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Blog Entries by Saki Knafo from 05/2011

Warren Buffett's Mistake: How The Saint Of Capitalism Damaged His Reputation

Publication 05.01.2011
Suivre: Berkshire Hathaway, David Sokol, Warren Buffett, Omaha, Billionaires, Lubrizol Corporation, Lubrizol, Warren Buffet, L'actualité

Yesterday morning, thousands of shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, one of the world’s most well-regarded companies, flocked to a convention hall in...

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Americans React To Osama Bin Laden's Death: In Towns And Cities Across The United States, A Range Of Emotions

Publication 05.02.2011
Suivre: September 11, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Al-Qaeda, Military, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden Reactions, World Trade Center, u.s. Marines, U.S. Army, Patch, September 11th, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, L'actualité

This story was written and reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. Rosemary Cain awoke late Sunday to a phone call. “Osama ...

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9/11 Victims' Family Members Reflect On Osama Bin Laden's Death

Publication 05.02.2011
Suivre: Osama Bin Laden Dead, New Jersey, Osama Bin Laden Death, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden Killed, September 11th, Osama Bin Laden, L'actualité

This story was written and reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. Across the country today, family members of those who died in ...

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Sony PlayStation Network Hack Is Just The Beginning Of Giant Data Thefts: Experts

Publication 05.06.2011
Suivre: Sony Playstation Network, Online Security, Kazuo Hirai, Identity Theft, Cybercriminals, Playstation Network, Mary Bono Mack, Internet Security, Playstation, Cybercrime, Data Breaches, Data Theft, Hacking, Playstation Network Down, Sony, Hackers, L'actualité

NEW YORK -- Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, apologized to customers Thursday for the "inconvenience and concern" caused by an attack on Sony's compu...

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Jobs Increase In April, But The Employment Picture Isn't All Bright: A Look At Job Growth And Unemployment On The Local Level

Publication 05.06.2011
Suivre: Workers, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jobs, Jobless, Job Growth, Joblessness, Mcdonalds, Unemployment Numbers, Unemployment, Work, Hyperlocal News, Hiring, Private Sector Job Growth, Job Creation, Local News, Patch, U.S. Department of Labor, L'actualité

This story was reported and written in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. If you're among the millions of Americans who don't have a job...

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If An Earthquake Hits, Is Your Child's School Safe? California Legislators Vote For Audit Of School Construction Authority

Publication 05.12.2011
Suivre: California Earthquake, California, San Bruno, Ellen Corbett, Earthquake, Elaine Howle, California State Legislature, Schools, Field Act, California Watch, Patch, L'actualité

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. At a hearing in Sacramento Wednesday morning, a committee of state legisl...

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As The Mississippi Flood Threatens Louisiana, An Internet-Era Thoreau Bids Farewell To His House On The Atchafalaya

Publication 05.13.2011
Suivre: Mississippi River, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi Flooding, Flood, Morganza Spillway, Atchafalaya, Butte Larose, Morgan City, Mississippi Flood, Morganza, Thoreau, Delahoussaye, L'actualité

"They say the water is coming," Jim Delahoussaye wrote on his blog early this week. "They have exploded the levees in Missouri to save Cairo from drow...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Love Child Puts Him In Good Company: A Brief Summary Of The Long History Of Horny Politicos

Publication 05.17.2011
Suivre: Arnold Schwarzenegger Affair, Kennedy, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger Affair, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger Love Child, Nikki Haley, Governor Schwarzenegger, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Schwarzenegger, John Ensign, John Edwards, Politicians Cheating, L'actualité

When Arnold Schwarzenegger assumed the governorship of California in 2003, he joined a short list of Hollywood actors who have gone from the screen to...

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How Did Arnold Schwarzenegger Keep His Cheating Hidden For So Long?

Publication 05.20.2011
Suivre: Charlie Sheen, Paul Barresi, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Connolly, Marty Singer, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles, Governor Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger Love Child, Martin Singer, Eddie Murphy, Mildred Patricia Baena, Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Shriver, Mark Ebner, Anthony Pellicano, L'actualité

How did Arnold Schwarzenegger manage to hide the fact that he'd sired a child with his housekeeper while holding down perhaps the most high-powered jo...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger And The History Of Career-Killing Hollywood Scandals

Publication 05.21.2011
Suivre: Charlie Sheen, Arnold Schwarzenegger Love Child, Lindsay Lohan, Arnold Schwarzenegger Divorce, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Slidepollajax, L'actualité

With Thursday's announcement that he'd be putting his Hollywood career "on hold," Arnold Schwarzenegger has left the world to wonder whether there'll ...

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Dove Ad Casts Spotlight On Madison Avenue Racism

Publication 05.25.2011
Suivre: Ogilvy, Dove, Soap, Racist Dove Ad, Wpp, Beauty Industry, Madison Avenue, Race, Beauty, Fair & Lovely, Mad Men, Dove Ad, Unilever, Racism, Discrimination, African Americans, L'actualité

When people ask Eugene Morris why he left a virtually all-white advertising firm in the early 1970s for an African-American one, he tells them about t...

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Critics Of Sheriff Joe Arpaio Call Arrest Stings A Publicity Stunt

Publication 05.26.2011
Suivre: Arrests, Arizona Arrests, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio Arrests, Mexico, America's Toughest Sheriff, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Sheriff, Drug Smuggling, Human Trafficking, L'actualité

Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff." More likely, he is its most self-promotional. Arpaio...

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The G8 Summit And The Arab Spring: Group Vows To Help Pro-Democracy Movements

Publication 05.27.2011
Suivre: Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yemen, Middle East Protests, Tunisia, G8 Summit, Bahrain, Iran, Gaddafi, Libya, Arab Spring, Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, G8, Deauville Partnership, L'actualité

As two days of meetings on the Normandy coast wound down Friday, the leaders of Group of Eight nations, better known as the G8, released a declaration...

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The Meaning Of Memorial Day: Veterans Reflect

Publication 05.30.2011
Suivre: Wars, Video, Memorial Day, American Legion, Veterans, Afghanistan War, 101st Airborne Division, Iraq War, Army, patch.com, Vietnam War, Hyperlocal News, World War II, Patch, L'actualité

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com * * * * * What does Memorial Day mean to you? Anthony Borrelli answered ...

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