However, high net worth individuals in the U.S. are less likely to ask questions than pension funds and endowments.

It's not surprising on two fronts. One, that they sold it, and two, that it's not worth much.

The federal agencies that enforce the discrimination laws have already been aggressive in recent years in pursuing these types of pay claims. To some extent this Wal-Mart case is a copycat of that kind of litigation.

Gambling can be just as addictive as drugs and alcohol. Teens and their parents need to know that they're not just gambling with money, their gambling with their lives.

In a few years, we have gone from knowing almost nothing that could be characterized as genomic ... to having complete genome sequences for many organisms, and now a nearly complete catalog of the common genetic differences among people,

The biggest reason people come in here, believe it or not, is not that they want the money. It's because they want something out of their house or their business.