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The 1% Took an Even Bigger Slice of the Pie in 2012
Time Magazine | Denver Nicks | 09/10/13

The richest 1% of Americans collected a greater share of household income last year than at any time in the last century, according to a new analysis of IRS data going back to 1913.

In 2012, 19.3% of all household income in the U.S. went to the top 1% of earners, their greatest share since 1928. Incomes for the top 1% rose nearly 20% last year, while incomes for the remaining 99% increased by just 1%. ... Read more
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There Have Been More Mass Shootings Since Newtown Than You've Heard About
HP | Katy Hall | 09/17/13

When 13 people died in a shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., on Monday, the story made front page news. Many of the mass shootings that have happened since the massacre of elementary school students and teachers in Newtown, Conn., last December didn't.

The FBI's definition of mass murder is the slaying of four or more people. There have been at least 17 such tragedies already this year where the victims were gunned down, but shootings related to drug or gang violence often get less attention than those perpetrated by a crazed gunman. ... Read more
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We've Had So Many Mass Shootings In The U.S., We've Had To Redefine The Term
HP | Nick Wing | 09/17/13

... Monday's violence marked the sixth mass shooting since the one in Newtown, Conn., in December, according to some counts. It was also the first publicly recognized by Obama since the elementary school massacre, which claimed the lives of 27, including 20 children.   There have been six mass shootings over the past nine months -- and at least 20 during Obama's presidency. That may be disturbing. But some would argue even that startling figure grossly underreports the number of shooting sprees.

The growing number of mass killings over the past five years left the country in search of a term that would distinguish mass murder by gun from those using other weapons. Mass shooting has gained favor as the obvious choice. Though the FBI doesn't specifically define mass shooting, it does define mass murder, calling it a single incident in which a perpetrator kills four or more people, not including himself or herself. ... Read more

Bernanke Saves Companies $700 Billion as Verizon Leads Sales
Bloomberg | Lisa Abramowicz | 09/18/13

America's companies, from Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Verizon Communications Inc., are saving about $700 billion in interest payments with the Federal Reserve's unprecedented stimulus. ... Read more

What Happened At The Last Big Fed Announcement
ZeroHedge | author | 09/18/13

Judging by the market's reaction to the June FOMC statement and press-conference, Nanex shows the four things that US market participants can expect to happen over the next few hours:

Grand Theft Auto V Is the Most Expensive Game Ever--and It's Almost Obsolete
BusinessWeek | Joshua Brustein | 09/18/13

The release of Grand Theft Auto V yesterday brought to the forefront an apocalyptic scenario. The end-times theme isn't part of the blockbuster video game's setting, a fictionalized Los Angeles that's havoc-filled but otherwise enduring. The apocalypse is part of the non-pixelated reality for gamers living through the final weeks in the eight-year reign of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. ... Read more