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    Class In America

    Slideshow • business • ISSUE 45•20 • May 13, 2009
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    • Nation's Poorest 1% Now Controls Two-Thirds Of U.S. Soda Can Wealth

      WASHINGTON—The can monopoly enjoyed by the nation's poorest one percent highlights the growing and possibly unbridgeable gap between the rich and mega-poor.
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    • Rich Guy Wins Yacht Race

      NEWPORT, RI–Some rich guy came in first Monday in that big, famous yacht race held every year at the Newport Yacht Club, a big, fancy yacht place with "a whole lot of really expensive-looking boats and shit," sources reported.
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    • Hundreds Line Up Overnight For Opening Of New Homeless Shelter

      Temporary housing enthusiasts traveled from as far as park benches and ATM lobbies on the other side of town for the event.
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    • Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence

      SOMERSET, NJ—"It’s frightening to think I was so close to learning how society works outside the protected sphere of wealth and privilege," said Charles Wentworth.
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    • New Cereal For Poor Stays Crunchy In Water

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    • National Museum Of The Middle Class Opens In Schaumburg, IL

      SCHAUMBURG, IL—The museum details the history of these interesting people, from their
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    • New Billionaire Tries To Develop Eccentricities

      LA JOLLA, CA—"Do you think I enjoy sleeping nude in a hyperbaric chamber?" said billionaire Mark Stern, outlining the sacrifices he made to achieve eccentric status.
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    • Shitty Neighborhood Rallies Against Asshole Developer

      CHICAGO, IL—Many of those who live in the hopeless pit of a neighborhood say they are hesitant to allow the prick developer to dump a concrete-and-glass yuppie turd on it.
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    • Rich Thrill-Seeker Takes The Bus

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    • Working Man Proud Of Job He Hates

      JANESVILLE, WI—Eagle Cooling employee Brent Festge takes pride in the semi-skill blue-collar job he loathes.
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