Forbes released its annual top 400 richest people in America today. The rich continue to get richer. You would have to earn at least 1.05 billion to even crack this list. Checkout the top 25 below and the source of their wealth.
founder of Microsoft Bill Gates #1 on Forbes 400 list estimated worth $59 Billion
Checkout artist Dan Tague and his project “Cash Rules Everything Around Me,” the New Orleans based visual artist has meticulously folded one dollar bills to spell out messages, phrases and statements. Check out some of the selected works below and see his other work “The Cost of War/Price of Freedom,” where he uses monetary cues to create military objects on his site.
(AP) ATLANTA — Georgia’s board of pardons rejected a last-ditch clemency bid from Troy Davis on Tuesday, one day before his scheduled execution, despite support from figures including an ex-president and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989.
Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT by injection for killing off-duty Savannah officer Mark MacPhail, who was shot dead while rushing to help a homeless man being attacked. It is the fourth time in four years that Davis’ murder execution has been scheduled by Georgia officials.
#TooMuchDoubt
Checkout a few tweets from popular micro blogging site Twitter about #TroyDavis:
A Chatham County judge signed a death warrant for Troy Anthony Davis, who was convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989.
The warrant sets the execution between Sept. 21 and Sept. 28. The state Department of Corrections will set the actual date. Davis has been on death row for 19 years.
Davis’ appeals are exhausted. He is expected to once again ask the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant him clemency. The board has previously denied that request. Davis continues to maintain his innocence, and several witnesses have recanted their testimonies. Some even say that one of the witnesses was, in fact the killer of the off duty police officer.
Supporters of Troy Davis include former US President Jimmy Carter, Reverend Al Sharpton, NAACP founder Ben Jealous, Bernice King (MLK’s daughter) and the staff of GWOP Magazine. Davis is set to be put to death by lethal injection on Wednseday (September 21, 2011) by the state of Georgia.
#TooMuchDoubt
For more info: http://troyanthonydavis.org
VH1 aired a two-hour documentary about the rise of crack and hip-hop in the mid-80s and early 90s. The film was narrated by Ice-T and featured accounts from RZA, Raekwon, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, and B-Real.
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Last night, Floyd Mayweather prevailed and remained undefeated with a KO victory over Victor Ortiz at the MGM Grand in Vegas. Minutes into the 4th round, Ortiz snuck a cheap shot with a head butt. After Ortiz let his guard down for an apology, Money reached in for the advantage with a mean right hook that sent Ortiz to the canvas. Congrats 2 Team Money!
Floyd Mayweather Jr and Victor Ortiz weigh in before their fight.
Catch it on HBO PPV (United States, $54.99-69.99), Primetime (United Kingdom, £14.95) at 9 p.m. Eastern.
directed by Spiff TV
In Hollywood actors such as Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Denzel Washington receive all the attention but they are not necessarily receiving the biggest paychecks. Check out the Forbes list of Entertainment’s Highest Paid Men. Only two of the men on the list are actors and one of those actors earns most of his money as a writer/director/producer. Checkout the full list after the jump.
Tyler Perry
$130 million
Perrry makes big money from his TV shows (Meet the Browns and House of Payne) as well as his movies. He’ll take on the role of detective Alex Cross in a big screen adaptation of the James Patterson books.
spotted: life+times
An ode to New York City starring Selita Ebanks & a host of Super Models
Directed by Wolph Creations. Slime Flu 2 coming soon
Where is the best educated city in America?
Answer: Madison, Wisconsin.
To evaluate the education of 100 cities, Men’s Health tabulated the Department of Education’s high-school graduation rates, along with U.S. Census figures on school enrollment (kindergarten through grad school) and education levels of people over 25 (less than high school, associate’s or bachelor’s degree, graduate or professional degree). Full list after the jump.
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