Director Bigelow Makes Oscar History
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The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" won best picture and five other prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. She is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.
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Obama Donates $1.4 Million Nobel Prize
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President Obama announced which charities will receive the $1.4 million prize money he won as part of the Nobel Peace Prize. Among the groups are six nonprofits that help kids achieve their dreams of going to college, receiving $125,00 each.
Glenn Close Has Genome Mapped
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'Miracle' Elephant Calf Takes First Steps
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A baby elephant presumed stillborn is now up and walking in an Australian zoo. The male calf, born Wednesday, was declared dead in the womb but apparently survived in a coma in what was the longest labor ever recorded for a land animal.
Number of Millionaires in US Rebounds
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Membership in the millionaires club is up again. After seeing a dip in 2008, the number of households in the U.S. households with a net worth of at least $1 million grew 16 percent last year. And the number of households worth $5 million or more was up 17 percent.
Drinking May Help Women Stay Thin
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Cheers! It seems that women who are moderate drinkers are better able to keep off the pounds. A study that followed 22,000 slim women found that those who drank some but less than 40 grams of alcohol per day were less likely to become overweight or obese.
Secret Millionaire Gives It All to College
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Grace Groner, a retiree who lived in a one-bedroom home and bought her clothes at rummage sales, promised to leave all her money to her alma mater, Lake Forest College. But no one imagined, when she died in January at 100, that her estate would be worth $7 million.
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Heroes at Home Stories: Paul Diamond says
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"We were in a bind for Christmas. I had been in real estate and left for Afghanistan when the real estate market tanked in 2008. We weren’t going to have much of a Christmas at all since any money we had went to paying bills. When the Sears Heroes at Home Program came through it helped us give something to our kids and provide for them. Bailed us out. My wife and I were able to get clothes and toys for our 9 and 14 year-old sons. This kind of program definitely makes us feel like our sacrifice is worth it. It validates what we do, and helps us feel that what we do is not done in vain. It shows us that there are some grateful people out there."
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