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Report: Richest 7-percent got richer during U.S. recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) — The richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth declined for the other 93 percent of U.S. households, says a report released Tuesday. The upper 7 percent of...
Tags: Finance, Washington, DC, Congressional Budget Office, Economy, Business and Finance
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Richard Barone Talks About Playing Cafe Nine April 25
Richard Barone has traveled to the beats of many drummers. Bongos, particularly. But he’s done solo pop that reverberates with jazz and religious and classical references. He’s pals with garage gods The Fleshtones. He’s worked...Tags: Music Industry, Entertainment, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), New York University, Music
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Protest motto: soup's on!
WASHINGTON -- When authorities got wind of a demonstration planned for Monday outside the Food and Drug Administration's offices in College Park, Md., they fortified their defenses. A motorcycle and nine police vans, ominously marked "Homeland Security,...
Tags: Arable Farming, Soups, Minority Groups, Whole Foods Market, Mushrooms
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The zine scene
Earlier this month, several thousand people roamed over two floors of a Columbia College building for the 4th annual Chicago Zine Fest. Moving through the youthful crowd was Sarah Wenzel, bibliographer for Literatures of Europe and the Americas at the...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Education, Science and Technology, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune
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Losers revenge: Presidents and Hall of Famers don't live longer
Losers, also-rans, the 99% and underachievers may have reason to cheer. Winning an Emmy, a presidential election or a spot in the baseball Hall of Fame does not mean you live longer and better, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia...
Tags: White House, Joe Biden, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Health and Safety at School, College Baseball
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The last Dow record: My, how things have changed
Remember the world on Oct. 9, 2007? That was when the Dow Jones industrial average last set a record high. It was a headier time back then: pre-financial crisis, pre-bailouts, pre-Great Recession. The stock market still felt like a party. The economy,...Tags: Freddie Mac, Stock Market, Mortgages, Fannie Mae, Apple iPhone
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Shia LaBeouf and Robert Redford are in good 'Company'
NEW YORK — For all its perks, being a popular young actor like Shia LaBeouf in today's media climate can come with some intense pressures. So intense that one of Hollywood's longest lasting stars says he probably couldn't handle them. "I don't...
Tags: Stanley Tucci, Celebrities, Movies, Lars von Trier, The Conspirator (movie)
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Is S&P to blame?
Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The...
Tags: Ratings, Kamala D. Harris, Mortgages, Derivative Securities, Securities
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Adam Carolla's former podcast partners sue
A breach-of-contract suit filed against comedian Adam Carolla by three former business associates suggests that the new media world may not be all that different from old Hollywood. Producer Donny Misraje -- who claims to have persuaded the radio and...
Tags: CBS Corp., Entertainment, Radio, Corporate Crime, Adam Carolla
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Jamie Dimon and the porn actress teacher
Remember the 1 percenters, and the 99%? Want an update? Try these two stories on for size. First, in the 99% world -- the one most of us live in -- there’s this: The Oxnard School District Board of Trustees is expected to make a decision...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Best of the Web
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Best use of resources?
In just the Jan 30 Daily American, two examples of our state tax dollars at work in the hands of the two state agencies are noted. On page 2, we learn about the protective laws on behalf of coyotes. This should be very reassuring to owners of cats...
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