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Two women college presidents and a former one Wednesday denounced Augusta National Golf Club for snubbing Virginia Rometty, CEO of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), at the Masters Golf tournament. Unlike her male IBM predecessors, Rometty, 54, wasn't elected to membership, despite IBM's corporate co-sponsorship. The men who head the other two co-sponsors, Rex Tillerson, 60, of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), and Randall Stephenson, 51, of AT&T (NYSE: T) were elected long ago.

The Buffett Rule is a plan that would raise taxes on America's most wealthy, requiring those making $1 million or more per year to pay a minimum federal tax rate of 30 percent on all income. On Tuesday, Obama pitched the idea to a group of university students in Florida. You may have heard this, he said, but Warren Buffett is paying a lower tax rate than his secretary. That's wrong. It isn't fair. And it's time for us to choose which direction we want to go in as a country.

Americans born between 1925 and 1945, during the Great Depression and World War II, comprise the Silent Generation. This was a grave and fatalistic time, and it influenced the entire psyche of this generation. And while it produced some of the most famous singers and movie stars, and the generation's leaders changed for the better civil rights for all; it is the only generation that never produced a U.S. president.

George Zimmerman is set to be charged Wednesday with the shooting death of Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26. The case has renewed  a national debate over racial issues, so the world will be watching to see how the nation reacts to the long-awaited announcement of charges against the admitted killer.

Over the past decade, much ink has been spilled on the perils of the hook-up culture and the hazards of cohabitation. A great deal of literature and research on the topics indicate that for a substantial number of individuals, the sexually liberated lifestyle isn't bringing fulfillment. While such information and commentary is necessary, also needed are authentic and realistic how-to-guides for alternatives to the currently accepted norms of love, dating, and marriage.

Arkansas football head coach Bobby Petrino has been fired after it was discovered that a female employee was with him at the time of his motorcycle accident. Jessica Dorrell, a 25-year old football program employee, was riding with Petrino during the time of his accident. Petrino did not initially tell Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long about Dorrell's presence. Long found out when the police report was released on Thursday. Petrino admitted to having a relationship with the woman, who is half his age, despite having a wife and four kids.

Issues of integrity are nothing new for former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino. There was the time that he secretly interviewed with Auburn while coaching at Louisville, despite his former mentor Tommy Tuberville still being gainfully employed by the Tigers. Or the times that he interviewed for jobs at LSU and Notre Dame even though he promised the Louisville faithful that he was committed to coaching the Cardinals for a long time.

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything — hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corru…

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When Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the most popular search engine, announces first-quarter results after Thursday's market close, the biggest question will be about overall revenue. Last quarter, Google's traffic was lighter than expected. Revenue rose only 25 percent to $10.58 billion, about $300 million below estimates. The miss also clipped earnings. The result caused shares of the Mountain View, Calif., search, media and information giant to swoon. They fell 8.4 percent on Jan. 20, to close at $585.99.

As Mitt Romney prepared for an interview with Sean Hannity, he put on his best gay-guy impression in response to an offer of a pink tie. It's just a moment in the video a "mole" at Fox leaked to Gawker.

IMG Worldwide chairman and chief executive Michael Dolan on why he's opposed to acquisition