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Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives and Fix U.S. Schools, and Steve Jobs (+ Video)

With a pledge to give away 95 percent of Gates' personal wealth, the Gates Foundation claims to have granted more than $26 billion since 1994. While some of that money is devoted to improving U.S.

10 Cool Things The U.S. Government Spent Money On In 2011

Senator Tom Coburn's annual Wastebook lists all of the frivolous things our government wastes taxpaper money on - $6.5billion to be exact. 

Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituents

The median net worth of a member of the House in 2009 was more than 2 1 / 2 times greater than it was in 1984 — $725,00 vs.

Apple has plans to use hydrogen in batteries allowing iPhones and iPods to hold a charge for WEEKS

Batteries as you know them may become a thing of the past for your Apple products as the company hopes to use hydrogen cells to produce lighter batteries that could last for weeks. The company is staying on the cutting edge as they have recently submitted applications for  …

Egypt: Tourist arrivals drop 24% in third quarter

Tourism in Egypt was down almost 24 percent for the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, a government report released Wednesday said. Not surprisingly, unrest that has been ongoing since January harmed tourism during this period, the report said.

How Sears made our Christmas AWESOME.

One of my favorite holiday memories was sitting on the floor pouring over the Sears Holiday Wishbook. This was the catalog to end all catalogs.

Google Chrome overtakes Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8, once the undisputed kind and the holder of world’s most-used browser is no longer on the top of the ranking which it had enjoyed for so many years but like every rise has a downfall, the same is the case with Microsoft’s Int …

Why Apple is buying Anobit

Apple is making its largest hardware acquisition ever: Israeli firm Anobit. Who are they and what would they do for Apple? I’ve spoken to Anobit’s CTO, Avraham Meir, and studied the technology. Here’s what they’re buying - and why.  

What do the following companies have in common?

They all advertise on All-American Muslim!

How The Oil Lobby Greases Washington's Wheels

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