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Focus Turns to 3 Suspects in $50 Million Belgian Diamond Robbery

Investigators in three countries continued unraveling the plot behind a brazen $50 million diamond robbery in Belgium in February.

 

Feds in NYC: Hackers Stole $45M in ATM Card Breach

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A gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

 

The Most Subscribed-To YouTube Channels

Smosh is now the most-subscribed to channel on YouTube with 7 million subscribers. Here is a look at the channel's competition. All numbers are from VidStatsX as of January 22nd.

 

Study Finds Expanded Medicaid Increases Health Care Use

Come January, millions of low-income adults will gain health insurance coverage through Medicaid in one of the farthest-reaching provisions of the Obama health care law.

 

Abused disabled Iowa plant workers awarded $240M

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A Texas company has been ordered to pay 32 mentally disabled workers $240 million in damages for what government lawyers described as years of around-the-clock abuse.

 

Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat

NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space.

 

Rare nickel coin auctioned for $3m

A century-old US five-cent coin - illegally cast, found in a car crash, deemed a fake and abandoned for decades - is sold for $3.1m at auction.

 

News Corp settles phone hacking case

News Corp reaches a $139m (£91m) settlement with shareholders over complaints filed in relation to the UK phone hacking scandal.

 

Rare blue diamond found in S Africa

An African company recovers a rare blue diamond, thought to be worth $10m (£6.5m), from its mine in South Africa.

 

Democrats raise $22M for House races

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised a record $22.6 million during the first three months of the year, officials announced Thursday. It ended March with $8.9 million in cash reserves and $4.5 million in debt.

 

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