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Typical CEO made $9.6 million last year, AP study finds
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive...
Tags: Chesapeake Energy Corp., CEO Pay, CBS Corp., Finance, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings
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Discovery forming alliance with TF1: Partnership will aim to grow Eurosport, pay TV, content production
VarietyDiscovery Communications and French media group TF1 are forming a strategic alliance, according to a brief announcement from Discovery today. TF1 Group owns France's biggest free-to-air TV channel, TF1, and European sports net Eurosport. Group also...Tags: Television, Entertainment, France
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Discovery digs into 'Amish Mafia': Skein comes on heels of TLC's 'Breaking Amish'
VarietyWith the success of Hot Snakes Media's "Breaking Amish" on sister net TLC, Discovery Channel has teamed with the shingle for new series "Amish Mafia." Reality skein centers on a small, organized group of men who maintain peace and order within the...Tags: TLC (tv network), Organized Crime, Drama (genre), Amish, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania)
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Frederick, Md., artist's Blues Fest poster highlights show of her art
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comBlues music might not be listed in Kate Fortin's top favorite musical genres, but that doesn't mean the 25-year-old artist can't appreciate how the music makes people feel. It's being able to express that feeling on canvas might be one reason Fortin...Tags: Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frederick County (Maryland), Artists, Music
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Should the NFL retain its marijuana policy?
No The people have spoken. Voters in Colorado and Washington state have made it clear that they don't believe society is victimized when an adult chooses to ingest marijuana. Small-scale possession is now permissible in these states for both medical and...Tags: Football, Anheuser-Busch, Sports
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Sex in America: Discovery's 'Curiosity' reveals sexual habits
RedEyeDiscovery Channel's "Curiosity" this Sunday delves into two things most people enjoy: sex and numbers. The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, where Alfred Kinsey conducted his groundbreaking sex survey more than 60 years ago, did a new survey that... -
Man Creates Custom 'Who Dat' Wheelchair for Team Gleason
Scott Songy's been confined to a wheelchair since he was 20, but he hasn't let that cramp his style. Songy says, "The first corporate wheelchair I got, I had to do something to make it more individualized to suit me." Inspired by the decked out street...
Tags: Steve Gleason
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As Sandy approaches, anxiety over losing power, connections
My biggest fear: How will I charge my phone? After its battery dies, how will I keep up on #Frankenstorm and #sandy on Twitter? How will I get the latest strike probability model? How will I know what's afoot on Foot's Forecast? This is the kind of in-...
Tags: Anxiety, Halloween, NASA, Baltimore Orioles, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Armstrong Steps Down from Charity; Nike Severs Ties
CNNAUSTIN, TX -- For years, Lance Armstrong carried a growing burden of doping accusations up increasingly steep hills, accumulating fans, wealth and respect along the way. On Wednesday, he crashed. In one day, the renowned cyclist and cancer survivor lost...Tags: Arbitration, Medical Research, Trials, U.S. Postal Service, American Cancer Society
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Delaney continues to outpace Bartlett in fundraising
Incumbent Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett -- in the fight of his political career to keep his seat in Maryland's 6th Congressional District -- raised less money over the past three months than he did in the previous quarter, campaign finance reports filed with...
Tags: Politics, Steny Hoyer, Federal Election Commission, Barack Obama, Elections
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'Cash Cab's' Bailey joins 'Starbuck' pic: Thesp to star opposite Vince Vaughn in DreamWorks comedy
VarietyBen Bailey has joined the cast of the DreamWorks comedy "Starbuck," portraying a Polish henchman opposite Vince Vaughn. Directed by Ken Scott and produced by Andre Rouleau, the film centers on a sperm-bank donor (Vaughn), whose life is turned upside down...Tags: Comedy (genre), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Spider-Man (fictional character), Vince Vaughn, Entertainment
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Chunkin pumpkins teaches second-graders a lesson
Daniel Villalpando, with a furtive smile, pushed down his mini catapult as his classmates, all lined up on either side of a tape measure, sprang forward, yelling in surprise as the candy pumpkin flew past them. "Wow!" yelled classmate Logan Donahoe....
Tags: Pumpkin
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