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Billionaire to build his own Wild West town
August 20, 2012 2:02 PM
CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (AP) - Billionaire Bill Koch is known for spending lavishly to buy Western artifacts. Now he's building his own Old West town in Colorado. The Denver Post reported Monday the town is on Koch's 10-square-mile Bear Ranch near the Raggeds Wilderness Area roughly 125 miles southwest of... more » -
Billionaire Paul Allen to leave bulk of wealth to charity
July 15, 2010 2:47 PM
Paul Allen has become the latest billionaire to sign on to a challenge by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to get America's wealthiest people to donate the bulk of their riches to charity. In a statement Thursday, Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Gates, said he plans to leave the... more » -
Kroenkes aim to keep NBA, NHL, NFL teams
June 8, 2010 4:11 PM
Stan Kroenke says he plans to keep the NHL's Colorado Avalanche and NBA's Denver Nuggets in his family if he gains full control of the NFL's St. Louis Rams. The Missouri billionaire owns 40 percent of the Rams and is trying to acquire the rest, but NFL rules prohibit... more » -
Ted Turner to get Yellowstone bison
February 3, 2010 10:27 AM
Billionaire Ted Turner is getting 88 Yellowstone National Park bison from a faltering Montana program that was supposed to put the disease-free animals on public or tribal lands. The animals were spared several years ago from a periodic slaughter of bison leaving Yellowstone because of worries about animal disease.... more » -
McAfee estate eyed for transition center for war veterans
November 23, 2009 1:49 PM
A nonprofit group hopes to buy a Teller County estate once owned by antivirus software developer John McAfee and use it as a reintegration center for soldiers returning from war. Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group says the 290-acre estate and 10,000-square-foot mansion could be used for programs that help veterans... more » -
Autopsy set for Madoff associate found in pool
October 26, 2009 11:09 AM
An autopsy was planned for a man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff. Jeffry Picower was found by his wife Sunday at the bottom of a pool at the couple's sprawling oceanside Palm Beach mansion. He died a short... more »
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