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Missing boy found after Amber Alert issued in Long Beach, mother arrested

After around an hour and a half of raising an Amber Alert, the alleged abducted boy was found and his mother Sri Johnston was held liable for kidnapping and custody deprivation.


Principal Global Investors plans to purchase emerging markets- and real estate-focused boutique asset management firms

Jim McCaughan, the Chief Executive Officer of Principal Global Investors, told Reuters in an interview that his company is seeking to buy boutique asset managers.

The Intercept editor says National Security Agency distrustful of anyone using encryption

Those who use encryption tools are viewed with suspicion by the National Security Agency and users can be targeted by the agency because of it, says "The Intercept" Editor Glenn Greenwald, VentureBeat reported.

Big Fish Games to accept Bitcoin to pay for games

Big Fish Games is collaborating with Coinbase so that it can accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for games and virtual goods in its gaming platform, VentureBeat reported.


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Cooley LLP announced today that Divakar Gupta has joined the firm as a partner in its business department. He will be a member of Cooley's capital markets practice group, based in New York.
True Detective aired its season finale titled Form and Void and got numerous reviews online including the Entertainment Weekly and The Guardian.
Although Apple Inc has not made any announcements yet, a mock design of the iPhone6 has got a lot of gadget enthusiasts thrilled after a video was aired on YouTube by designer Sam Beckett.
The US Geological Survey reported last Sunday that a magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit Northern California and some parts of Oregon with 15 aftershocks but did not cause damages or injuries.
Fugitive and ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden was invited to appear in an interactive conference via live webcast on Monday which drew a lot of attention from the Twitter world with hashtag #asksnowden for any questions regarding Snowden’s NSA data and privacy exposé.
Hashtag #COSMOS and #COSMOSspoilers went trending on Twitter after the remake of the old Carl Sagan series premiered last Sunday on Fox.
Daylight Saving Time has once again become a trending topic on Twitter and so did Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto after the incorrect tweet he sent out to his followers informing them of Daylight Saving, reported TIME.
Arthur Ventures gave a $1 million investment for the seed funding round of Drifty, a startup that provides tools that allows mobile developers to develop apps and websites, TechCrunch reported.
Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York, has acquired Midland, Texas-based oilfield chemicals provider Kel-Tech Inc for an undisclosed amount, a statement about the funding said.
Bacterin International Holdings Inc has secured $4 million more in funding from OrbiMed and will be issuing 1.5 million shares of common stock to the investment firm as part of the deal, a statement about the funding said.