Thursday, December 8, 2011
BCJ: Change at Maple Crest
The following article is from December 9, 2011 Boone County Journal which is available free of cost at many county merchants or on line at: http://www.boonecountyjournal.com/news/2011/Boone-County-News-12-09-11.pdf#page=1
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Walmart Heirs Worth Same Amount As Bottom 30 Percent Of Americans In 2007: Analysis
Occupy Wall Street movement has brought increased focus on the disparity between the top one percent of earners and everyone else in the United States. But one American family paints a particularly stark picture of the country's wealth gap.
The six children of Walmart's founders, Sam and James "Bud" Walton, had the same net worth in 2007 as the entire bottom 30 percent of American earners, according to an analysis from Sylvia
Click on the following for more details: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/walmart-heirs_n_1137492.html
Newt Gingrich's gay sister backs Obama for 2012
. The gay half-sister of Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has criticised his position on gay rights, saying she will support Barack Obama in the 2012 election.
Candace Gingrich-Jones, a gay rights activist, said in an interview with MSNBC that she and her older half-brother, the former speaker of the House of Representatives, were "mutually respectful" but disagree on gay rights.
"He is definitely on the wrong side of history when it comes to those issues," Gingrich-Jones said.
Read more at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/08/newt-gingrich-gay-sister-obama?CMP=twt_fd
Air Force dumped ashes of more troops’ remains in Va. landfill than acknowledged
remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill, far more than the military had acknowledged, before halting the secretive practice three years ago, records show.
The landfill dumping was concealed from families who had authorized the military to dispose of the remains in a dignified and respectful manner, Air Force officials said. There are no plans, they said, to alert those families now.
Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/air-force-dumped-ashes-of-more-troops-in-va-landfill-than-acknowledged/2011/12/07/gIQAT8ybdO_story.html
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