America's Richest Women 2013

Christy Walton Christy Walton Net worth: $34.5 billionSource of wealth: Wal-MartAge: 58Forbes 400 rank: 6The world' richest woman. Christy Walton inherited her fortune when husband John Walton, a former Green Beret and Vietnam war medic, died in an airplane crash in 2005. The bulk of her holdings are in Wal-Mart, the massive retailer founded by her father-in-law Sam Walton and his brother James in 1962. Also owns a stake in solar panel...

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Health Secrets Of The World's Oldest People

How To Live To 102 Doctors say that healthy habits will help get you to age 85, but how to live beyond that remains a medical mystery. We interviewed people in their 100s to find out how they did it. (Pictured above: Daisy McFadden, 101.) Eat Grains, Veggies And Fish The largest concentration of healthy 100-year-olds is in Okinawa, Japan. The people there eat a diet high in grains, vegetables and fish, and low in eggs, meat and...

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Man And Crocodile, Chito And Pocho, Play And Swim Together Like Best Friends

Some say that the dog is man's best friend, but in Chito's case, the animal companion is a bit more unconventional: a 980-pound 17feets crocodile. Chito rescued Pocho the crocodile nearly 20 years ago in Costa Rica after finding him on the side of the road with a gunshot wound to the eye. Chito cared for the animal until it was healthy again, but when he tried to release Pocho back into the wild, the croc wouldn't have it. Apparently,...

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PHOTOS The Most Expensive and Sophisticated House Ever Built In Nigeria- 2013

EXTERIOR VIEW FRONT VIEW EXTERIOR GARAGE EXTERIOR SWIMMING POOL ONE OF THE SITTING ROOMS INTERIOR SWIMMING POOL  FLOOR TVS ELEVATOR...

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Rise and shine: the daily routines of history's most creative minds

Benjamin Franklin spent his mornings naked. Patricia Highsmith ate only bacon and eggs. Marcel Proust breakfasted on opium and croissants. The path to greatness is paved with a thousand tiny rituals (and a fair bit of substance abuse) – but six key rules emerge One morning this summer, I got up at first light – I'd left the blinds open the night before – then drank a strong cup of coffee, sat near-naked by an open...

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The Obama Administration and the Press

Leak investigations and surveillance in post-9/11 America U.S. President Barack Obama came into office pledging open government, but he has fallen short of his promise. Journalists and transparency advocates say the White House curbs routine disclosure of information and deploys its own media to evade scrutiny by the press. Aggressive prosecution of leakers of classified information and broad electronic surveillance programs deter government...

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