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Rich get richer: Bill Gates tops Forbes list, Zuckerberg plunges
Bill Gates has been the richest person in the country for an entire generation, cinching the top spot on Forbes’ list of the 400 wealthiest Americans for the 19th consecutive year. That’s what a net worth of $66 billion will do for a guy....
Tags: Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Oracle Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Mark Zuckerberg
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Four Hoosiers make Forbes list of wealthiest Americans
The rich got quite a bit richer this past year, according to this year's rankings of the 400 wealthiest Americans. Forbes magazine released its annual list on Wednesday, and the combined net worth jumped 13 percent to $1.7 trillion in 2012, up from $1....
Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Time (magazine), Warren Buffett, Herbert Simon, Simon Property Group, Inc.
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Mitt Romney: Friend of the rich and selfish
Mitt Romney has a great deal of empathy for people like himself -- rich guys -- and he would serve them well as president. Of course, the wealthy have seldom not been served well by our commander-in-chief. Father and son Bush came from among the affluent,...
Tags: Mumps, Downton Abbey (tv program), Paul Allen, Mitt Romney, Entertainment Events
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Junior Achievement opens first high school academy at Oak Ridge
Fourteen-year-old Sharrell Bailey wouldn't be starting ninth grade at Oak Ridge High School on Monday if it weren't for the new Junior Achievement Academy opening there. The magnet program, which will focus on leadership and entrepreneurship, is Junior...
Tags: Students, Orange County (Florida), Schools, Education, Charter Schools
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Women finally fitted for green jackets at Augusta
What you need to understand about Augusta National Golf Course's decision to admit women for the first time is this: It was never about golf. For those who supported the 80-year-old home of the Masters, it was about the right of a private club to...
Tags: Sports, Masters Tournament, Mitt Romney, Golf, Microsoft Corporation
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Caltech team wins $100K grant for sustainable toilet design
A Caltech team won a $100,000 grant for designing a solar-powered toilet that turns waste into hydrogen gas and generates energy. The Gates Foundation launched the challenge one year ago to address ways to improve human health by managing public waste....
Tags: Charity, Google+
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Flushed with pride: Sanitation
The EconomistIF Thomas Crapper were around today, he would find our toilets quite familiar, says Bill Gates, referring to the Victorian manufacturer of sanitary ware whose name has become attached to one of the bodys most fundamental functions. They havent seen many...Tags: NASA, Charity, Science and Technology, Awards and Prizes, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, honored for arts philanthropy
Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, is being honored for his cultural philanthropy at this year's annual National Arts Awards. The list of honorees also includes stage actor Brian Stokes Mitchell, artist James Rosenquist, singer Josh...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Awards and Prizes, Arts, Paul Allen
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Area woman has ties to famous congressman, Lincoln
Daily American Sunday EditorMonica Morrill didn't know she was the descendent of an influential friend and ally to Abraham Lincoln until she was 16 years old. In a high school report on the American Dream, she wrote that it contained three major planks: freedom of religion,...Tags: James Buchanan, Human Interest, Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, High Schools
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Chik-fil-A not the only company in the gay marraige debate
The Religion WorldReligion News Service reporter Laura Petrecca writes about businesses picking sides on the gay marriage debate: In an unconventional move, a number of high-profile business executives have come out on the issue of gay marriage. Amazon.com founder Jeff... -
Video/Q&A: 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' star/co-writer Rashida Jones
Women break down in romantic comedies all the time. They just rarely do so to the point of looking unattractive, says Rashida Jones. “She always looks good, her hair looks good and her apartment’s pretty. It’s like, there’s things...
Tags: Emma Roberts, Judd Apatow, Arts and Culture, Lollapalooza, Will McCormack
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Bill Gates spends $1.1 million to study students' boredom in class
KIAHMicrosoft 'gazillionaire' Bill Gates wants to provide schools and students with mood bracelets. Yeah, this isn’t a joke. The bracelets would measure how interested they are in their lessons. About $1.1 million buck-o-roos from the Bill & Melinda...Tags: Charity, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Microsoft Corporation
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