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Joaquin Guzman Loera: Billionaire Drug Lord

You’ll no doubt recognize the names of Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Oprah when scanning Forbes’ latest list of “The World’s Billionaires.” But amid the various business tycoons, A-list celebs and royal heirs on the annual roll call is someone known mainly by members of Mexico’s seedy underground and the police officers who chase them: Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera. The 54-year-old, 5’6” drug lord is considered the country’s most wanted criminal. And because his Sinaloa cartel trafficks billions of dollars’ worth of cocaine to the U.S

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Job Forecast for College Seniors: Grimmer Than Ever

Smith College’s career office sent its jittery job-hunting seniors a letter last month with a reassuring message: “There ARE jobs, and you can find employment.” Unfortunately, there are far fewer jobs than anticipated, according to a report out today from the National Association for Colleges and Employers . The companies surveyed for the group’s spring update are planning to hire 22% fewer grads from the class of 2009 than they hired from the class of 2008, a big letdown from the group’s projections in October that hiring would hold steady. Some 44% of companies in the survey, conducted last month, said they plan to hire fewer new grads, and another 22% said they do not plan to hire at all this spring, more than double last year’s figure

Drug cloud surrounds baseball’s hero

By his statistics alone, Barry Bonds would be considered one of the greatest players to ever walk onto a baseball field. In addition to a string of playing awards, Bonds holds the most sacred record in all of American sport: the all-time homerun record

Controller thought Hudson landing would be ‘death sentence’

For three minutes, the most frightened people in the world may have been the crew and passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 as the plane headed for a splashdown in the Hudson River. But for the next half-hour, that unwelcome distinction may have gone to Patrick Harten, the air traffic controller who communicated with Capt

Has Italy’s Left Found its Own Obama?

Italians are normally not good at waiting in line. During the weekly trip to the bank or post office it helps to have sharp elbows and a sense of entitlement. Getting on a bus or train can be more like packing down in a rugby scrum.

Lincoln wins: Honest Abe tops new presidential survey

It’s been 145 years since Abraham Lincoln appeared on a ballot, but admiration for the man who saved the union and sparked the end of slavery is as strong as ever, according to a new survey. Lincoln finished first in a ranking by historians of the 42 former White House occupants

Venezuelans vote on term limits for elected officials

Venezuelans were deciding Sunday whether to change the constitution to allow President Hugo Chavez and other elected officials to run for office indefinitely. The National Assembly approved the referendum last month