The Daily Populous

Tuesday March 6th, 2018 morning edition

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What to Know The federal government won an order forcing "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli to forfeit his one-of-a-kind copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album.

Shkreli paid $2 million in 2015 for the only copy of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin".

Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud last August and is awaiting sentencing.

The U.S. government became an accidental rap mogul on Monday, winning an order to seize two rare albums from "Pharma Bro" and convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli.

In August, Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud, and he's now in jail awaiting sentencing.

The government, in papers filed in federal court in Brooklyn last December, said it wanted Shkreli to forfeit some $7.4 million in assets pursuant to his conviction.

Shkreli is due to be sentenced on Friday, and faces the possibility of a decade in prison. »

'Black Mirror' Renewed for Season 5 at Netflix

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The Netflix anthology from Charlie Brooker will return for a fifth season, Netflix announced Monday.

After launching Black Mirror with the U.K.'s Channel 4, Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones brought the techno-paranoia horror to Netflix for its critically acclaimed third season.

For the third and fourth season, Black Mirror has launched each cycle in two, six-episode parts. »

A star like the Sun has *six* gas giants orbiting it... with two in its habitable zone

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Each of the exoplanets is apparently a gas giant, but two of them orbit the star in the habitable zone, where liquid water could exist!.

Zoom In HD 34445 (center), a star much like the Sun but quite a bit older, and with a somewhat heftier planetary system.

We don't know there are moons orbiting these planets, and we have no idea if it's possible to have a habitable moon orbiting a gas giant just because they're in the habitable zone around their star. »

British intelligence reportedly told the CIA months before the election that Trump's campaign had illicit contacts with Russia

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Well before the 2016 presidential election, the CIA received intelligence from the UK about President Donald Trump's communications with Russia during his presidential campaign.

Shortly afterward, they also received a confidential package containing information about Russian President Vladimir Putin's involvement in Russia's hacking and online influence campaign during the election cycle.

Obama knew about Russia's election meddling efforts months before the election, according to Axios. »

Martin Shkreli must forfeit $7.36 million, turn over stake in ultra-rare Wu-Tang Clan album: Judge

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The forfeiture award is not part of any fine, penalty or restitution the judge might impose.

Brafman previously has argued that Shkreli should not have to forfeit a single penny because there was, in reality, no financial loss from his crimes.

Matsumoto's ruling in Brooklyn, New York, federal court came in advance of Friday's scheduled sentencing for the 34-year-old Shkreli on fraud charges. »