to catch him stealing

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

(CNN)A 10-year veteran of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida resigned on Monday not long after officials released body camera video that allegedly shows the deputy taking money from the wallet of a DUI suspect. Deputy John Braman, 33, was placed on paid administrative leave last Wednesday as the sheriff’s office investigated “multiple” allegations […]


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Indigenous federation sues Peru over new national park

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

David Hill: Oil and gas concession overlaps 1.3m hectare protected area inhabited by indigenous peoples in isolation One of the almost 100 resolutions adopted by the World Conservation Congress (WCC) held in Hawaii in September 2016 was that protected areas such as national parks should be no go for mining, oil and gas operations, agriculture, […]


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Backed by author Amy Tan, mobile fiction startup Radish raises $3M

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

Radish is officially launching its mobile apps for reading bite-sized chunks of serialized fiction and its announcing that it has raised $3 million in seed funding. This isnt the first startup to experiment with new ways to deliver fictionvia e-readers and mobile devices. In fact, I wrote about one of them in my very first […]


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Around 5 percent of Super Mario Run downloaders end up buying the game

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

Some additional insight out of todays Nintendo earnings. The gaming giant offered some key contextual information about Marios recent mobile debut. The title has racked upmore than 78 million downloads globally, according to the company, pulling in a respectable $53 million or so since it hit iOS in December. The company puts Super Mario Runs […]


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Club Penguin is shutting down

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

Club Penguin, the Disney-owned social network for kids, announced this morning its shutting down. In its place, the company will launch a new product for mobile, Club Penguin Island, which has been in development over the past several years. Club Penguin Island will launch in March, while the Club Penguin game on the desktop and […]


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Zoopla to buy house price valuer Hometrack for 120M to beef up its data services

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

UK property listings site Zoopla is splashing out 120 million in cash (~$150M) on a big purchase of its own announcing its intention toacquire real estate analytics firm Hometrack as it looks to expand its data and analytics services. In a press release today,Zoopla saidHometrack willhelp itstrengthenits property services for consumers and expand its b2b […]


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Hobby Lobby and executive power: Gorsuch’s key rulings

Posted by John P. Bradford // February 1, 2017

(CNN)President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court has supporters and opponents alike digging into Gorsuch’s record during his decade-long tenure on the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Some of his most notable opinions hit on the issues of religious liberty and the question how much […]


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