Lunch With Billionaire Warren Buffett Sells for $3.4M at Charity Auction
Billionaire Warren Buffett probably wouldn't advise anyone to invest millions on a meal, unless of course that meal was with him — and for a good cause. A private lunch with the money-savvy Berkshire Hathaway CEO earned more than $3.4 million from an anonymous bidder Friday, with proceeds benefiting a San Francisco charity. The annual GLIDE Foundation auction, hosted by eBay, began Sunday and closed Friday night. Glide — a charity that works to alleviate poverty in San Francisco with mea..>> view originalRomney tears into GOP for not criticizing Trump
Romney's condemnation, made here at the Stein Eriksen Lodge before hundreds of his donors and business partners, highlighted the ill will between the last two GOP nominees for president.The former Massachusetts governor harshly criticized Republican candidates such as Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, as well as super PACs such as Jeb Bush's well-funded Right to Rise group, for not stopping Trump in the primary. The two candidates largely avoided attacking Trump for much of their ca..>> view originalOfficials Say 2 People Dead in Plane Crash in Tennessee
A small plane crashed Saturday in Tennessee, killing two of the people on board and injuring two others, officials said. The single-engine engine plane crashed around 12:50 p.m. as it was coming in to the Collegedale airport, Tonya Salder, a spokeswoman for the Collegedale Police said. Collegedale is a city about 20 miles east of Chattanooga. All four victims were on the plane, she said, and the two survivors were airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center. At least one of the survivors was in cr..>> view originalRailroad says broken bolt caused Oregon train derailment - Omaha World
Posted: Saturday, June 11, 2016 3:33 pm Railroad says broken bolt caused Oregon train derailment Associated Press | Railroad officials say at least one broken bolt holding the rail in place caused the fiery derailment of a Union Pacific train moving volatile crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon-Washington border. Union Pacific spokesman Justin Jacobs said Saturday that the company filed a report Friday..>> view originalThe Latest: Funeral Held in Colorado for Blue Angels Pilot
The Latest on a funeral in Colorado for a Blue Angels pilot killed in a crash (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A private service has been held for a Blue Angels pilot who was killed in a crash while practicing for an air show. The service for Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss was capped by a 21-gun salute and a flyover by Marine units that he served with before he joined the Blue Angels flight demonstration team in nearly two years ago. The governor ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the D..>> view originalMan Still in Hospital After Dallas Airport Police Shooting
A Maryland man newly released from being jailed on a criminal mischief charge remained hospitalized Saturday, a day after being shot by an officer outside a Dallas airport following an outburst in which police say he hit his ex-girlfriend and battered her car with a traffic cone and large landscaping rocks. Shawn Nicholas Diamond, 29, of Edgewood, Maryland, was still in stable condition, Senior Cpl. Monica Cordova with Dallas police said. Police Chief David Brown said Friday that Diamond ha..>> view originalCalifornia moves closer to health insurance for undocumented residents
California Governor Jerry Brown looks on during a news conference at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California on March 19, 2015. Photo by Max Whittaker/Reuters California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Friday that could allow people without documentation to purchase health insurance through the state’s exchange, leading the country again on immigrant-friendly policy. Senate Bill 10 asks the federal government to waive a policy in the state’s exchange, Covered California, that prohibits u..>> view originalAfter Joyful Adoption Photo Goes Viral, Cops Say The Dog Has To Go
One look at a photo of musician Dan Tillery and his newly adopted dog, Diggy, and it’s easy to see why the exuberant picture went viral. Facebook/Detroit Dog Rescue Dan Tillery and Diggy, shortly after the pup came home. But on Thursday, just four days after Tillery brought his new best friend home, local police showed up at his door, BarkPost reports. Waterford Township, Michigan, where Tillery lives, has a ban on pit bulls. Apparently, some folks who saw the photo thought Diggy looked ..>> view originalCowboy jumps on horse, lassos suspected thief
And this didn't take place in Texas -- but rather Oregon.On Friday morning, a damsel found herself in distress and a man perched on his horse came galloping to her rescue. This would seem like a scene straight from a Western movie except the incident happened in the parking lot of an Eagle Point shopping center.Robert Borba, armed with just a rope, put his lassoing skills to use when he heard someone cry out for help."A lady yelled out 'He's stealing my bike, he's stealing my bike'," Borba told ..>> view original
Saturday, June 11, 2016
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