William Henry Gates III is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.His last day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. Bill Gates in 1965.

Everybody has been talking about it for so long that nobody should be surprised - well maybe some of those Real Estate nitwits who didn't realize that bubbles burst. See how easy it is to destabilize the entire world economy - all you have to do is shake up the US market with a mortgage crisis, low consumer confidence and a dollar not worth the paper its printed on.All the while the rich don't care because their brokers can sell short and make money in a bear market. Or if things get "bad" for the rich they can sell some stuff off. The poor? They have bigger problems like finding food

Metro states, two girls (9,10) said they saw Joan Donatelli (59) dipping a pen cap into a plastic bag filled with white powder, then putting it to her nose.Police then found traces of white powder in the classroom and confronted the teacher at her home in New York. She handed over a small bag of powder and two pen caps and admitting to using cocaine in front of the children."She stated that she had a problem, that she had an addiction, something she's been struggling with."She is retired, and acts as a substitute.