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Lessons from the Enron Scandal
On March 5, 2002, Kirk Hanson, executive director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, was interviewed about Enron by Atsushi Nakayama, a reporter for the Japanese newspaper Nikkei. Their Q & A appears below:
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Memorial Day History
Did You Know? Each year on Memorial Day a national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time. Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to honor the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. On May 5, 1868, Logan declared in General Order No. 11 that: The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers,…
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USPS Issue Indianapolis 500 Centennial Stamp By John Beltz Snyder May 24, 2011
The United States Postal Service has issued Indianapolis 500 Forever Stamp to celebrate the centennial of the famous race. The 100th Indy 500 will take place on Sunday, May 25. The stamp depicts the race’s first winner, Ray Harroun, in his self-designed Marmon Wasp, a six-cylinder, black and yellow car. For auto enthusiasts and philatelists alike, these special stamps are a neat collector’s item, and a really great way for the USPS to honor an American racing tradition.
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Wheldon A Winner Dan Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500 in spectacular fashion on Sunday after rookie J.R. Hildebrand slammed the wall in the final turn
Race Results below 2011 ESPN Internet VenturesDan Wheldon gets stunning Indy win Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning the Indianapolis 500 on his very first try. Then, within sight of the checkered flag, the 23-year-old Californian made the ultimate rookie mistake. Hildebrand slammed into the wall on the final turn, and Dan Wheldon drove on past to claim an improbable Indy 500 win Sunday in his first race of the year.
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Michael Jackson Biography in full Michael Joseph Jackson ( 1958 – 2009 )
Michael Jackson. (2011). Biography.com. Retrieved 03:21, May 29 2011 from http://www.biography.com/articles/Michael-Jackson-38211 Michael Jackson Biography in full Michael Joseph Jackson ( 1958 – 2009 )
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Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit, 1953
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history This Day in History content from History.com for Lead Story Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 EDT 60 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hillary-and-tenzing-reach-everest-summit
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Born on May 29
Biography.com – Born On This Day – Headliner Who was Born On This Day headliner content from Biography.com
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100th anniversary has makings of classic
100th anniversary has makings of classic Author BIO from fox news exclusive Holly Cain has covered racing in all its forms for 21 years, winning multiple awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and Society of Professional Journalists for feature and news writing. She chronicled NASCAR Champion Rusty Wallace’s final season, authoring a book called “Rusty’s Last Call.”
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Gil Scott-Heron, Poet, Dies at 62
MAY 27, 2011, 11:15 PM ET Everett Gil Scott-Heron in 1985 Gil Scott-Heron, the poet behind the song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died in New York City. He was 62 years old.
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Blackbeard’s Anchor Recovered
By MARTHA WAGGONER Associated Press MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. May 27, 2011 (AP) Archaeologists recovered the first anchor from what’s believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship off the North Carolina coast Friday, a move that might change plans about how to save the rest of the almost 300-year-old artifacts from the central part of the ship. Divers had planned to recover the second-largest artifact on what’s believed to be the Queen Anne’s Revenge but discovered it was too well-attached to other items in the ballast pile, said project director Mark Wilde-Ramsing. Instead they pulled up another anchor that is the third-largest artifact and likely was the typical…