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Top 10 richest Americans
The 100 richest people in the world gained $241 billion in net worth last year, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. Americans dominated the list, occupying five of the top 10 spots. This countdown of the top 10 wealthiest Americans features a casino mogul, software tycoons, and a lot of Wal-Mart money.
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The Masters: 12 women candidates for Augusta National membership
The Augusta National Golf Club has steadfastly refused to alter its all-male membership. But circumstances may soon cause the gender barrier to break, and if it does there are several women who might be good fits for the club.
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Eight ingredients for a peaceful society
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In Pictures: The world's richest people
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Top 5 on Forbes rich list? Bill, Warren ... and Carlos!
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Bill Gates: $4 billion vaccine pledge historic
Bill Gates calls it historic first that poor nations will get same child vaccines as rich nations. Bill Gates's foundation pledges more than $1 billion toward effort.
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Africa's Green Revolution may be a long time coming
Africa needs the kind of Green Revolution that caused a huge leap in agricultural productivity in many parts of the world in the 20th century. But efforts to change how farmers work may take decades.
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Fix aid delivery to India's poor
Too much of the aid money intended for India's poor is getting absorbed by the wrong people. Would another system work?
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Villages leapfrog the grid with biometrics and mobile money
In low-tech villages, biometrics and mobile money can level market spikes and allow a way for people to bypass the grid and still eat.
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Urbanization is good for the environment—but are megacities?
Too much population growth in megacities can be harmful to air quality and health.
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Top 5 on Forbes rich list? Bill, Warren ... and Carlos!
Forbes came out with its annual ranking of the world's richest people Thursday. This year's Top 5 billionaires made their money in software, luxury goods, investments, and telecommunications. But the No. 1 has pulled far ahead of his rivals. Here's how the Top 5 stack up:
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How can US schools reinvent themselves? Look at TechBoston, Obama says.
President Obama calls for high-tech education solutions while visiting TechBoston, a Boston secondary school lauded for its high graduation rate.
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Opinion: Want better students? Teach their parents.
Children of less educated parents often enter school unprepared for instruction – programmed for academic failure. But early coaching for parents with pre-school age children can change that trajectory. Why not include more of these cost-effective ideas in education reform?
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Big Brother at Wyoming schools? Legislature considers filming teachers.
Wyoming lawmakers propose installing video cameras to help evaluate teachers' performance. But educators are concerned about privacy issues, among other things.
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Opinion: To help the poor, get rid of their cash
More than 2.5 billion people around the world today lack access to formal financial services – a major obstacle to building vital savings. But new mobile banking services are spreading in Africa, helping millions of people pull themselves out of poverty.
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Charity donations: 17 more billionaries sign up to give
Charity donations pledged by the world's wealthiest are picking up as The Giving Pledge attracts new billionaires. So far, 57 have joined the Gates-Buffett effort.
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On World AIDS Day, infection rates are declining, but dwindling funds threaten progress
World AIDS Day on Wednesday is a chance to assess the impact of six years of heavy US and international donor funding.
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Can Warren Buffett and Bill Gates save the world?
How the Giving Pledge, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's quest to get billionaires to donate half their wealth to charity, will impact philanthropy and the world's needy.
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City of Man: Politics and Religion in a New Era
Two journalists offer a political blueprint for a new crop of young Evangelicals.
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Linking teachers and student test scores gains some momentum
The use of student test scores in teacher evaluations has been controversial in some places, but a number of school districts are going ahead with the idea.
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Gates gives $35 million to Obama's community college overhaul
At the first ever White House community college summit Tuesday, President Obama announces new grants to help community colleges prepare Americans for new jobs.
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The Monitor's View: At White House summit on community colleges, all hands on deck
Next week, the White House hosts a summit on community colleges. The schools, so vital to training and job skills, need support from all sectors of society.
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Mark Zuckerberg makes massive donation to Newark schools
Mark Zuckerberg is worth $4.9 billion, according to Fortune magazine. His massive donation establishes him as a major player in philanthropy, placing him alongside others made wealthy by technology innovations, including Microsoft Corp. co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
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At UN, elites mull Millennium Development Goals. Did the poor weigh in?
Talk of the Millennium Development Goals at the UN General Assembly this week’s brought home one very clear fact: Western thinking about development is elite-driven.
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How an 'ugly American' can win the hearts and minds war
It is easy to criticize the misspending and poor execution of foreign aid in places like Afghanistan. Done right, however, foreign aid promotes self-reliance.
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Rapping math teacher, LaMar Queen, makes algebra cool with a hip-hop beat
Rapping math teacher LaMar Queen uses rhyme to help students memorize seemingly complicated algebra and in the process improve their grades.
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Billionaires Bill Gates, Warren Buffett want other billionaires to donate more to charity
Billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett want other American billionaires to give at least half their wealth to charity.
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Crist veto a victory for teachers against merit-based pay
But many education reformers see the Crist veto in Florida as just a temporary setback in their quest to improve teaching and teacher compensation.
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How science could spark a second Green Revolution
To fight poverty and overpopulation, crops need coaxing. Advances in deep-root food plants may trigger a new Green Revolution.
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Education reform: Can poor test scores get a teacher fired?
In Houston, a controversial education reform measure allows teachers to be fired based on their students' test scores. Some parents back the policy, but teachers unions have reservations.
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