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Kids Pitch Business Ideas To Warren Buffett
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The kids competed in "The Secret Millionaire's Club" — an entrepreneurial contest tied to a web and cable series featuring a cartoon Warren Buffett. Thousands competed. Eight of them, ranging from age seven to 16, got to meet Buffett and present their ideas.
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Apple CEO Faces Senate Panel's Accusations Of 'Tax Gimmickry'
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Tim Cook will address reports that his company pays billions less than it should in U.S. taxes each year at a Tuesday hearing in Washington. According to a report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Apple avoids the tax payments by shifting profits to subsidiaries in Ireland.
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The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes
May 21, 2013 | NPR · The deadly collapse of a textile factory in Bangladesh has heightened awareness about cheap clothes. Many Americans have become used to inexpensive clothing, but the garments are also discarded at a remarkable rate: Billions of pounds of clothing are recycled each year; nearly half is exported.
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Moore, Okla., Tornado Was 'Storm Of Storms'
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block and Robert Siegel give the latest in Oklahoma after a huge tornado tore through the state on Monday.
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Okla. Tornado Survivors Try To Collect Lives After Storm
May 21, 2013 | NPR · For some neighbors in Moore, Okla., the decision of taking cover away from home or sheltering in place made the difference between life and death.
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Storm Chasers Seek Thrills, But Also Chance To Warn Others
May 21, 2013 | NPR · When disaster strikes, our natural instinct is to take cover and seek shelter. But in severe weather, especially the type that breeds tornadoes like we saw in Oklahoma and parts of the Midwest this week, there are those that ride toward the storm.
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
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Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.
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California Governor's Race Shows Limits Of Money
Nov 3, 2010 — Whitman spent over $140 million but lost to Jerry Brown. He sold experience in a change election. The billionaire Whitman was hurt by seeming to buy the election and a controversy involving an illegal immigrant who worked 9 years for her.
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Meg Whitman Explains Her Flaws To NPR
Oct 26, 2010 — Meg Whitman defended her candidacy against controversy eruptions. She acknowledged she has flaws though she continued the line that what's most important to know about her ex-housekeeper problem is that it was a political stunt.
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Two People Really Want To Be Calif. Gov.; Let's Let Them
Oct 21, 2010 — ANALYSIS: Some say the campaign has been so negative and nasty that both deserve to lose. Perhaps that's true. But wouldn't it be far more fitting punishment if both won?
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'Whore' And 'Hicky': How Words Can Unravel A Campaign Before The Election
Oct 8, 2010 — Sometimes, an unexpected event could help derail a candidacy that was thought to have momentum.  Two case studies, in the West Virginia Senate race and the California gubernatorial contest.
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'Nannygate' Is The Talk Of California
Oct 4, 2010 — The issue of Meg Whitman's dealing with her former housekeeper has the potential to derail the Republican's chances from winning the California governorship
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Meg Whitman Gets Lie-Detector Offer From Journalist
Oct 1, 2010 — Meg Whitman said she'd take a a lie-detector test to prove she's telling the truth in the matter of the undocumented housekeeper . A Los Angeles Times journalist says he has it all arranged.
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Meg Whitman Blames Jerry Brown For Housekeeper 'Smear'
Sep 30, 2010 — Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for California governor, blamed her rival, Democrat Jerry Brown, for smearing her via the undocumented housekeeper story. Whitman denied exploiting her ex-housekeeper and said she followed the law.
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Meg Whitman Has Undocumented-Worker Eruption
Sep 29, 2010 — California GOP governor Meg Whitman was accused  by a former housekeeper, an undocumented worker who she employed for nine years, of firing the woman for political reasons.
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California Guv Debate A Clash In Bios, Styles
Sep 29, 2010 — California governor candidates Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown showed their different styles and clashed on their backgrounds in their first face to face debate.
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Meg Whitman Sets New Personal Spending Record - $119 Million
Sep 15, 2010 — Meg Whitman, Republican California governor candidate, former ebay CEO and a billionaire , set a new personal spending record, $119 million, beating New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg by $10 million.
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