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The 1 Percent Solution

Seattle—Nick Hanauer toddled through his early years in a cramped Greenwich Village apartment. His mother waited tables at the Bitter End. His father worked low-level jobs on Wall Street and as an editor at a publishing house. When Nick was 5, his folks left New York to join a family pillow-making business in the Pacific Northwest. They raised their three sons in a three-bedroom house in the ...

The 100% Economy: Why the U.S. Needs a Strong Middle Class to Thrive

Nick Hanauer is the kind of innovator and venture capitalist expected to power the country's next wave of growth. So why does he insist that only the fading middle class can rescue America? Reuters SEATTLE--Nick ...

East Hampton police nab burglary suspect wanted in copper thefts

EAST HAMPTON — Police have arrested a 43-year-old man for his alleged involvement in the burglary and attempted theft of copper plumbing materials from a home on Young Street, police report.

Finding my mother again

In the 15 years since my mother has been gone, she has become a mythical figure in my life. She was a woman to be revered, but also one so complicated and so different from me that I fear I’ll never stop struggling to make sense of her and to accept myself within the context of her shadow. My mother was 37 years old, twice divorced and childless when she met my father. She had been living in ...

NFL Draft 2012 second- and third-round roundup: Links to the picks

Appalachian State wide receiver Brian Quick leads off the second round, going to the Rams, before Andrew Luck's former favorite receiver, Coby Fleener, gets picked by the Colts.