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Macbook, March 2015 (image: Apple PR) Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop looks at Apple’s rush to remove iOS 8.2, three new iPhone 7 handsets, the iPad Pro feature set, emotions behind the Apple Watch, the wristband accessory guidelines, Applebot debuts, streaming music services and Beats, and the Apple Watch’s tattoo issue.

Sylvia Hoftsetter, 51, is accused of running clinics that provided some 12m opioid prescriptions in four years, making her rich ‘beyond her wildest dreams’ ‘She went from a very modest income for South Florida terms to richer beyond probably her wildest dreams,’ says a prosecutor. Photograph: eye35 /Alamy To neighbors, Sylvia Hofstetter was a wealthy businesswoman and grandmother who threw extravagant pool parties and went all out to decorate her upscale suburban home on Christmas and Halloween. That image was shattered when FBI agents raided the health care administrator’s Knoxville home in March. Federal prosecutors say the 51-year-old Florida native was running the largest illicit drug operation in the history of east Tennessee: a string of pill mills that raked in $17.5m in four years.

The World's Highest Paid Soccer Stars To compile the list of the world's highest paid we combed through team filings and spoke with players' agents, talent agencies, commercial sponsors and soccer experts in the U.S. and Europe. Figures are in US $ and include soccer salaries, bonuses, and endorsements earned in 2014.  Transfer fees are excluded. Lionel Messi, a record four-time winner of FIFA’s player of the year award, earned $70.5 million last year to come in second on our list.

Investigators say $1 billion disappeared from Moldova's banks in November. A 28-year-old businessman is being accused of stealing $1 billion from Moldovan banks over the course of three days. The sum -- which is equivalent to 12% of Moldova's GDP -- mysteriously disappeared in November 2014. The impoverished ex-Soviet nation's central bank was so puzzled by the fraud that it hired a leading financial investigation consultancy called Kroll to help it get to the bottom of the case. Kroll identified 28-year-old Ilan Shor as the mastermind behind the mega fraud, but its findings were not immediately released.

Portland sues Uber Uber's office in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was raided last week by local authorities, who have accused the company of operating without a license and allowing private-car owners to offer taxi services, according to state media. Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the company has previously said it doesn't work directly with private-car owners in China.

Story highlights Finding highlights a need for eye checkups for Ebola survivors A few people are still infected each week (CNN) American doctor Ian Crozier was treated for Ebola in Atlanta last year and declared free of the virus in his blood. But he had no way of knowing it still lurked in his eye. Weeks after he was released from the hospital, he experienced a piercing pain in his left eye, he told The New York Times. The pressure in his eye elevated while his vision decreased. After repeated tests, doctors discovered the virus was still living in his eye.

The world’s oldest man according to the Guinness world book of records , 179 year old Mahashta Murasi has come out lamenting that he has lost all hopes of dying. Murasi claims he was born in the city of Bangalore on January 6th 1835, is recorded to have lived in Varanasi since 1903 and worked as a cobbler in the city until 1957, when he retired at the already venerable age of 122.

PALO ALTO, CA – APRIL 10: Apple CEO Tim Cook smiles as he visits an Apple Store on April 10, 2015 in Palo Alto, California. The pre-orders of the highly-anticipated wearable from the tech giant begin today as the watches arrive at stores for customers to preview. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images) Could a growing company that makes most of its money selling to individuals in China breathe life into a shrinking giant that sells to enterprises? If the acquirer is Apple AAPL -1.91% and the target is IBM IBM -0.74% , the answer is maybe. And there are three reasons that such an improbable merger might make sense.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (image: Ewan Spence) I’ve been carrying the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge for a month now and that has given me enough time to really get to grips with the South Korean smartphone. As it becomes widely available around the world, how practical is the S6 Edge, how does the curved screen work in practice, and could I live with this as my main handset for two years on a mobile contract? Let’s find out. This isn’t a review that’s going to work down the main categories and forensically examine them in detail ( you can look at my full review here on Forbes from April for that ). Instead I want to look back at my time with the handset to pick out what works and what doesn’t in a mix of real world scenarios. As well as kicking around the office and joining me on the school run, the S6 Edge has also come with me on a business trip to London (from Edinburgh) and a weekend visit to Amsterdam to attend a mu...

Old and incoming governors elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, have accused President Jonathan of running the economy aground, leaving them with an empty treasury.  The governors under the umbrella of Progressives Forum also stated that the president-elect, General Mohammadu would be faced with unprecedented financial challenges as he takes the mantle of leadership from Jonathan on May 29. Budget  Budget  Chairman of the Forum and Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha made the revelation, Tuesday, after the governors paid a congratulatory visit to Buhari on his electoral victory in Abuja  Okorocha said that the non-payment of April salaries by the federal government was an indication that the economy was in ruins.  Details soon. vanguard.

0 in Share It has more than 300 million accounts and shares over 70 million photos and videos every day. Instagram has taken the world by storm since it became the trendier rival to Facebook and Twitter. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian (31+ million followers) and Cara Delavigne (11+ million followers), don’t go a day without posting on the app. And the list doesn’t stop there. Instagram has helped countless “average” people become famous, like fitness fanatic Jen Selter, who became a model, and Lebanese socialites the Abdelaziz sisters, who became reality TV stars.

  Speaker of Niger State House of Assembly, Adamu Usman, has been impeached by 18 of 27 members, with Isa Kawu of Bida 1 State Constituency elected new Speaker. Details soon… punch.

Washington (CNN)Democrats will announce Tuesday six presidential primary debates, giving long shots a potential opportunity to share the debate stage with frontrunner Hillary Clinton, CNN has learned.  The Democratic National Committee has plans for debates to occur in the early-contest states of Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The two other locations will be decided at a later date.  The DNC will set the criteria for debate inclusion and any candidate who participates in a separate debate outside of the sanctioning process will be barred from future DNC debates, a Democratic official told CNN.  Potential 2016 presidential candidates. The official said that the DNC decided six debates was a reasonable number and in line with what the national committee sanctioned in 2008. The debate process won't begin until the fall, according to the official, because that is "when voters are truly beginning to pay attention."  The Democratic debates will be sp...