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Gifts Roundup: Texas Children’s Hospital and the Wharton School Each Land $50 Million

Lester and Sue Smith pledged $50 million for a new building to house the hospital’s heart, intensive-care, and surgery spaces and to support patient care and research. Lester Smith, a wildcatter oilma... read more

The 2005 Slate 60: Pledges

and Annette Simmons—$50 million to the University of Texas ... gifts to the business school by 50 percent. Bass is a member of Stanford's board of trustees, and Anne is a member of the board of direct... read more

Swollen rivers begin falling across Northeast

In the ski resort town of Killington, residents came to the elementary school for free hot dogs and corn-on-the-cob. Jason and Angela Heaslip picked up a bag filled with peanut butter, cereal and toil... read more

Clackamas County and Southwest events roundup: outdoor programs, concerts, classes, movies

Here is my roundup of events in Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn, Wilsonville, ... High School Sports open Entertainment/Lifestyle open Eat, Drink, Cook open Opinion open R... read more

Why Central American kids come here: 6 personal stories

Tania Latin, 13 Before she left Guatemala, Tania received a gift from the woman taking ... Distraught, Hortencia returned for her children. They were picked up almost immediately by the U.S. Border Pa... read more

The Master of the One-Liner

"He possessed all the gifts I, and all other ... I took the money and bought land." He disliked talking about his wealth. Once, just before a tour of Vietnam, he was asked if it was true that he was w... read more

50 Wealthiest New Jerseyans

His personal 411: Robbins graduated with honors from the Wharton School and ... of math problems for children. She holds a degree in astrophysics from Princeton University. Lee is a 60 percent owner o... read more

Americans Heavier Than Ever, But Most Still Say Their Weight Is "About Right"

A Gallup poll reports that on average Americans weigh almost 20 pounds more than they did in 1990, based on the self-reports of more than 1,000 people. The average man weighs 196 pounds while the aver... read more

How much retirement savings do you really need?

With the recession and a staggering number of people out of work, saving for retirement can seem like a daunting task. But putting away money for your golden years is essential to leading a happy and ... read more

California Considers $1,000 Fine for Waiters Offering Unsolicited Plastic Straws

Eco-Cycle is unable to provide any data to back up this number, telling Reason ... to the 500 million figure on the association's website again point back to the work done by Cress. More important tha... read more

Racism linked with gun ownership and opposition to gun control in white Americans

A new study has found that higher levels of racism in white Americans is associated with having a gun in the home and greater opposition to gun control ... for each one point increase (on a scale from ... read more

Ex-Polygamist: I Can't Believe THIS is Happening in America

For 50 years I lived in a polygamist group that my father led in ... Among his long list of unprecedented new rules, he declared children should not be educated outside of their homes and closed city ... read more