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3-D-printed gun available for download after firing first shots
The nonprofit group that created the world’s first 3-D-printed gun on Sunday proved that the weapon could be fired. In a YouTube video published by Defense Distributed, 3-D-printed gun creator Cody Wilson fires a single shot from “the Liberator,” which features interchangeable barrels to handle different caliber bullets. On the…
Mexican drug lord booted from ‘Forbes’ top billionaires list
A feared Mexican drug lord who made an unusual addition to Forbes’ list of top billionaires has been dropped from the latest ranking because his assets are hard to calculate, the magazine said. The 2013 list, which came out Monday with another Mexican, telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, at the top,…
Obama leads Forbes ranking of world’s most powerful
The US president leads it, of course, and then there’s Pope Benedict XVI, and Angela Merkel, and Facebook’s founder, and other global rainmakers on Forbes’s ranking of the mightiest earthlings. But the magazine’s 2012 list of the world’s most powerful people also features folks who might raise an eyebrow or…
Elizabeth Taylor becomes highest earning deceased celebrity
Film actor’s estate earned $210m last year after record-setting jewellery and art auction From beyond the grave Elizabeth Taylor has overtaken her close friend Michael Jackson to become the top earning dead celebrity. The estate of the actor, who died last year, earned $210m (£130m) in the past 12 months…
Bill Gates still richest person in U.S., says Forbes
NEW YORK — Bill Gates remains the richest person in the United States with a fortune of $66 billion in 2012, up 10 percent from last year, Forbes magazine said Wednesday. Behind the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist come investment guru Warren Buffett with $46 billion, then Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison…
Glenn Beck: almost criminally negligent towards his audience
This article in Forbes about Glenn Beck is a real treasure trove of information about the moral-free crybaby teabagger pundit. I was surprised at how Forbes, a conservative publication, really makes Beck look like the piece of shit he no doubt is. Maybe they don’t realize how bad he comes…
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