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More billionaires than ever ranked in Forbes' annual list. Here are the top 10

6:33am April 01, 2025

by A Martínez

There are now more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the wealthiest people. They collectively hold about $16.1 trillion in wealth.

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Economy

Small Businesses Fight Big-Box Stores By Specializing

by Sonari Glinton

As online and mega stores take up more of the retail landscape, small mom-and-pop shops are getting more specific. We examine one of the ways small stores are looking to survive and possibly thrive.

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Haagen-Dazs Experiments With Veggie Ice Cream

Next month in Japan, Haagen-Dazs will debut vegetable-flavored ice cream. Each carton will contain about half the fat content of regular Haagen-Dazs.

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Florida School Offered Kids Caffeine On Test Day

Students at a Melbourne, Fla., elementary school were offered trail mix and Mountain Dew on the morning of standardized tests. A grandmother got the school to stop.

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Canadian Police Extricate Bear From Jar

Residents in Ontario called police when they spotted a bear bumbling down the street. It was unable to see where it was going because of a large birdseed jar stuck on its head.

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Economy

Urban Libraries Become De Facto Homeless Shelters

by Scott Shafer

San Francisco's library system has hired a full-time social worker to help find housing and other services for the homeless men and women who've set up camp among the stacks.

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Health & Safety

How Hospitals Can Reduce Disabilities For Stroke Patients

by Patti Neighmond

Research finds when hospitals initiate rapid response programs to treat stroke victims, response time is cut and fewer patients die. The stroke patients also have fewer significant disabilities.

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Supreme Court Upholds Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban

Steve Inskeep talks to Lee Bollinger, a former president at the University of Michigan, about Tuesday's ruling. Bollinger was president during two earlier landmark affirmative action cases.

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World News

Security Situation In Eastern Ukraine Is Unpredictable

by Eleanor Beardsley

In some of the towns where pro-Moscow militants have occupied government buildings, it is clear that someone is giving orders. In other places, a state of near chaos reigns.

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Supreme Court Rules On Race-Based College Admissions

by Renee Montagne

The Supreme Court ruled that a Michigan ballot initiative to ban racial preferences in college admissions is constitutional, overturning a lower court decision.

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49ers Fans Seeing Red Over Transit Color Proposal

The Bay Area Rapid Transit is proposing to change the systems seats to bright green and blue — just like the Seattle Seahawks colors. One San Francisco fan has started a petition against the change.

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Feds Say Powdered Alcohol Not Ready Yet

We reported Monday on plans to sell Palcohol, mixed drinks to which you just add water. Federal regulators say they were wrong to say Palcohol was ready for market. The label was approved in error.

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World News

Egyptians Fear Power Outages Could Fuel More Unrest

by Leila Fadel

The oil and natural gas that Egypt depends on for power generation is heavily subsidized. But the state doesn't want to raise prices and anger a population already frustrated by political uncertainty.

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